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    What constitutes B2B e-commerce? (need slight clarification)

    It depends how big a business with an online presence is as to whether or not it is likely to be B&M as well. It is reported variously that eBay have more than 400,000 stores registered in the UK. The vast majority are likely to be selling online only.
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    Online shopping

    One of the ways people work in this space is to purchase end of line clothing and market / sell that. Much in the same way that TK Max works, smaller retailers can sometimes find they can make a business out of this by buying bundles of clothing at very cut down prices then reselling it. Another...
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    Magento Sage Intergration

    Xero is very easy to get started and about £22 a month once you get going I believe. With regards to how you could connect to Xero, it all depends on exactly what you need at this point in time and what else your business is doing / using. Are you also selling on marketplaces as well as on...
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    Mistakes to Avoid in Building an Online Marketplace

    Hi Georgie, Do you mean marketplace here or do you actually mean web shop / online store? Marketplace is generally the term used for websites where sellers can register to sell their goods using the marketplace infrastructure. A webshop or online store is a website owned by one company used by...
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    Magento Sage Intergration

    Another option you could look at is Xero for your accounts. You could then use Expandly (£25 mth) to populate Xero. This would probably be cheaper and would work with Magento and Ebay/Amazon if you wanted to sell on there too. I won't say any more as I obviously have a vested interest!
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    What constitutes B2B e-commerce? (need slight clarification)

    It is an interesting question. Yes, the established ecommerce-only businesses are easy to classify e.g. online only shop on their own website with an ebay and amazon store. We have many customers though who do more of their business through a bricks and mortar store than they do through their...
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    New e-commerce company: and now?

    Hi Tipi The VAT rates for the UK can be found on gov.uk followed by /vat-rates You can check you have registered for the correct one. I would second that Xero is great for managing your accounts and invoices. It will also help you out with your VAT return when that time comes. (I don't work...
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    Hello Guys

    Hi SAF778 Its great that you have got stuck in and tried some products out. I suspect from reading your post that you are discovering that many sellers on Ebay are selling at very very small margins and that competing against them on price makes it very hard to make a profit. You are thinking...
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    Niche new e-commerce products

    Hi John, There are no get rich quick answers unfortunately, but with good solid research and planning you can find profitable products in niches that are not too overcrowded (so the margins are reasonable). The good news is that you are starting to think about this in the right way - you are...
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    questions about online baby shops

    As a recent purchaser of baby equipment etc., I would say like Iain that most of the stock is kept by them and not dropshipped. A lot of baby stuff is bought as presents for people so longer lead times that may be associated with dropshipping are problematic. You may get a lot of shopping cart...
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    tooltip for product pages

    Are you looking to implement this on your website? If so, which webshop platform are you using?
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    Small business accounting software

    I don't know what your business sells or how you sell but if you have any sort of online retail outlet it is worth giving a moment's thought to whether or not you want to connect your software tools to any sort of multichannel management tools either now or in the future. If you are selling...
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    Anybody using Webinterpret

    How are you getting on?
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    eBay, Amazon, Shopify - Accounting Ltd Company

    Another option for you would be to look at Xero and Expandly. Expandly would provide you with the capability to centrally manage all your online orders from across Ebay, Amazon and Shopify. Expandly would allow you to collate all these orders and automatically push them to Xero when shipped...
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    Ecommerce help

    I would suggest you choose from one of the mainstream options as you are doing. This keeps your options open in the future. The more mainstream the webstore, the more chance you have of being able to link other tools to it as you grow. You are mentioning selling on eBay as well as through your...
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