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I agree wholeheartedly with this. Most ads don't work because anyone can plop down money to buy ads online, but that doesn't mean they understand anything about ads, the internet, PPC, thier target...

I have to disagree with cost not being a major factor in determining price. In my opinion it's the biggest factor. Whether or not his market can handle the price he needs/wants to charge is a...

I'm sorry, but this is a terrible idea. Anyone who cares enough to build a computer can learn it VERY easily, is a hobbyist, and wouldn't be interested in a 1 hour workshop. And hardly anyone...

It's always been one of those things that people just do and no one talks about.
I knew quite a few bar owners who did this, but it's their bar. If they order an extra case of Whiskey and take it...

The only purpose that requiring CC info up front for a trial is to pad trial-to-paid conversions at the expense of lower visit-to-trial conversion, higher churn, lower CLTV, and longer average...

Yup... I suspect that's the case in nearly every one of our chargebacks, which sucks, because if they'd just call me and say "hey I forgot to cancel" I'd refund it just for the sake of customer...

So it sounds like a subscription service with a free trial that requires credit card information to sign up. You can significantly decrease chargebacks AND increase sign-up rates by not requiring CC...

Sounds as though the business owner is unquestionably stupid and careless. My mentors have always been very clear that you don't play games with the government. You pay your sales (and use) taxes,...

Good post. A huge challenge that I faced recently is not so much burnout, but losing motivation. Once the business was on autopilot and doing very well, you aren't as driven to work as hard. The...

Love the story Ray. Seems a lot of our businesses have similar stories. Start SMALL.

Timmy, depending on what you want to make, a good site I like is Inventables: The Hardware Store for...

I love our Echo! We typically use it for 3 main functions. Music (with Prime Music) - it's an outstanding small speaker system. Shopping list - you just talk to it and tell it to add items, and...

The reason you still get chargebacks, is that people realize AFTER they see the charge and want their money back. "Shoot, I didn't cancel before the charge" ... So they charge it back. How do you...

What else do they say? As soon as your passion goes from a hobby to a job, it's no longer fun :)

Just sharing my experience as both a consumer and a merchant.

My entire point is that the card processor doesn't want calls with the word "fraud" used and especially not from a bank on behalf of...

I didn't want to be so tough on the guy! But yeah, I think this is a little ridiculous. The thinking is all wrong. I have rented storage spaces just to treat material since we can't do it inside. ...

I think following your passion is often misunderstood. Just having your own business can be a passion, regardless of what you are selling. I think many confuse the idea of following your passion as...

I guess to elaborate, you can find a company to do it for you. A fulfillment company will handle it and charge you a fee. All the product is sent to them, stored, packaged, and shipped. Putting...

I can say as a consumer that I've had to jump through hoops to cancel a subscription and it made me pretty angry and I called my bank, their bank and the FTC. Just because they pissed me off.
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How do you get the product to the customer? You ship it, to their address.

If you have 2 pieces that both need to get packaged together, you get both pieces, and package them together.

In the short term sure, but word gets out and in the long term you find no one signs up at all. People do make their complaints public. I know I read comments from other people before making some...

Yes, but people need to hear that when they are just starting out. They need to know it's not all the same, and that they should expect to get all kinds of answers when they start calling people.
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So this is personal against me and you were just looking for an argument?
I was pretty clear. You're jumping up and down about one thing and not considering anything else.

We're all taking...

First of all Nikki isn't getting bids. We don't do bids around here. People are giving him a range of what it MAY cost once someone has ALL of the information for everything he needs. So that he can...

Are we reading the same thread? Is there information I'm not seeing here? Nikki said they want to start an ecommerce business, and open to suggestions. The only "feature" was for different...

It's not against the rules to require people to contact you to cancel a subscription. Companies make this difficult on purpose, and with plenty of A/B testing. If you are making a lot more money...