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Questions about using customer data to inmprove online profitability, particularly in retailing. Topics include profiling customers using weblogs, figuring out which ads generate the highest value customers, how to reduce the numnber of 1x buyers, how to generate higher sales from current customers, customer analysis, ROI calculation, reducing discounts while increasing resaponse rates. Do you collect customer data (purchases, page views, surveys) and not really use it for anything? Want to find out how? Just ask.

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Large Online Luxury Catalog2/21/2009Jim Novo
  Q: How does sites like net-a-porter.com shopstyle.com build catalog of high quality pics and ...
  A: Jack, I think perhaps you are asking a technical question of a marketing person so I'm not really ...
Large Online Luxury Catalog2/21/2009Jim Novo
  Q: How does sites like net-a-porter.com shopstyle.com build catalog of high quality pics and ...
  A: I'm not sure I understand your question. To the extent there is an affiliate relationship where the ...
domain1/20/2009Jim Novo
  Q: The domain name I have was created when I read back than, that the "1" in the beginning of the URL, ...
  A: You should really be asking this question in Web-Hosting-Advice or SEO-Marketing if SEO is the real ...
Dropship Companies1/10/2009Jim Novo
  Q: I want to start an online women's boutique with a lot of vintage clothing and accessories..(hippy ...
  A: If by "vintage" you mean not just the style but the item is actually old / used, I don't think you ...
ecommerce11/30/2008Jim Novo
  Q: i just started an online store. I chose x-cart as my shopping cart software due to a ...
  A: What's your background, can you code in PHP? I'm not a coder, so I can't use a cart like that... ...
phamamedics uk11/14/2008Jim Novo
  Q: I recently ordered medication shipped from Germany. There are blogs saying what a nightmare USPS ...
  A: International postal system package shipping is not as reliable as shipping through private carriers ...
Quick Question10/28/2008Jim Novo
  Q: I was curious if you may know this. I need to ship approx. 80 pounds of magazines from Vegas 89030 ...
  A: Sorry, I don't, other than to split the shipment. In general, for dense-weight packages that are ...
Online retail store9/23/2008Jim Novo
  Q: Say I am trying to work with wholsalers on consignment, how do I do this, I want people to purchase ...
  A: I think you're explaining what is called "drop shipping". You set the price and take orders, send ...
Advertising9/4/2008Jim Novo
  Q: I just started a business and I am looking for cost effective ways to begin advertising it online. ...
  A: Google Adwords is probably the easiest, least costly, most effective online advertising you can buy ...
Online Retail store8/8/2008Jim Novo
  Q: I am trying to start an on-line women retail clothing store and i would like to know what kind of ...
  A: I would ask this question in the legal section of AllExperts (I'm not a lawyer) but in general, the ...
Drop shipper6/29/2008Jim Novo
  Q: I have a question about drop shipping. I have asked in other groups and it is like people don't have ...
  A: I've answer 16 questions on drop shipping over the years, every question you have is probably ...
US Market, US Dropshipper, Canadian Marketer5/30/2008Jim Novo
  Q: I have a question. If I live in Canada and created a ecommerce store that sells only the US market ...
  A: I can't answer this question, other than to say "it depends" and you should check with the Drop ...
Markup5/6/2008John
  Q: I have a product that I will be selling to the public and also wholesale to different retail chains. ...
  A: Wholesale product cost should range from 1/3 to 1/2 of the retail cost. So your numbers should be ...
online retailing5/2/2008Jim Novo
  Q: hey my website is www.thefancystuff.com I have not had much success in selling stuff from this site. ...
  A: That's a pretty broad question so I'll give you a broad answer. People buy from sites they trust. ...
Purchasing Wholesale1/15/2008John
  Q: I am trying to purchase some items in bulk (preferably clothing) for resale. I searched online and ...
  A: Melissa, Check these links out. No require amount. http://www.wholesalefashionsquare.com ...
Inventory projections for a startup12/27/2007John
  Q: I am in the process of developing a business plan for an online business. I have done a lot of ...
  A: If I understand the question correct, you are trying to figure out how much stock you should have on ...
Finding a Wholesaler12/15/2007John
  Q: Can you please help me. I am having trouble finding a wholesaler. The only information that I can ...
  A: That can be hard. What items are you looking to re-sell? The only way I know is to look for. ...
online shipping11/22/2007John
  Q: "Hi i have a question - im setting up a website, my business is based in british columbia canada, i ...
  A: You will need to find out if the country you plan on shipping to has a ban on the item or ...
re: internet store11/22/2007Jim Novo
  Q: we are a manufacturer. we have a cool product not really on the net and right now we are entering ...
  A: Your absolute best bet on this question is to discuss it with Purolator; there are lots of different ...
what customers want11/20/2007Jim Novo
  Q: Jim I try to startup online business and When i find what customers what to buy on interneti heard ...
  A: Yes, any auction marketplace can give you an idea of what sells on the Internet and at what price. ...
ecommerce11/9/2007John
  Q: i have a question, i am opening a store on yahoo merchant solutions. For product research, are ...
  A: You can try the CueCat, http://www.lvpartners.com/ It is old and not sure if even around anymore. ...
ecommerce11/9/2007Jim Novo
  Q: i have a question, i am opening a store on yahoo merchant solutions. For product research, are ...
  A: There are limited UPC lookup resources, see for example: http://www.upcdatabase.com You probably ...
Starting an Online Retail Business,need help11/1/2007John
  Q: I am starting an online retail store for apparel and this is something completely new for me. I have ...
  A: Congrets on starting your business. I buy wholesale and sell wholesale also ( if you want to talk ...
shopping cart10/29/2007John
  Q: I currently use a free web host because I have a very simple kind of web site. However, I now want ...
  A: Honest, the best thing you can do is a google search for 'ecommerce'. That should give you a lot of ...
online business10/24/2007John
  Q: specifically a jewelry business. The name I want for my business (a quite unique and exotic name ...
  A: I am glad to hear that you are looking to go into business. Unless you get rights to use the name or ...
wholesale10/12/2007John
  Q: I have very good supplier from many countries. my problem to sell these items. i have been trying ...
  A: Yes ebay can take time and since everyone uses it now, it is harder to make a living there anymore. ...
Computer Retail Markup10/4/2007John
  Q: I've invented a cheaper way to make an existing computer part. These parts currently sell for around ...
  A: Follow-up: I sell Gifts, Collectibles, Electronics,tools and more. Check out my web site at: ...
Computer Retail Markup10/3/2007John
  Q: I've invented a cheaper way to make an existing computer part. These parts currently sell for around ...
  A: Let me answer this way. My mark up is 1/2 to 2/3 of the wholesale price. That is cheap. most have ...
finding merchants that accept e-check9/20/2007John
  Q: Fairly often the best deals are on line but i dont have credit cards and i do not want them even the ...
  A: Sorry, I do not know of any list. You can see if Paypal stores offer something like this. I would ...
Internet sales9/6/2007John
  Q: Amazon.com advertises that by ordering from them and combining several products into one order, we ...
  A: Sorry to hear about this. First talk to a manger. You may get more and faster without the ...
Start-up inventory for online business4/15/2007Jim Novo
  Q: I am starting an online business and am very confused as to how much inventory I should begin with ...
  A: Search eBay to find similar handbags. how many sold and what they sold for. Get a subscription to ...
wholesalers????4/8/2007Jim Novo
  Q: I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIND TRUSTWORTHY WHOLESALERS, WHERE ARE THEY, AND HOW DO I KNOW IF IT'S A ...
  A: I don't know of any "reliable" sites on this topic; it is a massive fraud and spam target. Best bet ...
First timer3/25/2007Jim Novo
  Q: I must preface this question by saying, while I run a sole proprietor business, this will be my ...
  A: Hands down, today the best way to get some experience with little financial risk is to start either ...
product3/8/2007Jim Novo
  Q: We are currently operating some online businesses. We have manufactured everything that we sell up ...
  A: I'm not sure I understand your question. The "procedure" is pretty much just like any other ...
Inquiry about contacts12/18/2006Jim Novo
  Q: i am lpanning to start a E-commerce business, amd to find certain importers in the worl for certain ...
  A: I don't know of any "reliable" sites on this topic; it is a massive fraud and spam target. Best bet ...
RFM on e-tail12/17/2006Jim Novo
  Q: I have an online store and I do a lot of mailing. I was reading the RFM model and i found it very ...
  A: It's a bit different, yes, because e-mail is cheaper than a paper catalog. But there is one issue ...
GPS price difference12/12/2006Jim Novo
  Q: Just wonder why the price difference are so big at different on-line stores for the same GPS unit? ...
  A: Generally, the stores have different internal business models and how much profit is needed in the ...
receiving 800 calls10/26/2006Jim Novo
  Q: Jim; This may be out of your line.I am starting a catalog website.People will see my widgets call ...
  A: I'm not sure I understand - you mean people *can't* order online, they have to make a call? There ...
Online catalog10/10/2006Jim Novo
  Q: Is it possible to have an online catalog(like an e-book) that doesn't require the customer to ...
  A: You question is not very clear - what exactly do you mean by "like an e-book" and "interactive ...
Local Results9/23/2006Jim Novo
  Q: On Google, when you type florist orlando in search, the results are promptly displayed. Seems to me ...
  A: According to Google: http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7091&topic=1468 Geography ...

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