Questions regarding all aspects of doing business and participating in all WWW services available.
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Should my web agency have different rates for design, programming, SEO, etc?
My small agency handles everything web-related for our clients, including domain registration, hosting, graphic design, back-end programming, ecommerce, search engine marketing, etc. Historically we ...
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User confirmation of terms
This is more of a legal question but I couldn't find the "Legal" Q&A on StackExchange yet...maybe next week :)
I have a web app and mobile app where users sign up and create an account. I also ...
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promoting web 2.0 sites
suppose a web 2.0 startup has completed its product and is trying to launch it...what are some of the most effective ways to promote the product that is specific to a web 2.0 model (ie. users come in ...
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What's the difference between customer, client, user and consumer?
My company sells fee-based online services in addition to a free basic online service and product.
How would one call an entity subscribed for a free service and distinguishably name another that ...
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How do you organize your ideas and actions when starting something up?
I'm curious about how you guys organize your ideas for starting up a new business. I have a bunch of ideas that I never tried to implement, basically because I just don't know from where I could ...
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Basic legal requirements to set up web design business in UK
I am in the UK and I want to start designing web sites for people, through my own web design company, mainly because it is about the only thing I can do due to a disability. I have set up my own car ...
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How to charge taxes for online services?
We are a Canadian-based incorporated business that is about to sell subscriptions to a SaaS, both yearly and monthly.
How do we handle adding taxes to the service? Since we are a Quebec-based ...
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Are there any sites that measure the page response speed of various hosting companies?
I'm looking for the equivalent of consumer reports for hosting companies. But I would be happy with any neutral data comparing one site to another.
Does anyone have any links to data the speed of ...
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How many visitors per day does a site need to draw any significant ad revenue?
Lately, I've been considering different ideas for new sites, but the first and biggest question is how to make money with a site. When I can't think of an obvious way to make money with a site, I ...
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Building New Product: ASP.NET/MVC vs SharePoint 2010
Hi I met an investor who wants a new product to sells to other companies. We agreed to make it SaaS, but we're arguing over three options:
SaaS product made by ASP.NET Saas product Made up of huge ...
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One man startup looking for motivation
I've been working on a web application as a hobby for the past couple of years. It's been challenging and I've learned a lot. Now that I am done and actually have something up and running ...
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When would US based company need to open foreign subsidary?
I currently have an online based company LLC in the state of California. I sell products that customers place orders and I can ship world-wide. I do all my manufacturing in Spain then import into ...
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Google App Engine vs Amazon Web Services
If you were a one developer startup, which service would you pick and why? If the goal is to get to market really fast.
Would you go with GAE and build everything from scratch on Python, and one ...
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Increase traffic from other search engines
I took a look at my Google analytics report under Top Traffic Sources:
(direct) ((none)) 29.16%
google (organic) 25.59%
yahoo (organic) 5.48%
facebook.com (referral) ...
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“Like” clone idea
I am adding new section to my site where students or alumni of a particular film schools can be associated with their schools. Facebook did something similar in the early days and later they went with ...
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What are some common mistakes made when trying to implement SEO?
I'm no expert in this area, and I've heard that search engines can be very unforgiving when you try to change or restructure things in certain ways. What should I definitely NOT do? Are there certain ...
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Registering a trademark for a web application
I have just build a web app called XYZ (the actual name is different).
It is going quite well. I am getting quite a lot of users worldwide.
I was getting worried I should register the name as a ...
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5answers
567 views
So I'm building a web application
I'm building a pretty standard web application - login, do some searches via some well defined paramaters, get a list of results, drill down on a result to see details about the results. While I've ...
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Is hiring another software house to build my web-based app prototype a good idea?
I am starting up my web-based application business. I have an idea and already done some research on this idea. And now I want to realize it. There are two choices for me either to hire a soft ...
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1answer
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Web App: Subscriber Growth Modeling Help
I am looking for guidance on building models for subscriber growth to a B2C software app. We have existing channels of distribution (partners) that refer business to us and we provide an offline ...
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What are the particulars of registering a software patent?
Greetings all,
Situation
In the realm of software, much of what we do can be found elsewhere in other developers' softwares. I am concerned because while my web app is unique and novel in certain ...
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Whether the idea that selling some digital images feasible? [closed]
Several months ago, my girlfriend wanted to make a custom photo calendar(that's something that you can put your photos with some edition on a calendar). And we search for some tools for this kind of ...
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Engagement vs. virality in web app
A web app of mine is the early stage of development. It has less than 100 users in total. On a daily basis there are new users coming in but relatively less returning users.
My question is about ...
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Targetting a product at web developers
If you happen to wanna target your product at web developers (where your product happens to add value to their clients), how and where would you start your marketing effort?
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Best affiliate solution for freemium/free trial web apps? [closed]
Most affiliate solutions are not designed to work with freemium or free trial business models.
Have you seen an affiliate app that can:
Make it simple to manage affiliate relationships
Can ...
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Offshoring development for web startup
I'm considering the option of employing a developer from oDesk to work on my web startup. My rough plan would be:
Write a detailed specification.
Produce the design (in terms of class diagrams, ...
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List costs to build Consumer Internet site?
Hey all,
I'm sitting here trying to list all the costs that will go into building my first website, assuming I have all of the coding done in house. Here's what I have so far:
Cost of hosting and ...
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Do legitmate businesses make money using spam?
Spam in email, Linkedin Groups, forums, etc is so prevalent. I see it as part of life on the internet but find it annoying and intrusive. Both legitimate and scam businesses spam. Is it because ...
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What is the best way to pull/access content for a user-contributed content site?
I am in the process of launching a startup and was wondering if I could get some peoples opinions on this. My platform is going to be a collaboration-type site (similar to Wikipedia). How did they ...
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Tools for web mockups, “wire-framing”
I'm looking for a tool that'll help me create sketches/mockups of web pages. I'm not talking about the "photo-realistic" sets of PSD's that break everything down into components. I'm not looking at ...
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What are Advantages and Disadvantages of Pricing Monthly Subscriptions?
I've recently the post on the question: Subscription Pricing Starting Strategy: start high and lower, or start low and raise? , and I also read the articles and comments for:
QuickSprout: Customer ...
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Private beta real world examples
Our company is currently in development of software, which should help software developers better support their products. Currently we are still in development but are planing to get into private beta ...
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What is your favorite tool for A/B testing and optimization?
A/B testing is all the rage now. There are lots of choices: Google Website Optimizer, Mixpanel, KISSmetrics, a number of ones that live inside your application, and more. What is your A/B testing ...
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When, and how should I think about getting money out of a free site/service?
How to (slightly) monetize a tiny niche website... when it's free to use?
I'm developing a small niche website to help an airline worker I know solve a problem she faces fairly regularly. It seems ...
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What to do with software from a business model for a offer comparison web site (like skyscanner)in
The business concept in broad terms was to help customer find the cheapest or other best offer from comparable offers by automatically going to those websites, filling out complex forms and then ...
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What are the implications of calling your product “beta”?
We have an excellent online application that we've launched. But because we're still fixing some issues it really is still "beta". What are the implications in terms of customer perception, ...
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What are the best resources for learning about effective online advertising?
I know I can place ads on Google with Adwords, target ads to individuals' interests on Facebook, use an ad network that distributes my ad broadly, or even buy ads on specific individual sites.
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How do you analyze inactive customers?
We have an online application. Lots of people are using it but of course not everyone. My goal is understanding the recently inactive people and what I can do to make them more active. What I'm doing:
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Obtaining the perfect domain name
I am currently finding myself in a situation where my startup is just getting off the ground and we have the perfect company name.
Unfortunately, the domain we want is taken.
Furthermore, while ...
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What are good products that enable a software startup to interface with customers online?
I'm working on a software app that I will sell online. I'm going to go with the "release-early, iterate quickly" plan, so rapid customer feedback is all-important.
I'm looking for a web app for my ...
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Marketing Advice for Solo Startups
I am a full-time web developer and in my spare time I work on a couple different projects. One of them being an ad driven website targeted at college students. iSearchNotes.com is the site and allows ...
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Off-the-shelf paywall?
I'm in the process of building a subscription-based content service. Users pay a monthly fee for one of a number of levels of service, and in return get regular emails and website access corresponding ...
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Accessing MLS info from an API
Are there any applications out there that provide an API for accessing US property listing (MLS) information? Zillow has property information for most of the country but very little listing ...
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How to pick a platform for a startup web 2.0 app?
I am looking for recommendatins from the successfull entreprenurs on this forum to advise me on the best software technology platform to develop my web2 webapp on.
The web2 app will potentially be ...
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Struggling with the timing of our website
We have just completed our first prototype and are now considering the online introduction process. Of course we are united as a company in the belief that we have a buzz worthy and remarkable ...
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How much money can you make per click and how many people click?
For non-search web businesses, using a turnkey advertising solution, like Google Adsense, how much do websites really make each time someone clicks, and what percentage of visitors click?
