Recent content by Abbid

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    Becoming a freelance developer

    JDX/Gary, If you dont mind me asking, how is your pricing structured? If a client asks me to create a price of software for them (desktop or site), i would charge (say) £500 for the actual creation and then give them the option of either paying £50 per month for support and X number of...
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    Becoming a freelance developer

    Thanks for the replies so far guys. Thats what i was thinking too, but theres only so much i can do to be unique from the crowd. I honestly cannot see what i can offer that is different from my competitors that will make me stand out! Also i looked into the sites mentioned such as...
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    Becoming a freelance developer

    Hi all, Currently i have a full time job as a developer for a small company, only been in the job a few months but been programming since university (approx 3 years). Ive looked into a wide number of business that i could possibly start up and all involved selling a physical product. But...
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    12:34 today

    09:09 and 9 seconds on 9th September 2009!!!
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    What about 'new starts' - Little money etc

    Please tell me the car wasnt in the garage! :eek:
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    What about 'new starts' - Little money etc

    what are the running costs like? if i remember correctly, it gives about 20 mpg?
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    What about 'new starts' - Little money etc

    hope you dont mind me asking but, how the hell can you afford an ariel atom!!!:eek:
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    How would you define a niche?

    Hi all, I asked myself this question last night while researching a potential new business and thought i'd ask it here. Now, without giving too much away. My new business isnt anything new or unique. I will be provinding a product that many other provide and have access to from a number of...
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    Competing with your Manufacturer/Supplier

    Hi all, The manufacturer of my products is based in China and have distributors all over the world. When i first started my business, i contacted them to puchase direct of them but they responded saying that they only sell throught their licensed distributors and i need to go through them. So...
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    Copying my content

    bradleyt, what do you mean by 'actually had the item copyrighted'? According to FireFleur 'You automatically have copyright to all work you produce'. so how can you actually copyright an item?
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    Copying my content

    Hi all, Just have a quick question for you all. Lets say i write some content for my website (a review of a film for arguments sake) and its not copied from else where and is my own thought and opinions. After publishing it on my site, i find that the same thing is on a competitors site...
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    How would i solve this?

    Hi all, Quick question that im hoping someone can help with. I work full time and plan to launch a website soon. From reading quite a few threads here, its common knowledge now that for a website to look genuine it has to have valid address and contact details displayed clearly on the site. I...
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    Starting a business with a full time job

    Hi, I started a business selling on ebay for a while and sold quite a bit considering the competition i was up against and teh mark up because of the competiton not being as high as i would like. I decided to start a Ltd company and really push my business and my product. Im currently...
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    Paypal question

    What do you mean by the subscription option? please explain.