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GPS Crackdown You Will be Ticketed While Driving

If you sell Aftermarket Car Accessories then you may see some sales increase on voice activated GPS Systems. So you knew it would happen at some point. They did it with cell phones now go after the GPS.

We read this  By ROB JENNINGS • STAFF WRITER at DAILYRECORD.COM

A cell phone has little in common with a global positioning system mapping device, other than both have the potential for driver distraction. The hand-held cell phone ban, which also prohibits text-messaging, took effect in March 2008. Now one lawmaker wants to expand the law to prohibit manual operation of GPS devices. Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith, a Democrat from Jersey City, introduced a bill June 8 specifying that only a voice-activated GPS may be programmed while driving. Violators would face the same $100 fine as anyone caught text-messaging or using a hand-held cell phone. It was only a matter of time before someone proposed expanding the cell phone law to encompass another popular, high-tech device. Smith, the undersheriff of Hudson County, could not be reached Friday about his bill. To be sure, manually programming a GPS unit from behind the wheel — the voice-activated model tends to be more expensive — is not a good idea. AAA in New Jersey spokeswoman Michele Mount noted that the GPS instruction manuals urge motorists to avoid programming while driving.

“I think it would be too hazardous to program it while you’re driving,” said Mike Baldini of Boonton Township, who bought a $150 GPS unit last year that he rarely uses. Baldini described the protracted process involved in generating a GPS-guided route from point A to point B.

“You touch a couple of buttons. Then you get to a menu. Then it asks the town you want. Then you find the street (and) it goes to the street number. Then it asks if you want to take toll roads, or highways, or the least amount of highways,” Baldini said.

Wow, that seems like a lot to do while monitoring traffic flow and exit signs. Still, is a GPS device necessarily more distracting than a satellite radio box featuring hundreds of stations and streaming all the major league baseball scores on a tiny screen?

Maybe, maybe not. But, to our knowledge, no one is proposing a ban on manually operating satellite radio. Perhaps satellite radio will be next, which is the fundamental problem with the current piecemeal approach to distracted driving. Simply put, lawmakers will never be able to keep up with all the distractions and the process is fraught with subjectivity. “What’s next, iPods?” Mount mused.

Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who chairs the transportation committee, favors a broader approach to combating distracted driving. “You could literally do a statute banning grooming, eating, changing the DVD, changing the CD — the list goes on and on. But is this really how we want to proceed,” Wisniewski said. Wisniewski proposed a catch-all ban on distracted driving in 2006. His bill, which was overshadowed by the ultimately successful cell phone ban, would have banned drivers “from engaging in any activity not related to the operation of the vehicle in a manner that interferes with the safe operation of the vehicle,” according to the bill summary. Critics of Wisniewski’s measure argued that it would overlap with the careless driving law. He argued, though, that police might hesitate in assessing careless driving — a two-point offense — to a motorist caught applying their makeup, for example. Wisniewski’s bill proscribed a $100 fine, but no license points. Regardless of the law, common sense should apply.

“No one should be programming their GPS device while their car is moving at 60 miles per hour,” Wisniewski said.

Affordable Web Design and Optimization Services

In today’s business, companies large and small need a website and an online presence. Whether you are a large manufacturing company, distributor, a small business run from home, or perhaps considering setting up a small business, a website will bring new clients to your business and give you the opportunity to attract new clients and new business opportunities. Our Ecommerce business website designs have you in mind.

It is important that any small business website design gives prospective clients the right impression of your company and presents your company as a professional, competent business. To do this your website must convey such an image and Identity and will only do so if it is professionally designed itself.

Selecting the right website design company is an important factor when setting up a new site and ideally it will be the start of a long relationship, so you need to feel comfortable with your website designer and ensure they will always be available when you need them.

The majority of our clients are home based small businesses. We have helped many of them set up new sites, often from the smallest pieces of information, such as letterheads for example. It’s one thing knowing you need a website, but another matter trying to find the time to decide what it should look like and what it should contain. We can take most of the strain from you in that department and help to point you in the right direction. With our integrated SEO, SEM, Landing Page Optimization and Conversions Help we can bring you to the top by creating a quality website and help achieve a high ranking for your site in Google, Yahoo and other Search Engines through personal training.

Add value to your business. Your company website may be the first point of contact with your clients, it is a natural thing to search for products and services on the internet these days and your website could bring you new business and new clients.  However, you should consider how a professional looking website will stimulate sales further than a ‘home made’ web site and present that all important first impression to prospective clients.

Cost is obviously one of the main concerns with any new venture and as a small business we appreciate this. Our small business web design packages are very affordable and we will keep you on budget. We have a range of solutions available for the small business owner, so if you would like any advice or information please feel free to contact us for small business advice under no obligation.

Interested? Then in the first instance please contact us (rwcasandra@turnkeydropshipbusiness.com) and ask for a free quote for your project, under no obligation. We also offer free after sales support and free Limited alterations after completion. Our other services include ecommerce solutions, logo design,  Blogs, Forums, search engine optimization and marketing, Data conversion solutions and Pre-built Turnkey Dropship Business’s.

Thanks, R.W. Casandra

Making Your eBiz Legal: Why and How

If you plan on buying from Wholesale Distributors for your own stock or you intend to dropship. This is a very Informative article and if you plan on going beyond ebay with your garage sale stuff this needs to be in your plans. If you are running a retail website or would like to and you want to buy wholesale ”get legit” There is a video at the bottom that is related. the article is from Worldwide Brands, by Chris Malta & Robin Cowie

It’s not uncommon for new Internet retailers to be intimidated by the thought of acquiring reseller certificates, EINs, and DBAs. But if you sell physical goods on the ‘net, you can’t afford to let a little paperwork stop you from experiencing the benefits of being a legally recognized business. Because, if you want to buy your inventory from real wholesale suppliers, you must be an official, legal business. The Taxman Cometh According to eBiz attorney Cliff Ennico, of CliffEnnico.com, wholesalers require proof that you’re a legal business for a very good reason. They keep this proof on file, to protect themselves, should they ever be audited. In the U.S., wholesale transactions aren’t taxed. “Wholesalers don’t charge taxes to their retailer customers, because those retailers are going to charge taxes to their customers,” explains Ennico. “As long as someone is paying taxes on those goods at some point during their journey to market, the IRS is happy.” However, if the IRS were to catch a wholesaler selling tax-free goods to an end consumer, that wholesaler would wind up in a world of legal and financial trouble. So every business they sell to must demonstrate that they’re a legally authorized reseller, buying their goods for resale and not for personal enjoyment. I’ll Need to See Some ID, Please… As an online seller, you’re responsible to collect and pay sales tax on all sales to customers in your own state. Therefore, you’re required by law to register for a state sales tax ID (a.k.a. reseller certificate) when you set up your business. Registering is as easy as going to your state tax authority website, clicking on ‘Forms and Publications’, and filling out the registration form. (One helpful resource is TaxLinks.com, a website that provides links to the state tax authority websites for all fifty states.) Typically, you’ll use a copy of this document to verify your business’ legitimacy. Not every state imposes sales tax on retail items, however, and that complicates the issue. If you live in a tax-exempt state, you’re unable to acquire a reseller certificate. In that case, a wholesaler will need another form of identification proving your business’ validity. Some of the most common alternate forms of proof are as follows:

New auction sites challenge eBay

Move over eBay. A number of new Web sites have sprung up to provide another venue for auctioning items and scoring bargains:

Overstock.com: Great for designer labels. You’ll find Prada pumps and Gucci satchels as well as auction-only merchandise.

Sam’s Club Auctions: Best for big-ticket items such as vacuums, comforters, TVs, tents and more.

Shopgoodwill.com: A great place to find collectibles such as tea cups and decorative plates. You will also find inexpensive clothing on this site. However, everything is sold “as is” and cannot be returned.

Ubid.com: This is the place to go for electronics. The site sells excess inventory from manufacturers such as Apple and Hewlett-Packard. A lot of it is refurbished, which means that warranties vary.

What is Bonanzle?

“Quite simply, [Bonanzle is] the best I’ve seen in my four years of reviewing and writing about start-up marketplaces” –Vangie Beal, on behalf of Ecommerce Guide.

Bonanzle

At Bonanzle, we think that online shopping is stuck where online search was 10 years ago, in the age before Google. Many users today think that eBay and Craigslist are “good enough,” and the “rules” for online shopping are set: items get posted through a series of selling pages, buyers browse static listings, buyers buy items and hope that sellers are trustable.

We think there’s still a lot of room for improvement over the precedent that eBay and Craigslist set 10 years ago (and that the eBay/Craigslist lookalikes have copied ever since).

Here’s how we think online shopping ought to be:

• Relentlessly simple. Remember five years ago when it was easy to post and browse items on eBay? We have spent more than a year designing the easiest selling process, and re-invented the concept of a “store” to revive that refreshing feeling of ease eBay once gave you.
• Instant. Every seller on Bonanzle has the option of tying their Instant Messenger to their group of items, so buyers can get questions answered (or deals made) instantly. For local items, sellers can pre-schedule pickup times to take the guesswork out of which of those Xboxes you could pick up today.
• Engaging. On Bonanzle, the journey to buy or sell your items is part of the destination. With built in user-to-user messaging and pervasive chat, you’ll find that shopping isn’t nearly as lonesome as you remember it being on Craigslist.
• Safe. It sucks to have no idea who you’re dealing with. At Bonanzle, we’re committed to building a community of friendly, everyday people. Bonanzle is not (and will never be) a place for adult content or unseemly message forums.
• Free and Almost Free. There is no reason that you should have to pay a percentage of your item sales to The Man. At Bonanzle, listing is free and fees are dirt cheap. They’re also guaranteed not to raise an iota through 2010.

What Does “Find Everything but the Ordinary” Mean?

While everybody is welcome to sell on Bonanzle, our most successful sellers are those that have items that aren’t new, shiny, and mass-produced. Why? Because we believe Amazon already does a darned good job at helping people find new DVDs, CDs, electronics, computers, and books. We specialize in helping you buy and sell everything else.

I’m Still Not Sold. Is Bonanzle for Me?

“[Bonanzle] is without doubt the cleanest and easiest to use selling platform I’ve ever listed anything on.”
– Auction Wally, Marketplace Writer & Antiques Expert, in article eBay Alternative Bonanzle is Super Simple

“The runaway winner as our Best eBay Alternative is Bonanzle. This startup combines an easy listing process with cutting-edge features such as on-the-fly image cropping and live chat and an avid seller community.”
– SmallBusinessComuting.com, Marketplace Journal, in article 2009 Awards: Reader’s Pick the Best Small Business Tech Tools

“Bonanzle is putting the fun back into online selling.”
– Randy Smythe, Marketplace Analyst, in article You Can Find eBay’s Soul At Bonanzle.com!

“If there was just one eBay competitor to watch, I might just put my money on this one.”
– Scott Pooler, Marketplace Journalist, in article Bonanzle – Bodacious eBay Competitor Gives Birth to Fresh Merchandising Format

“There’s a reason Bonanzle is experiencing tremendous growth. Well, ten and a half reasons, actually. But it all boils down to a simple business model that promotes communication and builds trust among members, a simple interface that’s easy on the eyes and even easier to use, tools that make simple things even easier, and reasonable rates.”
– Salehoo, marketplace review blog, in article Bonanzle: An exciting eBay alternative

… And that’s not to mention the many thousand positive messages about Bonanzle on the Powersellers Unite forum, making it the most talked about eBay alternative in the four year history of this popular site!

Intrigued?

Sign up for an account now, or jump straight to selling your items. It won’t hurt a bit, that’s the whole point!

Your Drop Shipping problems can be reduced or eliminated.

After deciding what products you will sell, you are immediately faced with many challenges.

First: “To stock my products, will I need to rent store or warehouse space? I was hoping to sell by Internet, mail order, or export, but I don’t have much storage space for inventory at home.”

Second: “Will the supplier even deal with me if I don’t have a retail location? I was counting on keeping my overhead down by operating from home.”

Third: “I know that many manufacturers and distributors have a minimum order, sometimes in the thousands of dollars. I don’t have that kind of money!”

Fourth: “Even if I did have the money, why should I tie it up in inventory? How do I know if the product will even sell?”

Fifth: “I guess I will have to add extra insurance coverage for my inventory. Maybe I better upgrade my security system while I’m at it.”

Sixth: “The shipping charges are going to kill me. First, I have to pay to get the goods here (freight-in). Then, I have to pay to ship the goods out to my customers (freight-out).”

Seventh: “If I expand and hire employees, how will I control the inventory? How will I know if my employees are stealing from me?”

Eighth: “How much time and money am I going to spend packaging and fulfilling orders?”

These problems can be reduced or eliminated by drop shipping.

Don’t Get Taken by a Fake Wholesale Supplier!

We grabbed this article Written by: Chris Malta
to keep you aware and to inform you of potential “fake” suppliers out there. I know a few people that got mixed up in these systems for large amounts  of money.

Written by: Chris Malta
If you want to start your Home-based Internet Business for very little money, you need Wholesale Suppliers who Drop Ship.
 
 Why? Because working with drop shippers eliminates the need for you to carry expensive inventories. You don’t have to rent a warehouse, hire employees, establish accounts with UPS and FedEx, etc. You can sell the best brand names on earth from your home computer, and make good money at it.

Wholesale Suppliers who drop ship send the products you sell directly from their warehouse to your customer, with your business name on it. All you do it take the order from your customer and pass it to the distributor. You keep the difference between the wholesale price the distributor charges you, and the retail price you sell to your customer for.

Of course, there are a lot of places out there that want you to THINK they are wholesale drop shippers. They’ll set up accounts with, say, 10 real drop ship suppliers. Then they’ll call themselves something like “GetYerStuffHere.com”, and claim that THEY are the wholesale drop ship supplier. Then it’ll go like this:

1. GetYerStuffHere.com will place advertising all over the Internet proclaiming to be the greatest source that ever existed for all kinds of great products, and they’ll drop ship all those products to your customer.

2. You’ll get all excited because YOU can actually place everything from Sony electronics to Coleman Camping gear on your web site and sell it.

3. GetYerStuffHere.com will charge you an account setup fee, to cover their “processing”. (Note: REAL Wholesale Suppliers almost NEVER charge you an account setup fee).

4. GetYerStuffHere.com will send you a nice, shiny list of products and show you where to get the product images and descriptions to place on your web site.

5. You’ll get all excited, and put all this great stuff on your site, set your prices so that you can make a profit over what GetYerStuffHere.com.

6. You’ll launch your site, and you hardly sell a thing.

Huh? What happened? Nobody’s buying! You can’t survive on just a few orders a month!

Disappointed and discouraged, you start to go out and check other web sites that carry the same products. Maybe they have better images. Maybe they have cooler descriptions. Maybe their pages look nicer. You find that it’s none of those things. So what DO you find?

The other sites’ PRICES are lower. A LOT lower.

You just got nailed by one of the most popular scams on the Internet.

GetYerStuffHere.com took you for a couple of hundred dollars in exchange for a CD full of product images. They may have even locked you into a contract where you have to pay them every month to be a “member” of their “distributorship”.

Oh, GetYerStuffHere.com DOES ship the products they claim to. Of course they do. It’s just that when they get an order from you, they turn around and place your order with the REAL Wholesale Supplier, and take a profit. By the time YOUR price is calculated, you’re paying not only wholesale, you’re paying GetYerStuffHere.com’s extra markup of anywhere from 10% to 30%.

In order for YOU to make a profit, you naturally have to mark up the prices you get from GetYerStuffHere.com. By the time you do that, you can’t compete on the ‘Net. Your prices are just too high.

At this point, you can do one of two things:

1. You can lower your prices to the point where you’re making mere pennies on your products in order to compete.

2. You can bypass these jokers and go to the REAL sources.

I’ve been in Systems Engineering for 19 years. I’ve been involved in ECommerce since it began. In that time, I’ve seen this scenario played out over and over with companies I’ve done work for.

The real sources can be hard to find. They don’t market themselves as Internet Wholesale Supplier. They are established wholesale companies who have been supplying big chains like Sears and Kmart for a very long time.

Many of them are now realizing that a good part of their future lies in Internet sales, and they are establishing drop ship and light bulk wholesale programs. There are even a few big name manufacturers who are beginning to supply Home-based Internet Businesses right from their factories. That’s where YOU need to be. In direct contact with the actual Wholesale Supplier or factory source.

When you’re looking for a drop shipper, here are a couple of things to be careful of:

1. Any company that tells you that they’ll set up your entire web site AND PROVIDE THE PRODUCTS FOR YOU will NOT make you rich. They’ll make THEMSELVES rich on your setup and hosting fees, and you’ll piddle along with thousands of other small sites all selling exactly the same things at the same prices.

(NOTE: Don’t confuse this with companies who just offer to set up your ECommerce web site. There are a lot of great places out there that will build and host sites for you. It’s when they tell you that you HAVE to sell the products that THEY provide that you should run for cover.)

2. Any distributor who wants you to pay a “membership” or “setup” fee is probably not a true Wholesale Supplier.

3. If it sounds too good to be true, it’s too good to be true.
Written by: Chris Malta

Amazon under investigation by US Postal Service

What is Google Base? Will it work for me?

I have been using google base for some time and it has given me plenty of traffic. If you are selling items from your retail website and you want some traffic for relevant search terms in google this is the way to go. Grab a few of your keywords for what you sell, do a search on google, lets say “coach handbag” you will see at the top or bottom of the organic section of the page “Shopping results for coach handbag” this is where your items would show up. Having a google data feed setup would display your link  in this section. If your handy with an excel spreadsheet you can do this with ease and you will need to have a FREE google account to proceed.

Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all types of online and offline content, which we’ll make searchable on Google (if your content isn’t online yet, we’ll put it there). You can describe any item you post with attributes, which will help people find it when they do related searches. In fact, based on your items’ relevance, users may find them in their results for searches on Google Product Search and even our main Google web search.

• Cost: Free
• How to Submit: You can submit information about all types of online and offline content to Google Base, by either the standard web form or, if you have more than 10 items to submit, via a data feed. When you submit information via the web form, you can attach up to 15 digital files in the following formats: PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Text (.txt), HTML (.html), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Word Perfect (.wpd), ASCII, Unicode and XML. Please note: the files you upload may not exceed 20 megabytes total in size, and we reserve the right to review all items in order to ensure they comply with the Google Base Terms and Conditions.
• Languages: Google Base is currently available in English and German interfaces.
• Reach: Items you submit to Google Base might be found on Google properties like Google or Google Product Search.
• How it’s different: Google Base enables you to add attributes describing your content, so that searchers can easily find it. The more popular individual attributes become, the more often we’ll suggest them when others post the same items. Similarly, items that become more popular will show up as suggested item types in the Choose an existing item type drop-down menu.

Detailed instructions for providers in real estate, recipes, products.

1. Why should I use Google Base?
2. What are attributes?
3. Do I need a Google Account to use Google Base?
4. What kind of information can I submit?
5. How can I submit my item?
6. Do I need a website if I want my item to appear on Google properties?
7. In what formats can I submit my data feed?
8. Where will my item appear?
9. How will you control for irrelevant items like pornography or SPAM material?
10. How can I increase traffic to my items?

1. Why should I use Google Base?

If you have information you want to share with others but aren’t sure how to reach them, Google Base is for you. You can easily submit all types of online and offline content to Base, and if your content isn’t online yet, we’ll put it there. You can describe any item you post with attributes, which will help people find it when they do related searches. In fact, based on your items’ relevance, users may find them in their results for searches on Google Product Search and even our main Google web search. The main benefits of Google Base include:

• Free content hosting
  Google Base represents a new opportunity to put any kind of content online, even if it isn’t a web page.
• Distribution
  By bringing offline content online, Google Base is more accessible and useful. Even online content becomes more ‘discoverable’ when users are able to refine their search results based on attributes. You can also link users to your own website, thus making your content far more accessible to the world.
• Ease of Use
  Now you can go to one place to upload content to Google. You can post individual items by completing a simple web form or submit a data feed with ten or more items in standard formats such as TSV, RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0.

Best of all, Google Base is entirely free. And you’re always in control; you can edit or archive your items whenever you want.

2. What are attributes?

Google Base lets you describe your items with detailed information called attributes, which will help searchers find your content more easily when they search on various Google properties.Attributes are words or phrases that help describe the characteristics and qualities of your items. For any given attribute you may enter multiple values separated by commas.For example: If you’re describing a recipe you want to share, your attributes might include ‘Theme: Breakfast’, ‘Main Ingredient: Eggs, Chicken’, and ‘Servings: 4′.

3. Do I need a Google Account to use Google Base?

Yes, to publish your own items, you must create a Google Account.

4. What kind of information can I submit?

Google’s goal is to organize the world’s information, and that includes almost anything you might want to contribute, whether it’s your store inventory, collection of original poetry, or research paper on cancer receptors. You can submit your information using either the standard web form or, if you have more than 10 items to submit, via our data feed options.When you submit information via the web form, you can attach up to 15 digital files in the following formats: PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Text (.txt), HTML (.html), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Word Perfect (.wpd), ASCII, Unicode and XML.Please note: the files you upload may not exceed 20 megabytes total in size, and we reserve the right to review all items in order to ensure they comply with the Google Base Terms and Conditions.

5. How can I submit my item?

To submit an item using our standard web form, visit Google Base and click on ‘Post your own item’. On the Post an Item page, choose an item type from the drop-down menu or create your own item type in the text box below. Then click “Next” to add details, edit, review and publish your item. In about 15 minutes, your item will have a unique web address and be visible to the world. If you have a website that you’d like to lead searchers to, be sure to include an attribute as type “Web URL” which includes the page’s full URL.If you’d like to submit more than ten items, you might want to consider submitting a data feed instead of doing so by hand (learn more about feeds).

6. Do I need a website if I want my item to appear on Google properties?

Nope. If you don’t have a website, Google will host your content (for free) on a unique web address.

7. In what formats can I submit my data feed?

Google Base will accept feeds in TSV, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 Atom 0.3, and Atom 1.0 formats. This means that content providers who already have RSS feeds can easily submit their content to Google Base.

8. Where will my item appear?

We’ll host your item online if you don’t already have a website, and show it to anyone who searches for its unique URL or finds it while searching for related topics. Based on relevance, your item may appear on Google properties like Google Product Search and our main Google web search. Some example Google searches which include items from Google Base are:

• jobs
• homes for sale
• indian recipes

 

9. How will you control for irrelevant items like pornography or SPAM material?

All items that are uploaded into Google Base must comply with our Editorial Policies and Program Policies. Items that don’t meet these policies may be taken down based on our own checks or in response to user complaints.

10. How can I increase traffic to my items?

You can increase the likelihood that your items will appear when searchers enter a relevant query by including highly structured information with each item. This means including rich attributes that accurately represent your content. You can learn more about improving the quality of your items here.

Dropshipping or stocking and why is it important to you?

Along with good customer service, finding the right products to offer to the public is probably one of the most significant challenges for those wanting to sell on eBay, amazon or any other online business. The main goal is to buy at low prices and to sell high. Of course, the majority of people just starting out on eBay begin by selling their own personal goods, all of that generally surplus merchandise they have in the attic, garage or basement. This is a good route to take with eBay, as it will help you to become familiar with the basics of listing, shipping, pictures, description writing and general customer service but at some point you will have an empty home if you keep moving in this direction.

When the house is empty you will need to find more items to sell. Many sellers will spend Saturday and Sunday searching around garage sales and flea markets, looking for merchandise and it soon becomes apparent that this it taking up a lot of time and money although I have found a lot of great things that I decided to keep for myself. What you really need is to find a wholesaler where you can buy in bulk at inexpensive prices and make your mark up on eBay then box and ship yourself. Search the items you want to sell for sales numbers before purchasing for stock. You do not want to get stuck with this stuff. Buy wisely.

 When you have decided to start trading seriously on eBay, amazon or with any other online retailing business, there are some things to remember about the businesses where you are likely to be buying your stock.

·         Have a Business corporation, llc, partnership or sole proprietor set up.

·         Make sure your paperwork to purchase wholesale is in order, since this will be required by the supplier.

·         The wholesaler will provide you with all of the necessary information for you to buy from him with confidence.

·         Have your merchant account in place whether it is paypal or credit card processing center.

·         Search, Search and do more Searching, do as much research as possible. Be Confident in the items you choose.

After you have some of the basics covered you should have a great start on your online adventure. Good Luck!