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Is it worth setting up a UK retailer when there are already others that stock the same things? [closed]
I am interested in starting up a UK based online retailer for specific products that are manufactured in the US. There does seem to be a handful of others stocking the same things.
Is it worth ...
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What should I do if profit income is always used to buy new stocks?
Now, my family business is 2 years old. Every month, we get the profit from our online retail business, specializing in apparels for baby & child. But we realize that all the money is always used ...
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Spliting a partner without an operating agreement
I have been in the retail industry for over 14 years. I pitched an idea to an old friend of mine to open a mattress store about two years ago. We opened the company as an LLC. I had all the ...
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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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How do most chains fund initial expansion? [closed]
I am really curious about the primary method most chain restaurants use for funding their own expansion. Selling franchises is always an option but if the main company wants to retain ownership and ...
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Sell Shares in a retail startup
I have a 50% stake in a retail online start-up that has been in business more than a year. I got accepted to business school and start in August 2013. My partner claims that I will not be motivated to ...
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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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How to manage finance in online retails? [closed]
My wife and I are doing family business. It is an online retail babyshop. We have doing this for more than one year. Fortunately, we can say that our business is a profitable business.
When running ...
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What's the best way to get our product into stores?
A friend and I created a product, found a manufacturer for it, and are selling it online, but we need to get it into stores. We don't know anything about marketing, we are bootstrapping the business ...
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Obtaining a barcode for selling pickles in the US [closed]
We sell pickles imported from India to US households. Recently we were approached by a distributor, who wants to sell our pickles to some big stores located in various parts of the US. The distributor ...
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Recommended Readings for new Retail Store owners [closed]
We're looking to start up our first store. We're researching various locations/streets and getting feedback and comments from other store owners and friends.
What are the best readings we should read ...
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Inventory stacking in other countries
Let's say I am based in US, and I want to sell gadgets in UK via online store.
Due to shipping cost consideration, I would like to ship the gadgets to a UK location ( somewhere like a small ...
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Starting an online food retail store
Want to start an online food retail store selling mostly dried foods from all around the world. Start up capital is approximately $2000. I already have my online store application built, initial ...
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How best to manage charge backs and returns in 3rd party aggregation model?
Searched the site, but didn't find an answer to the following question:
My partners and I are working on a startup and part of our model is acting as a 3rd party aggregator of certain services, ...
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Online Retail for the former Soviet republics
I am curious as to whether anyone has any insight into running a online retail business in the former Soviet Republics. Most of the western world is quite used to Credit Cards, and other electronic ...
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Webhosting solutions for a startup
We have a small business that needs a webhosting solution. We will probably be able to support the following:
Login to set up a shopping cart software (Magento most likely).
Unlimited bandwidth
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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 much Apple will cut my revenue from selling items (e.g. shirts) in an iPhone app?
I'm developing a "free" iphone app for selling shirts based in an Asian country.
The payment method is by credit cards or wire transfer, not by Apple's in-app purchases.
Does Apple allow this kind of ...
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Can anybody recommend a wholesaler with a good reputation for getting small retailers started for tech products?
I am starting a small retail shop for computer sales, accessories, peripherals, service and support etc. Picture a small Best Buy if you will. I have a solid initial inventory list and a 20,000 ...
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competing with Amazon, how to, the smart approach
For a number of months I have been thinking how to create an e-commerce solution that competes with Amazon. I came up with an idea that is probably lame, but i'd like to understand why it will not ...
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How to market and distribute an app targeted to small retailers
In the planning stage of building an app with a monthly subscription element targeted to small business merchants having 1 - 10 retail venues.
Looking for any advice on a go to market strategy to ...
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How can I start an online retail business without any inventory?
I apologize in advance if this question has already been asked a thousand times. I did a search and couldn't find anything, nor did the related questions provide any answers to my question.
I tried ...
