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    Shopfitting & Counter Display Units

    Hi, I’m moving premises and I’m having difficulty finding the counter display units I want. I’m looking for counter display units with an overhang at the front (customer side). I have found what I want but it’s in Australia. https://artisanproducts.com.au/product/w12031/ Any pointers? Cant...
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    Reclaiming VAT on leasing a commercial property

    If your rent is £540k a year then your VAT registered as the turnover threshold is about £85k, unless your planning on losing a load of money every year. You charge VAT to your customers, then you take off what you've payed out in VAT and pay the balance to the VAT man. If you spend more VAT...
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    Supplier only accepts debit card

    I still get charged 1.75% for Amex. I'm not sure as I don't have a credit card but my step dad tried to buy something about 2 years ago and they girl on the till said 'we only take debit cards' when he put his credit card in the machine, I have no idea what type but know it wasn't Amex.
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    Supplier only accepts debit card

    Many companies only accept debit card, Costco is a good example. I have stopped accepting American Express due to thier high charges.
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    How do I get a card payment processor - Already have the terminal

    When I first started accepting card, I bought a card terminal off Sage-Pay and the processing was done through Elavon. At the time it made much more sense buying than renting as I would save a minimum of about £200 (£280 to buy or £20pm rent for minimum of 2 years). Now you cant seem to buy...
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    Channel Grabber vs Cloud Commerce (ebay and amazon)

    In my meeting with CC he said that they can tailor certain aspects to suit my needs. Also looking at reviews i noticed a trend with people liking the fact you can talk to the developers and one said that his idea was rolled out across their full platform so all their customers had access to it...
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    Channel Grabber vs Cloud Commerce (ebay and amazon)

    Hi. I am currently considering getting a CRM system to centralise my orders from eBay, amazon and phone orders. Currently i am processing around 400-500 orders a week from mainly eBay. I have only recently started with Amazon and although it is picking up it is around 85-15% split. I have 2...
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    ebay image hosting, PHOTOBUCKET NOW CHARGING

    Hi I ahve come in this morning to find all my listings (1200) have had all their images removed, as photobucket now dont allow you to link to 3rd parties unless you pay for their top package which is $400 a year. So my question is, has anyone else found this, and does anyone have a discount...
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    Land Line Caller ID showing on outgoing calls

    Hi, Its not an app on my phone as i dont really have many apps. It does it for outgoing too. Like i said if i call one of these companies from my phone once ive entered the number it pops up under the number with the name, as if it saved. So for example if i call home, but dial the number rather...
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    Land Line Caller ID showing on outgoing calls

    Hi I have noticed recently on my iPhone that if i call certain business's and institutions it shows who they are in caller ID without them being saved in my phone. So i called a hospital recently and when i dialed the number into my phone it came up with the hospital as if i had it saved. The...
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    Help with Amazon Selling

    Hi I currently sell the majority of my products on eBay, however i would like to expand and the only way i can see to do this is to try another selling channel. I set up a Amazon selling account about this time last year, however i couldn't figure out how to use it. I'm normally very...
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    Courier for items upto 1500mm long

    Hi, I have a new range of stock coming it mid August which i am looking for a courier for. This is proving more difficult than i thought. As luck would have it i had a rep from UK Mail walk into my shop the other day offering services, he said he would email me with prices, however iv heard...
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    Packaging used to combine a group of items

    Hi, I'm currently importing a load of LED bulbs. They come in box's that's are about 50mm cubed. (Sure many of you have seen spot light bulb box's). I'm wanting to combine them into sleeves of 5 and 10. In looking for something that tightly wraps them together. I have an example of exactly...
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    Calling all 'young' business owners

    Im 25, been running my business since i was 18, stating off as pocket money while i way at college and Uni. In my experience there are always things we can learn from each other, no matter of age. From the outside looking in, i often see mixed age partnerships working best, this way everyone...
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    Best Way to Pay in USD to China

    I have never dealt in GBP in China, i would imagine they might but i would imagine the prices they will give you would not be in my favor. When ever i request a price list off a supplier it always comes in USD.