Questions related to buy and selling of products or services via electronic means.
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How customs and other documents are cleared , while receiving or sending
We have recently planned to launch an eCommerce Store. We have certain products which which we want to ship to the international market too.
But when I choose to ship items individually it cost me a ...
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Do we still need to have our own ecommerce website?
8 months ago, my wife and I were starting to build our own business. We didn't create our own products, at least not yet for now, what we do is just reselling others product.
We didn't open offline ...
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Has anyone had any experience with GoCardless?
Has anyone had any experience using UK startup GoCardless for only payment processing?
Get paid directly from your customers’ bank accounts. No merchant account. No credit card fees. No hassle.
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eCommerce Bootcamp ( focused on eBay and PayPal )
Have a client that's asked me if I'd be able to clear tens of thousands of dollars of existing inventory via eBay. While it seems like a stretch, figured I'd look into it for them just to give them ...
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Looking for a UK online payment solution that only takes a percentage or a flat fee [closed]
I'm currently looking for an online payment solution for a business website I'm working on and it turns out it's a bit more complex than I'd first though.
I'd like to run at a very small download fee ...
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Measuring customer satisfaction in ecommerce business
One of the toughest questions that ecommerce businesses face concerns what is at the heart of a business –customer satisfaction. At first glance, anyone doing ecommerce business or having an interest ...
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Cost is an important factor in ecommerce
One of the most important aspects determining any business is the Return on Investment (ROI) it brings. ROI is something that is based on estimates and projections based on assessments made of ...
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What do you do about known payment fraud?
As someone that's sold services and webapp subscriptions online for about 8 years now, I've seen a lot of payment fraud, mostly in the form of signing up with stolen credit card numbers. I've managed ...
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Pricing an online product
Upon what criteria should I price an online product?
Since I am going to design an E-Commerce website like countryreports.org, I am not sure how to price the individual packs that I am going to ...
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Cross-platform Payment System in South Korea
I am planning to have an online business targeting South Korea.
It seems that most Korean payment gateways only support Internet Explorer and Windows. It is severely limited for other browser and ...
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What do potential customers look for once they land on the homepage?
If a potential customer visit to a particular website, what are the things he will check,
1) What is the page rank of the website
2) what is the competency of the company
3) How much clients company ...
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How to start a UK online business? (admin)
A few years ago I had an idea for an online business, its going to operate as a freemium model and simply deal with information no tangible goods. since then I have been creating the site learning ...
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Small consultancy - first .NET software product out. Advice on release, marketing and selling?
About a year ago I set up a Ltd company to provide IT/Software consultancy to various firms in and around London, UK. This has been going very well and I just completed my first full years accounts ...
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Does anyone know of golfcentric angel investors?
I have been working on finding an investor for the LTPGA - The Less Than Perfect Golfers Association, Inc.
Finding a golf-centric angel who has a sense of humor would be ideal.
The basic math is ...
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Can I sell in the US without a SSN?
I wanted to start a US business - despite being based in the UK - because the US is where most of my target market is (besides suppliers). I've read on PayPal's site ...
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Taking payment for products you are not providing
I'm wondering how companies operate that take credit card payment for products they are not providing.
For instance, half.com allows users to sell their books through their website. Buyers can ...
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Bookkeeping practices for a website using electronic payments (e.g. Paypal)
I am in the process of setting up an accounting "system" (well set of procedures etc). For most businesses, the books of original entry include:
Sales Day Book
Sales Return Day Book
As I ...
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Automated recurring billing systems Paypal vs others
We have today paypal integration, which was very simple, one time purchase.
Now we want to into recurring payment model and charge users on monthly or yearly basis. We would also allow users to buy ...
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Do you think it would make a difference if customers knew you were a one-man-band?
I'm having a dispute with someone who has a commerce website, they want to maintain a professional image and prefer not to reveal to [potential] customers that they are in fact an entrepreneur working ...
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How do I find good developers to join a start-up on a low-budget
Im located in Minneapolis,Mn. Im starting up an online business here in U.S with market focus in Africa.Im building an e-commerce (auction) site for the growing African savvy internet users.
I am ...
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E-commerce and electronic payment laws. Where can I read them?
As the title says I need to read e-commerce and e-payment related laws of the following countries: Canada, USA, European Union, Philipinnes, South Korea, UK, China.
Links are appreciated?
My google ...
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How to start a hosted ecommerce solution like Shopify and Volusion?
I'm thinking of building a django application which is like an online shopping mall similar to eBay and Amazon. My business model is somewhat like that of Shopify or Volusion, which means I will build ...
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How To Open US Business Bank Account For LLC Without Going to US
Recently opened a LLC in USA, I am non-US citizen, do not live in USA, we are running an ecommerce business, now we need to open a business bank account for this LLC without physically walking into ...
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Is it legal to make/sell candy from home?
My wife is really getting into making hard candy from home, including cough drops. She's wanting to start selling them on Etsy. But, we're having trouble finding any information on whether or not it's ...
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What is the difference between a Payment Processor and a Merchant Account and Payment Gateway?
I'm also wondering what each of those does. Seems like with the Ecommerce solution I'm considering that everytime I think I've got it all figured out, it turns out that we need yet another service to ...
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Merchant account for receiving and sending money
I am setting up an application where an user has the capability to send and receive money (somewhat similar to paypal).
I have been researching online for the last few weeks and have only come across ...
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How would you design navigation for a specialty marketplace? [closed]
My friends and I have recently launched Midtown Row, an online marketplace focused on acclaimed specialty brands. We want to make sure navigating the site is easy for our users, and that we're also ...
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Sales Tax on Digital Purchases
Are you required to charge sales tax for digitally downloaded content? (e-book, video, etc)
Location: Florida
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Good app for monitoring ecommerce site?
I might be looking for the impossible. What I want is a program that will allow me to track my ecommerce sales (wordlwide), graphically, create goals, charts, etc, and maybe even have a google-earth ...
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Selling products online in the US from India
My Business is to have an to sell products online (online store). My business name has just been approved and I have also purchased the company desired domain. I am in the process of taking my first ...
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What do you build in your e-commerce site to gain consumer trust?
I'm co-founding a start-up that is developing an e-commerce app. We're trying to decide what features to build in that shoppers would expect to see in order to feel comfortable submitting credit card ...
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What effect(s) does Google's Panda 2.5 update have on new websites in the SERP?
I recently launched 3 websites (within the past 7-10 months) that had been steadily increasing in the rankings on Google search up until this past weekend, when I noticed a huge drop across most of my ...
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Advice on starting a drop shipping business
I want to start a drop shipping online shop. The products can be anything that could be profitable.
I'm thinking about stuff like:
Latex clothing
Toys for children
Japanese electronics like ...
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Small business multi-channel ecommerce solution needed
I'm involved in a three-person start-up, selling physical products on the web via:
Our eCommerce store (either a high-end hosted cart (Lemon Stand? 3dcart?), or a cart we'll host ourselves ...
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How to sell software through third-party distributors online
I'd like to sell a software program (that my startup developed) through third-party online sellers.
Any tips about how to approach the other sellers and structure the transaction? Is the best way ...
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price comparison business model
I would like to know how price comparison websites make money. Do use pay per click or other revenue models? Please be as detailed as possible and cite your sources.
Thank you!
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How to declare income when most/all your income comes from Paypal?
How do I declare my income if all of it comes from paypal ? Most accountants in Portugal (where I live and where this company will be based) don't know how it works... Do I declare it only when I ...
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What is the smoothest solution you've seen for small payments?
We have a site where visitors can pay 99 cents for a service. It would be cool if the user experience were similar to iTunes: the user clicks one button, doesn't have to type in credit card info, ...
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E-Commerce Website for Retail AND wholesale
I work for a clothing designer company (Kit + Lili) that has been in business for 5 years. We currently sell our product wholesale using a company called Groupe BDM and retail through Shopify. It is ...
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What are some services that allow credit card payments on behalf of another company (i.e. Groupon, LivingSocial, etc)?
My startup operates in a similar fashion to that of the typical daily deal sites - we accept payment from our users, take a cut off the top, and pay out the person\company providing the goods or ...
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How to analyse products to sell online to make the most profit?
As a developer myself, I've set up an e-commerce website in England and hired 2 people to help me package and invoice etc..
In terms of choosing the right and most profitable products to sell what ...
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How many users use Google, Yahoo, MSN and Outlook Calendars? [closed]
I'm working on a product and needs to check how many users are using web based calendars. Or how many users create calendar events per year. I need this to figure out the market size. I tried to ...
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Starting up an online book store
I want to start an on-line book store and exploring the options on hand. Till now, I have gathered the list of website hosts, budget of dedicated server machines(in case self hosted) and a list of ...
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Good ecommerce website for small transactions? [closed]
I want to sell some software online for about $10-15 per unit, probably very few units will be sold initially. Does anybody know any good ecommerce website for this kind of small and infrequent ...
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Building First Version of a Startup Website
So, I want to start an e-commerce startup. The problem is that I'm a designer (HTML, CSS, a little bit of Javascript, Photshop, Illustrator), not a programmer. So I can build a design from scratch, ...
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Approach Investor without business plan but you are building what he said he would invest in?
I was just watching some interview of an investor. I was shocked to hear when he described the idea he would invest in is very similar if not exact thing to what we are developing. He said send me the ...
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Foreigner opening online store in the USA
I'm from Europe, don't plan to move to the USA
I will open an ONLINE store ONLY (no physical stores)
Goods will be imported from Europe
Shipping will be handled by the fulfillment company
I am ...
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how to find advisor for your startup
We are very early stage startup with protoype in the works. We need and advisor on raising financing, and marketing. Just wondering how do you go about finding someone and then ask them to be your ...
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Legal requirements to start a ecommerce website in India
I would like to start a ecommerce website in India, could you please help me with the legal requirements and any guidance for this. My intent is to sell merchandise through internet. Do I need to ...
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Affiliate Marketing Sales Statistics
How do i go about forecasting sales for a new affiliate marketing / e-commerce website? Are there any relevant statistics for this industry available for free?
