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    What precautions can I take for a large order?

    I thought you were looking for a buyer for your feathers. I might be able to sell them.
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    What precautions can I take for a large order?

    I used to sell ostrich feathers - what exactly are you talking about?
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    Need sticks of chalk? Any suppliers?

    I went with the vintage packed stuff and its working fine. The product images are quite appealing and for my market it works well.
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    Need sticks of chalk? Any suppliers?

    Thanks guys. Great advice there about searching on google. After 15 years trading online it never once crossed my mind - silly me. I do have one supplier but it's all in 'vintage' packaging and I'd hoped to get something a little less value added. Next time I need a basic question answering...
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    Does reading about successful people really work?

    Oh, gawd, something ancient like "How to get rich sooner than you think.". It told you how to run a mail order business using small ads in magazines. We applied it to the new fangled internet and boom, we were one of the first online joke and party stores. We started last century just as...
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    Does reading about successful people really work?

    We were inspired to start our business by a book and it did become an obsession which would have been a lot easier without 4 kids. Then we went through a phase of not being so focussed and now I am much more focused again although I wonder if I'll ever be so obsessed again? I just feel too old...
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    cheapest 24 hr courier

    Interlink are the bomb. If you use a cheap carrier you pay much more in the long term in orders lost, untrackable and generally having to be resent because you can't get the courier to resolve it. Interlink resolve problems and the tracking is excellent - customers love it. My only gripe is...
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    Is social media changing the nature of ecommerce?

    I would think you ignore social media at your peril because potential customers can contact you via it and also make rather public complaints (although I've not had any I've seen them) which need to be addressed properly. But as has been said it's down to what you sell. If it's yummy food you...
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    Special Delivery Saturday doesn't work?

    When shipping parcels for Saturday delivery, make sure it is to a domestic address and not a business address because businesses do not always get Saturday post.
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    Return Policy Abuse

    It's entirely down to the items you sell and the price of those items. There are ways to keep returns down - describing the items extremely well with good accurate images is a starting point. This enables customers to make the right choices. For serial returners I doubt there is much you can do...
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    Ooo the new forum looks rather nice!

    don't know what to say really, looks swanky, but can I be bothered to figure out how to use it like I used to? Not sure I can be arsed
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    Is retail dead?

    I wonder if shop owners need to become 'closers' more in that they let people leave the shop having tried stuff on when they should be sealing the deal. Perhaps they don't see selling as part of running a shop. They could be scared to sell, worried it will frighten customers off. But what...
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    Quiet? Where are all the Christmas Shoppers?!

    Funny old world. There has been a larger than usual spate of moaning threads lately. This too shall pass. Regarding being shot down in flames...I used to try and give offer advice and website reviews, but there are so many very vocal people here now (when do they find time to run their...
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    When are the big wedding fairs?

    Thanks guys, was looking for a 'season', going by the big fairs the serious time is Feb/March - local wedding fayres - hmmm, who really profits? Probably the event organiser.
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    When are the big wedding fairs?

    Hi, Wedding Boutique folk, do you know when the big wedding fairs are, is there a season for this?
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