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    ecomerce advice

    I think the suggestion of selling something your like is a good place to start, or at least something you have an interest in. But this is not completely necessary. Ideally you need to find a niche to cut through the competition. Selling TVs or clothing is going to be a very big mountain to...
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    Starting a website for subscription box business

    Wordpress and woocommerce is very good. You can get a free theme (try and get one that doesn't want you to use loads of plugins and is very simple. And @The Byre is correct. Make sure you have control of the website, your hosting and your domain (the domain is very important). Woocommerce also...
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    Client refusing to pay VAT

    If you never stated the price was excluding the VAT on the quote then that's not really their problem. If it is stated then they need to pay up. If you quote and you are VAT registered you should include prices without VAT stating they are excluding vat and have a subtotal and a vat amount and...
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    Shipping extension

    It is possible to change the name for the shipping. Magento uses Language files so you can override the name in this. best to create your own though in a module. There are a few different ways to override it. But if it is something you think is important it can be done.
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    Total novice needs help with dropshipping advice!!

    Well yes it is possible to start from scratch. The issue is that there is a great deal of variation in how long it takes to actually start making money. I would not suggest you quit your day job until you have things in place and you are collecting orders for a sufficient amount of profit. But...
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    Total novice needs help with dropshipping advice!!

    We deal a lot with e-commerce and over the years we have built up quite a lot of knowledge about it. Being able to help clients with their websites is one thing but without understanding the ins and outs of e-commerce it is not very helpful. We like to understand what our clients business...
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    Total novice needs help with dropshipping advice!!

    Ignoring the website side of things (which is obviously very important) the best place to start, once you have decided on a product category is to approach the manufacturers that sell those products. Ask them about prices and MOQs. and start building a relationship with these as in the future...
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    New company to cut out partner?

    Luckily you have decided on this decision at this point. You can effectively walk away from it. I suppose the question is what agreement over the website is there. If there is no contractual obligation to do it then why bother. Otherwise I would just give them your share and walk away. Get a...
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    Protecting images

    One solution is to use watermarks. It will of course affect the image display but you can try and make the water mark as non-intrusive as possible. We have written code to do this for clients so that images that are uploaded are regenerated with water marks on the front end even when opened in...
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    Shipping extension

    Depending on differences between the data structure of the Magento 1.x and 2.x extensions it is possible to create a custom step to transfer the data from one data model to another during the data migration. If the extension is made by the same company then this custom migration step is likely...
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    things to ask when looking at a retail unit

    Break Clauses!!! - make sure you can get out if you need to.
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    Computer repair business - Attract more business

    pick a small area, create a list of companies in that area and give them a ring, move on to next area. Great for picking up information and finding out about your local businesses and their needs. If it was not for the zombie apocalypse you could also just pop in.
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    Best place for websites

    Well, you can use a website builder like wix. It depends on what you plan on doing with the website and how far you want to go with it. Ignoring the fact that it is our business to build websites ;) we would suggest getting some hosting and setting up a wordpress website. That way you will have...
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    Advice sought on exiting a limited company

    Your first port of call should be an informal chat. The scenario you are looking for is where both of you come away feeling that you are in the situation, albeit with compromises, that you are willing to accept. This will only come from an empathy from both sides for the other persons position...
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    How to advertise an E-commerce website

    Before you start throwing money away on a social media ad campaign I would take a look at your catalogue and identify products that you can offer that there would be less competition for. Something that you can offer that is a bit unique. You also need to decide what it is about your brand that...
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