Recent content by DZ1.

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    Opinions Needed

    thanks for pointing that out, the link should be active now!
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    Opinions Needed

    Hi all, I have attached a link to a extremely short and simple questionnaire asking for attitudes towards sustainable accounting topics. I would greatly appreciate any responses i get through the survey (should take two minutes of your day). Thanks in advance Survey Link: quicksurveys dot...
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    New to online retailing-general guidance needed!

    Evening all, I'm looking for any guidance that could be given to me as a starting point to build up my knowledge/understanding of the online retail world. General questions? How/where are products sourced? General levels of margin (presumably better than bricks and mortar outlets?)...
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    Understanding the Groupon style business model

    Hi, I'm looking for a better understand of how GRoupon and similar companies make their money. How do they have products at such discount rates? Pre-arranges deals with companies/suppliers? If so how does this arrangement work? What chunk of sale price will go to Groupon and what to the...
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    Drop shipping supplier and process help!

    A few queries regarding "drop shipping"... I understand a relationship can exist with a supplier whereby I display their stock on my site, and once an order is placed, the product is shipped directly to the customer. (Correct me if I have misunderstood anything) What kind of mark up could...
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    two minutes of your time?

    Afternoon guys... I have a 10-question survey that I would appreciate so very much if you could take 2 minutes of your time to take! surveymonkey.com/s/JSP57G8 Many thank to those who will help
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    Website start-up development costs.

    I see, I feared that would be te case! What are the factors determining price range? Obviously how complex it is, but anything more specific? Sorry, a true novice here!
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    Website start-up development costs.

    Any web experts out there? A (hopefully) simple question? What kind of expenditure can one expect to incur when starting a website, the site would need membership, and auction abilities as main themes. Any rough costs to throw at me?!
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    Start-up website: how to build pre-launch following

    Hi, to keep things simple; I am looking to develop a website, upon which at the time of launch ideally I would need a number of engaged "followers." I was wondering if there are any methods, strategies etc you guys would recommend me looking into which would increase the number of...
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    Typical Webpage Advertising Revenues

    Really useful article Darren. Thanks a bunch!
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    Typical Webpage Advertising Revenues

    Thanks for the replys guys... looks like I have some research ahead of me!
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    Typical Webpage Advertising Revenues

    Ok I see. Would you take it further to say that even a group of websites targeting the same demographic would be receiving different ad rates? Or would I at least see some pattern in rates in groups of sites? Thanks for the replys guys, much appreciated.
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    Typical Webpage Advertising Revenues

    Hi there, I am doing some research into online advertising revenue and would greatly appreciate if someone could give me some form of basic overview. What would you say the typical revenue for webpage adverts are, i.e £X per Xvisitors? What types of advertising are available? How are...
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    Online Raffle UK Laws...

    Hi All, I have a few questions/assumptions I would like to clear up, so any light you are able to shed would be greatly appreciated. First of all, I believe that hosting an online raffle for personal gain is illegal, however I am looking to host a series of online raffles for a chosen...
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    Good Evening

    Happy New year to you all. Just a quick thread to say and intro myself; Currently a UK accounting student working for a industry leading manufacturer. Joined the site to research personal business ideas and to keep up to date with UK SME's. Dean