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spiredigital
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Comment #9930433
I've worked on my own remotely / out of an office environment for years, and definitely miss the banter and the camaraderie, but would never trade it back for the typical 9-to-5 I …
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Comment #9411011
Very nice! Will this work with complex forms I already have built on my site, or do I need to create the form with special code/markup for it to work properly?
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Comment #8305736
Cool listing, Dave. Shared it as I think it will be interesting to see how this pans out. Quick question: Do you guys have the processes for this store well documented? IE, written…
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Comment #6922599
OP here. Happy to answer any questions on the process, the auction or the closing. And thanks for submitting, akcreek!
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Comment #6737942
Didn't use them right from the beginning, no. Have been using them to sync inventory for about 6 to 9 months now, and just recently started using them for order routing and sending…
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Comment #6737931
Unfortunately, the trailing six months isn't a meaningful figure given the annual seasonality of the niche. Value would be over stated in the spring (when profits are high) and und…
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Comment #6737911
Appreciated, thank you. And congratulations with the success you've had pairing your web app and eCommerce - very original! Best of luck with it in the future.
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Comment #6735709
Good question. It's really a personal decision based on risk. Technically, I think consumers can go after anyone in the supply chain so, even retailers or stores. So it's not a bad…
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Comment #6735494
No worries! :-)
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Comment #6735422
Absolutely. It's run on the Magento OpenSource shopping cart, and it's a LAMP environment.
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Comment #6735404
Thanks! And, yes, will definitely be doing a follow-up post when everything is finished.
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Comment #6735319
Sorry, "elicit". Thanks for the catch mvkel.
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Comment #6735198
OP here! This is not the only drop shipping site I run, and I talk about the others on my blog. This specific site (TrollingMotors.net) doesn't make six figures annually - that's c…
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Comment #6735021
Starting with $0 would be difficult. I think having at least $1,000 or $2,000 would be helpful for web hosting, some basic design / logo work, and a small advertising budget. I sta…
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Comment #6735006
Thanks! I picked the niche purely based on where I thought I could make money. When I started it, I had been running another drop shipping site for a few years already and wanted t…
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Comment #6734981
I will if you will offer me a 60 day options contract to sell bitcoins at a fixed price after close! Otherwise, the volatility cold double or half the purchase price. :-)
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Comment #6734971
Good question! I was actually wondering about that when I was drawing up the financials. I don't honestly have a good answer for that. Speculating here, but it could be minor chang…