| Subject | Date Asked |
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| How to pay eBook resellers? | 10/26/2009 |
Q: My website is www.importingvillagetreasures.com The book sells for $59 with PayPal and I’ll pay ...
A: I don't know of any easy, "no computer" way to accomplish this. What you are talking about is ...
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| Hosting online shopping sites | 9/24/2009 |
Q: I have heard of these online programs in which the site sets you up with your 'own' website that ...
A: These companies usually provide links to sample customer sites. If they don't, then I would not ...
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| Starting a online boutique | 8/16/2009 |
Q: I am interested in starting a online boutique (ex: chickdowntown.com and electriccouture.com) and ...
A: I can't help you with finding vendors, you have to figure out what you want to sell, then find out ...
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| HOW DO YOU CONFIRM A COMPANY IS LEGIT | 7/17/2009 |
Q: WHERE COULD I GO ONLINE TO CONFIRM A COMPANY IS LEGIT?
A: I don't understand the question, legit in what way? Honest? You could always call the Better ...
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| Accounting for consumer sales on-line | 7/13/2009 |
Q: We are a manufacturer of specialty tapes, selling business to business. Now we want to also sell ...
A: Answering this question is a bit tough not knowing how the rest of the operation is set up, but ...
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| Wholesale Handbags | 7/7/2009 |
Q: I want to setup a handbags retail shop, Can you give me some suggestions about Comeco ...
A: Sorry, I don't know anyting about this company. In general, if you source from a company ...
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| Large Online Luxury Catalog | 2/21/2009 |
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 ...
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| Large Online Luxury Catalog | 2/21/2009 |
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 ...
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| domain | 1/20/2009 |
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 ...
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| Dropship Companies | 1/10/2009 |
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 ...
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| ecommerce | 11/30/2008 |
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... ...
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| phamamedics uk | 11/14/2008 |
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 ...
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| Quick Question | 10/28/2008 |
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 ...
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| Online retail store | 9/23/2008 |
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 ...
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| Advertising | 9/4/2008 |
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 ...
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| Online Retail store | 8/8/2008 |
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 ...
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| Drop shipper | 6/29/2008 |
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 ...
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| US Market, US Dropshipper, Canadian Marketer | 5/30/2008 |
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 ...
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| online retailing | 5/2/2008 |
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. ...
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| re: internet store | 11/22/2007 |
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 ...
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| what customers want | 11/20/2007 |
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. ...
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| ecommerce | 11/9/2007 |
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 ...
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| Start-up inventory for online business | 4/15/2007 |
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 ...
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| wholesalers???? | 4/8/2007 |
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 ...
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| First timer | 3/25/2007 |
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 ...
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| product | 3/8/2007 |
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 ...
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| Inquiry about contacts | 12/18/2006 |
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 ...
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| RFM on e-tail | 12/17/2006 |
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 ...
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| GPS price difference | 12/12/2006 |
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 ...
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| receiving 800 calls | 10/26/2006 |
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 ...
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| Online catalog | 10/10/2006 |
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 ...
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| Local Results | 9/23/2006 |
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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| Selling through existing catalogues | 9/8/2006 |
Q: Jim, How do you go about getting items sold through existing catalogues? What kind of arrangements ...
A: Well, that all depends on how big a catalog you are talking about. Most catalogs now also offer web ...
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| Online Webstore | 9/7/2006 |
Q: I have a client that needs an online store for selling auto parts. He has a database that is ...
A: That's a pretty broad question with a lot of potential answers; it depends on what he's got for ...
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| Online wine sales | 6/22/2006 |
Q: I am interested in starting an online wine retail businesss or wine club. Any information on how to ...
A: This is kind of a "Why is the sky blue?" question, it is extremely broad and the answer would ...
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| Generating Quality Traffic | 5/19/2006 |
Q: Mr. Novo, I have a mortgage website and have had difficulty getting leads. What do you see as ...
A: The best way of getting leads online in through search engine marketing. The way to find out which ...
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| Some more Questions | 1/15/2006 |
Q: Are the majority of people still spend impulsively or are they spending wisely? What exactly are the ...
A: You keep asking the same questions I have already answered in as much detail as I can for a forum ...
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| Customers look for what? | 1/15/2006 |
Q: What exactly are the things customers trying to look for when they shop online? What type of ...
A: This question is too general. There are 100's of different products, and the requirements are ...
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| More Questions 2 | 1/14/2006 |
Q: There's a lot of talking about spending and shopping wisely. I was wondering how many people ...
A: If you are thinking about getting into an online business you should probably read a book or two ...
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| Some Questions. | 1/14/2006 |
Q: Actually when people shop at online shopping websites, do they actually prefer the typical website ...
A: As to all questions asked: It depends on what you are selling; different products have different ...
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| How we can sell? | 12/21/2005 |
Q: I am from Pakistan. And want to sell books online. Tell me sources to sell books from Pakistan ...
A: I'm sorry, I don't have any information on suppliers of books to Pakistan or payment methods ...
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| feedback to sales system | 11/8/2005 |
Q: I am working in company that developed a product that called "sales system" . It actually a system ...
A: There is not enough information here to answer the question; what are the objectives of the system? ...
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| online advertising | 9/17/2005 |
Q: I recently started a business on the web. I'd like to know how do I advertise in order that the ...
A: For the basics on Search Engine Optimization, go to this page: ...
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| Merchant accounts | 9/13/2005 |
Q: That would stop people from buying. I wouldnt want to have to join a group like that to buy. I ...
A: PayFlow Pro is not a "group you join to buy", it's a service called a Gateway. It connects your ...
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| Merchant accounts | 9/12/2005 |
Q: I need to select a Merchant Account that can accept charge cards. Is there any that stand ahead of ...
A: If you care about reliability verus cost go with PayFlow Pro from Verisign: ...
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| A wholesale supplier. [in a page such as | 8/17/2005 |
Q: [in a page such as http://www.costco.com/] I look for it. I plan an online shop with an ...
A: I take it English is not your 1st language, so I'm going to answer the question I think you are ...
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| How do you set up an on-line store | 6/28/2005 |
Q: We appreciate your quick reply to our question. What we are trying to do is supplement our solar ...
A: Did you check out your competition on eBay and Yahoo? What are they doing, what are they selling, ...
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| How do you set up an on-line store | 6/24/2005 |
Q: We would like to expand our solar installation business to include an on-line store selling solar ...
A: As far as setting up a online retail store, start with either an eBay store or a Yahoo store. ...
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| Conversion rates | 5/10/2005 |
Q: My web site www.ultimatefansports.com sells Nascar clothing and leather clothing.I have a pay per ...
A: Apparently when I answered this question before the system did not record it. OK, here we go ...
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| Question on input-design | 4/27/2005 |
Q: I am attempting to build an ecommerce engine that collects user information and analyzes it ...
A: Wow...you're going to have to be a bit more specific... For example, "collects user information" ...
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| buying for retail | 4/25/2005 |
Q: I have no idea if you can answer my question, but maybe you can at least help me in the right ...
A: Not sure why you would want to be the 4,378th web site to sell these products, but if you do, you're ...
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| ROI Question | 4/21/2005 |
Q: I would like to set up a database to record the details for my online business. I collect the data ...
A: Oh boy. Good question, you're smart to ask. The answer could take a lifetime to write, (and I've ...
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| work at home | 4/19/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To PREVIOUS answer? there must be some confusion; i have ...
A: I have answered this question before for another person. Rather than retype the whole answer, I ...
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| Conversion rate | 3/7/2005 |
Q: I enjoy your advice, my question is if I get 500 to 600 visitors to my site a day using google ...
A: These numbers are from 2003, but take a look: Retail Entry-to-Sale Conversion Rates ...
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| Home/Online Business | 2/20/2005 |
Q: I'm looking for a legitimate online or home based business. Even $400.00 extra income per month ...
A: Yes, most of this stuff is a scam, and much of it has been running offline for decades through ...
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| Record Keeping | 1/30/2005 |
Q: I am a licensed acupuncturist and plan on giving the "paid online surveys" thing a whirl. If the ...
A: Michael, You do realize that a large part of this "paid online surveys" market is simply a ...
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| credit card processing | 1/23/2005 |
Q: Hi I'm living in Iran and I search for a “gateway” company for "accepting credit cards" on my web ...
A: World Pay services most countries but I don't think they handle Iran. You could try using ...
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| getting started | 1/8/2005 |
Q: I am just trying to get some ideas to start making money on the internet and if you have any useful ...
A: That's not much of a question, there is no free lunch. I suggest you review my other questions for ...
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| Miva and StoneEdge | 1/3/2005 |
Q: We need a MIVA expert who is also well versed in the way StoneEdge works. We have several problems ...
A: Well, I have clients that use both together, and have suggested this combo more than once, including ...
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| More customers off my web site | 1/3/2005 |
Q: I have a web site that sells Nascar merchandise,I'm trying to increase my sells. How can I get 1500 ...
A: What is your traffic now? If only 1/10th of 1% buy now, only 1/10 of 1% will buy when you increase ...
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| fashion | 12/27/2004 |
Q: what do u think are the key issues to affect the retail industry in the next 5 years? thank you
A: Are you writing a term paper? This question is too broad to be meaningful. What kind of retail? ...
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| getting started in ecommerce | 12/22/2004 |
Q: I need someone to properly install and then basically configure the OScommerce package ...
A: So the question is "Can you set up OS Commerce for me?" The answer is no, you need a technical ...
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| Help with web site marketing | 12/19/2004 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me market my website so that more potential customers vist order ...
A: Your website is a copy of this one: http://www.advancedbiolife.com/ and I suspect there are many ...
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| Fashion | 12/12/2004 |
Q: I am planning to create my own brand name, start selling 'purse' I designed, I found several ...
A: I'm not sure I understand this question but I take it English is not the first language so I'll give ...
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| Web Business | 12/12/2004 |
Q: There seems to be a myriad of books for sale online describing how to start an internet website ...
A: In general, there's nothing wrong with drop shipping as a distribution method. Where folks get into ...
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| internet shopping | 12/1/2004 |
Q: How do you feel about internet shopping, do you think that in the near future internet shopping will ...
A: I take it you mean "retail" shopping, consumers buying products online. Online retail sales will be ...
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| Reselling Question ???? | 9/23/2004 |
Q: I own a small computer repair business in NJ and I am taking the next step, resale. I went and got ...
A: In general, this is a commodity business with a ton of competition, which means the more you buy, ...
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| catalogue jewelry | 8/25/2004 |
Q: How i can have a catalogue about jewelrythan have more than 100 pages with good quality papers? ...
A: What kind of jewelry? For which target market? Wholesale or retail? Do you have browser access to ...
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| Online Business | 8/7/2004 |
Q: I am a licensed acupucturist going into first practice this Fall. I'd also love to start an internet ...
A: Well, I think you are on the right track, I would not become a "member" of any of these retail ...
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| online kilim rugs selling | 5/15/2004 |
Q: I am looking for Turkish kilim rugs buyers ? How can I reach them ? Do you know any web - sites ...
A: I take it you have rugs to wholesale and are looking for someone who retails them you can sell to? ...
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| sales tax wizard | 5/8/2004 |
Q: I know there are many different kinds of Store Administrator controls varying with as many companies ...
A: Jan, Here is an HTML link to your manual if you can't read the PDF. ...
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| Invitation from Users for attract in a commerce | 4/26/2004 |
Q: Hello. How is it doing good expert? I wish you're well. If possible guide me about followingHow can ...
A: I can't answer this question not knowing anything about the relationship you have with this company ...
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| again about free eshops | 4/21/2004 |
Q: -hi jim thank you a lot 4 your strait answer. but let me complete mywhich of the existing free ...
A: You're asking the wrong person these questions, because if you want a free cart you are probably ...
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| finding free eshop with good features | 4/20/2004 |
Q: where can i find FREE eshop with good features & well designed interface as a small electronic biz ...
A: Easy answer, there isn't one. I'm betting that "free" is more important to you than "good features ...
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| ecom | 4/17/2004 |
Q: Do u think that the web Will become so large that it will be unusable by businesses and individuals? ...
A: >>Do u think that the web Will become so large that it will be unusable by businesses and ...
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| online sales | 4/15/2004 |
Q: I DO appreciate your time and suggestions. Will digest your follow up response. Have adapted some ...
A: Hmmm...I'm pretty sure I answered this already, must have been lost in the ether... It looks like ...
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| online sales | 4/15/2004 |
Q: It took a few days for me to get back to this and I apologize. There is a lot here I'll need to ...
A: What you are paying Overture for is Visits, not Hits. If Overture said 759 people clicked on your ...
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| Online-store | 4/9/2004 |
Q: Here is the follow up: The processing should be down off-site and it is a customer base site. An ...
A: Michael, I think you are an IT person asking an IT question of a marketing person. I know a lot ...
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| Online-store | 4/7/2004 |
Q: Good day I currently attend Devry University and I am currently enganged in a senior project.We are ...
A: I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. I don't know where someone with "networking" ...
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| online sales | 4/2/2004 |
Q: url - www.agsfinancialservices.com question - number of hits in february 759. number of buys 0. ...
A: First, let's get straight on "hits". Hits are not visits and visits are what you should be looking ...
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| Online survey | 3/3/2004 |
Q: Sorry for my question, I collect the survey from the printed matters & web site as well, expected ...
A: Jensen, I'm still not following your question - what you can do with the list depends on how you ...
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| Online survey | 3/3/2004 |
Q: If I collect the consumer survey consists of all the general details, what others biz can I convert ...
A: I'm sorry, I don't understand the question, there are not enough details. How / where are you ...
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| Drop ship product to sell? | 1/25/2004 |
Q: I wonder if you have any advice for selling a 'drop-ship' item on the Internet. I know the Internet ...
A: That's a pretty broad question, you mean of any product in the world, which is THE best one to sell ...
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| ebay-starting a side internet business | 1/18/2004 |
Q: I dont have much experience selling or buying anything on the internet. However, I recently read an ...
A: I'm not a lawyer or accountant, so don't take my words for gospel. Any time you are getting into a ...
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| ROI calculation | 1/4/2004 |
Q: How to consider the ROI as healthy and is good for investing?
A: Well, classically and in finance ROI is compared to the ROI of other financial alternatives. If the ...
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| Online Catalog | 11/28/2003 |
Q: Novo, I'm really interested in starting an online catalogue selling suvival/camping gear, ...
A: This idea of drop shipping comes up a lot so if you don't mind, I'm going to paint a bit broader ...
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| Automated Ordering | 10/23/2003 |
Q: I'm trying to find a company that offers a 24-hour automated phone ordering system. Any ...
A: Do you mean sells a complete system for integration into a call center or who offers it as a ...
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| Online Commerce | 8/19/2003 |
Q: I'm new to this site/concept, so bear with me. I am in the beginning stages of starting an online ...
A: First, you might want to run through a previous answer to a similar question. It goes through the ...
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| Product Purchase | 8/11/2003 |
Q: Novo, I am a licensed acupuncturist planning on purchasing an Iridology camera from an individual ...
A: Unless I'm missing somthing here, the easiest thing to do would be to get in writing / print the ...
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| Hi Jim
Long time no see!
If... | 7/10/2003 |
Q: Long time no see! If i have a catalog on a b2b portal(www.alibaba.com) where i expose my ...
A: Well, well, Claude, welcome back old friend! I am very pleased to see you have placed yourself on a ...
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| Online Retailing | 3/21/2003 |
Q: If my Organisation decides to setup its website for online retailing. What will the implications ...
A: There are a tremendous number of variables underlying a question like this, I'm sorry to say, and ...
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| Hi, Jim
I am about to use... | 2/25/2003 |
Q: Jim I am about to use the geocities site as you suggested to contact and show my arts to potential ...
A: Good for you, Claude! In business to business communication, this is not nearly the issue it is on ...
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| Educating of Internet | 1/20/2003 |
Q: Hello. Learning via Internet is one of the common and useful way that many of users track it, ...
A: Wow, that's a BIG question, and not really on my topic. Learn *what* about the Internet? How to ...
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| Hi, Jim
I asked you a... | 1/15/2003 |
Q: Jim I asked you a question before and i was very SATISFIED. So i am back for another one! I am ...
A: I really don't know how to answer this question, because it is very much specifc to your business. ...
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| Hi, Jim
We produce artistic... | 1/1/2003 |
Q: Jim We produce artistic crafts("voodoo flags"), you can see samples on :www.carrieartcollection.com ...
A: I'm not sure I follow this - you're going to "enter the Caribbean" (a location) but sell from a web ...
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| Have any suggestions for my New startup online mall? | 12/29/2002 |
Q: I'm starting an online mall, that originated from my own bookmarks to the stores that I like the ...
A: Webber, There are two issues here, I think. One is getting more traffic, the other is converting ...
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| Which solution? | 10/20/2002 |
Q: I have a small web design business and I'm going to start creating some e-commerce sites for local ...
A: There are a tremendous number of variables underlying a question like this, I'm sorry to say, and ...
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| Using credit cards on my site | 6/16/2002 |
Q: What steps do I need to take to include major credit card companies on my site that will be used for ...
A: This is a most difficult area to discuss without knowing more about your business, your skills, and ...
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| wholesaler vs. distributor. | 5/28/2002 |
Q: Jim, Two questions: (1) What's the difference between a wholesaler and a distributor? (2) If a ...
A: 1. Often (but not always), a wholesaler provides product to a distributor which then "distributes" ...
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| Starting an online store | 1/9/2002 |
Q: I just found this wonderful site while surfing the web searching for information about starting an ...
A: The web is an active medium. The majority of people using it are "looking for something". ...
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| consumer behaviour on the internet | 10/28/2001 |
Q: Can you please direct me to some usefull information on the above subject. I am a third year ...
A: You are asking about very specific info on a niche within a niche, and there just is not enough info ...
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