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    The MOST "Infuential" Book

    I have stumbled on this thread at the right time, I was looking for another good read. Thanks for the recommendation :)
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    I've won the YEDA 2010 Female Entreprenuer of the Year Award

    Congratulations Faz! Good luck with ABDN and AWA :)
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    Office Space Manchester?

    You could try Piccadilly House just down from Piccadilly Train station. If you are moving into Manchester for the first time you could try contacting MIDAS who manage inward investment in Manchester, they will be happy to escort you round and show you some interesting places. PM me if you...
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    SEO - Sheesh

    One of the better SEO tools I have used is Internet Business Promoter (IBP) well worth checking out as it will tell you how well your site stacks up against the top 10 results. Also I think they have some form of guarantee that if you get 100% in their tool you will get to the top 10 Google...
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    Help with marketing

    I think it would be fantastic if you include some form of call to action on your homepage to encourage sign-ups. Currently when I go to your site I see no immediate benefit to signing up, reading on I still don't understand the need of signing up. Perhaps I am missing something? You could...
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    web site fraud - tips to spot it

    Many payment providers are including the Verified by Visa and MasterCard Secure Code services. If the card is registered and the purchaser authorizes the payment with their card password then in most cases the seller is not liable for chargebacks. We use PayPal for many purchases and have had...
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    SEO - Sheesh

    Agreed, we score 93%. Is it getting this based on the meta keywords or meta description? either way it seems a bit pointless. One interesting feature I just found was the SEO Text Browser, might be worth checking out for those who are interested...
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    How to split profits between busines partners

    I am not convinced that 50/50 partnerships work, especially with friends and especially if the workload is not balanced, but I do agree with others here and respect that you are looking into sooner rather than later. Also I am a bit concerned that you are talking so soon about profits...
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    Confused

    I would not automatically dismiss making money from the sites you wish to setup, if your services are free this may devalue what you are offering your clients. If what you are offering has true value then I am sure it will be worth paying for, charity or no charity. My tip would be to start...
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    Moving an existing site over to an e-commerce platform

    Thank you for this, it is something we will explore further. Again this all comes down to features and benefits of using a certain e-commerce platform. If some things have to be custom built on top then this is not much of an issue as we do expect that in some instances this will need to be...
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    Moving an existing site over to an e-commerce platform

    Just located the database schema for osCommerce and Magento You are not half wrong there, Magento's database is certainly complex, the scheme seems to do a good job of showing how it all works. Ideally we don't just want to go for the solution that is easy to migrate to, it should be the...
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    Views on PayPal Payments Pro & Reserves

    I can say from experience that PayPal payments pro can get messy. It is strange that you have been hit with such a high reserve so early in the game. This could be that they see your business as being very high risk for fraudulent payments. For our service we used PayPal payments pro and...
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    Moving an existing site over to an e-commerce platform

    Thanks. Then the first step for us will be to find out how the database of Magento is structured and we will take it from there. Writing code to change column names etc shouldn't be a problem and I am sure we can build our own migration tool for this particular instance. We are still exploring...
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    Moving an existing site over to an e-commerce platform

    Thank you for your replies. Our database certainly contains a lot of data and I can certainly see that transitioning will be no easy feat. I think it would be great for us to do a few dry runs and see how this pans out, it would also be fantastic to get access to the databases that Magento or...
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    Moving an existing site over to an e-commerce platform

    This is kind of a three part question. I am hoping that someone could offer advice regarding porting over an existing site to an e-commerce platform solution, what they see as the pros/cons and which e-commerce solution might be of greatest use to us. We have been running our e-commerce site...
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