Questions related to buy and selling of products or services via electronic means.
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A few questions to help understand the ANGEL / VC “game”
Curious on thoughts about this topic. I will say for us it has been frustrating at times, we are sure it is for others.
From what we understand there are incubators, angels and early stage investors ...
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Advice for a online music retailer startup
My father left his job one and a half months ago after deciding that he was sick of having a boss and a day-job :-)
I have a background in Entrepreneurship having started a small business before and ...
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How to deal with lazy store owners?
I am starting an eCommerce marketplace of local stores, they can upload their products on my platform and buyers can place orders through us. I also plan to have a program like powership (ebay ) for ...
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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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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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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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Do I need a Market segment?
When starting a On line Retail store that uses drop-shipping services, will I still need to choose a market segment? Or can I just market and sell to anyone all over the world.
I mean the ...
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How to start online business to sell Cartoon Characters official Merchandise
I would like to start an online business to sell cartoon characters Merchandise? I found some websites already selling such.
My question is how to source the merchandise for retail sales? do I need ...
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Single Speed Bicycle Startup - Looking for manufacturing suggestions
I am in the early stages of starting up a single speed/fixed gear bike company. There are a few smaller bike companies out there already that offer lower priced bikes in the $400 dollar range but they ...
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How can I reduce the costs of deployment of my web application on the servers?
I am a Java Web Application Developer. I have an idea for a web application project that I am working on.
I personally believe that this web app has potential to become a widely popular website, (if ...
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What term is the business world equivalent to the term “social media”? (Or help us coin the term right here!)
My business will provide an automated “tool” that can be used as part of the pre-sales/pre-purchase process. A by-product of using this tool is the creation of a network of buyers and sellers. (In ...
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Would a hosted ecommerce Saas product work if the actual credit card processing was 'outsourced'?
Do you guys think a ecommerce Saas product would "fly" if the service didn't actually process the credit cards itself? Rather it redirects to services like paypal, google checkout etc?
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feedback on hot items/ where to buy
How’s it goin’. I am very new to the world of online commerce, and I would like to start selling items online. I was wondering if someone could help out by providing some feedback to some of these ...
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Is it okay to use 2 different payment accepting services (systems) on the website that sells SaaS software?
One service will be used for region A because it offers paypal, the second one will be used for region B (it does not have paypal option) but offers automatical generation and sending invoice for ...
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Getting coupon partners - help!
I have a coupon website and I have approached a few online stores and offline stores to partner with them to offer their coupons.
Very often I get this answer from them "coupons are unsustainable. we ...
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Can my online sellers avoid applying for EIN if I pay the tax on their sales
I have an online Fashion catalog and I want to recruit lady college students as retailers.
I provide them with an online shop (under their name), So if the lady student's name is Debbie, She can name ...
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Reward Points Calculation Dilemma
I run a new small e-commerce business and I'm considering to reward my customers with reward points for every dollar spent in our store.
I was thinking along the lines of 10 reward points for every ...
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ITIN+ Resale Certificate
I'm in an e-commerce business, selling products online.
Recently, I've contacted several trusted wholesale companies within US, for selling their products online as well.
I was required to present ...
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Setting up ones own warehouse / fulfillment operation
I want to set up my own warehouse / fulfillment operation for my new ecommerce startup. I do not want to depend on, and potentially be exploited by, a 3rd party e-fulfillment company.
Is it basically ...
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Selling online products purchased from the market
Are there any rules and regulations when selling products purchased from the market in an online store?
This is not affiliate/commission based selling. I'm purchasing products for the retail prices ...
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What is our startup worth?
Last year myself and two other partners got together to work on our startup. We got an offer from one of the investors for 40K seed money. We turned down the offer because one of the founder was ...
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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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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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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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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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'active affiliate' program for direct sales
I would like to hear people opinion about outsourcing direct sales to affiliates.
We expect our affiliates to do cold calls to prospects and close deals, we will do the actual delivery and provide ...
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How to create a tangible browsing experience?
With respect to selling anything from boots to paintings to pots and pans, what considerations should I be trying to address when creating listings?
Whether you are shopping Amazon or eBay, many ...
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Can anyone suggest a good cart/printing solution for high quality prints?
I have been looking into creating a site that incorporates multiple area artists' work into a centralized shopping experience. Basically, there would be an option to purchase the original and an ...
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Set-up Online Store (e-commerce) in USA
We are based in India and wish to set-up online store of Organic Products (Food and Textile) in USA under a brand name. I have few questions about this:
- Do we need to set-up a company there i.e. USA ...
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PA-DSS compliance is a major roadblock for ecommerce startups, what to do?
PA-DSS certification costs over 40K to get. Any ecommerce application that is distrubuted that handles CC transactions has to get this certification.
Some of the rules are 'code reviews', which ...
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Is it OK to begin with OSS licensed code and then since the business plan has some uniqueness rewrite it later?
My company now a sole-proprieter at this point is for many years coming up with a business plan and modifying it. All along developers tried to do and complete the project but they could not handle ...
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Online shoppers - Market Size
I would like to know how many users shop online in USA, UK, Australia etc and the rate of growth each year (%).
How and where can I find this data?
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Can I change my online e-commerce store from Ireland to UK
I'm Irish and I'm in the process of registering my business which is an online store selling products which is currently being manufactured. I won't need a warehouse to store the products as I will be ...
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any suggested ecommerce and retail management book? [closed]
at the beginning we did the startup via facebook, now we are starting our new website. Our business is an online babyshop. When doing our business, sometimes we feel that we need more knowledges to ...
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A website that recieves and issues payments
I'm planning to launch a website which involves collecting/issuing payments from/to customers. My website offers a service for customers in exchange of a small fee which customers pay using credit ...
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Equity for Mentoring and guiding a startup
I am a first generation entrepreneur. I am going to start an ecommerce venture with two other co-founders. However, we have a group of people helping us with the development of our product. They are ...
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Passing a payment from buyer to seller, and taking a transaction fee?
I'm mulling over a business idea, and the part of it that I can't wrap my brain around is the payment processing part of it. Here's a simple example, not really my idea, but an easier example:
I ...
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SaaS based on another commercial project
I have an idea for a specialized SaaS that bundles a commercial ecommerce product + hosting + custom plugins. I would first require that the purchase a license from the commercial product at which ...
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Is there any licence to build online business where the admin can buy the products from wholesellers and sell through online
I had an idea of online business where the buyer can buy their products from the online store, called as e commerce website. In this the website owners will buy the goods from the wholesellers and ...
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Worldwide Ecommerce From One Location: What requirements are there from other states and countries?
Details: I plan to sell downloadable information through passive search-engine ads, which could end up anywhere. I am hoping that US copyrights will be sufficient (can I do better?).
My unbacked ...
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Can I sell alcohol online in the UK?
I am an eCommerce developer and fancied starting an online shop myself. My idea is to sell 'collections' of beer. So I'd group say 6 different Japanese beers/lagers into a bundle and sell them as the ...
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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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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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Integrating Online and Physical Point of Sale
Is there any robust software solution that could integrate an ecommerce site and a physical point of sale?
My father has an established small business in a specialized industry. He's asked me to help ...
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I'm in China. Is it a good idea to set up an online shop to sell electronic products to Europe? [closed]
I hear that I need to pay Electronic Waste Recycling Fee in advance.
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B2B fashion concept..where to find the right investors? [closed]
I have a provisional patent passed on an e-commerce concept. I am interested in learning where to find the right investor, someone that can help with more than just funds. My target audience is ...
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How to be a resource and asset to new start up software development in E-commerce? [closed]
Looking to be a resource and asset to new start up software development in E-commerce (online finance) / I have API for automated invoicing / registration / custom gateway / mobile etc... I think of ...
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What's a 2.5% “premium charge”? [closed]
What's a "premium charge" in the context of trading in multi-currency?
For example, MtGox states that there is a 2.5% premium when a trade involves orders in different currencies:
Q. Are there ...
