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    Help with website

    If you are looking for a straight, static portfolio website, then invest in Dreamweaver and learn, learn, learn. Finally, always get feedback on early projects on forums like this as honesty can be very constructive! Good luck.
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    Domains for ecommerce site

    Qwerty, you are indeed correct in that it can be more difficult to establish a completely unrelated brand without a significant marketing budget based around brand-awareness. Subsequently, I agree with Paul that the possible benefits to SEO and to user-recognition should guide people towards a...
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    Store Promotions. What Has Worked For You?

    We have a client who is looking to run an April store promotion as it is the quietest month of the year for their sector and we are working with them to establish and market a promotion accordingly. So, it got me thinking... Can anybody feedback experience of in-store promotions they have...
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    What happens when an orders placed

    As others have said above, most modern e-commerce packages will automate the purchase process to a certain degree. We use a heavily customised version of CS-Cart (www.cs-cart.com) which is the best package we have come across (just my opinion of course!). The question of whether to develop...
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    webgains affiliates - all new affiliates seem to be voucher/disocunt sites

    Do you indulge in any active affiliate recruitment yourself? I would suggest either doing so or taking on the services of a renowned affiliate management agency to deal with this for you.
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    Recommend Ecommerce solutions (Protx friendly)

    We use CSCart (www.cs-cart.com) and have been developing with it for years. It does everything you want and a LOT more...
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    New film, game and music website - I'd like some help

    Do you have a marketing strategy beyond your affiliate programme?
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    Need Some Help From You All.

    You could start by giving us a detailed description of your business model, and the requirements related to it... It's all a little vague!
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    Off the shelf package with different pricing abilities

    Hi Page, You are quite right in that CS-Cart has this functionality as standard. We use a heavily modified version of CS-Cart as our basic cart which can then be customised to your requirements as a part of our service. Please let me know if we can help you on this! Kind regards,
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    What cart software should i use.

    Can you tell us a little more about the functionality you require?
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    International Shipping & Multi Currency

    Duncan is correct... in these wonderful days of international commerce, most shopping cart solutions SHOULD handle such functionality. It is surprising, however, how few do it well. Our solution is a heavily modified version of CS-Cart and it has many options for tax/shipping/currency/langauge...
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    How have web startups projected sales?

    Syspos is correct... there are many factors that will directly influence ranging from the credibility of the website, payment methods, range, price, sector, etc... If you could give us more information, including any USP's, we could guess a little better :)
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    Live Help

    I agree with Carl. We also use Live Chat for prospective customers/support and it works very well. Also, people know you are there just in case they need immediate assistance. We never 'push' either...
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    How to start an OS commerce site

    But don't forget that installing OScommerce is one thing, but customising it is another thing all together. I would strongly advise against using any of the default templates... Good luck with your site.
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    Review My Website. Criticism Welcomed.

    Hi Speedy, You will need to either write the URL with gaps or add it to your forum profile.