All right I have about a month of free time (not so many client cases) to devote to my businesses. I am also looking at purchasing an established online b2c site that is in the top five for what it sells, been around since 1998.
Current owner has been driving his business into the ground- wants out. Revenues about $1.2M per year, potential is there to increase that tenfold – the guy has a lot of mistakes on his site. For example, he still has his supplier ship each item to him, which is then repackaged and shipped back out! lol
Has a customer base of some 36,000 buyers has never once sent an email to a buyer for follow up marketing.
The potential IS THERE.
There is a forum I found on the internet that is free, and helps with Ebay, PayPal, business and the law. Just post any question, the experts will answer it if it has not already been answered!
The forum has a lot of expert advice on it. http://www.modeeworld.com/forums I found advice there about how to avoid EBAY suspensions, get past PayPal limitations, also lots of detailed help on creating your own business, getting past trademark violations, VERO and lots more. Plus general advice on how best to sell on EBAY, what sells the best, how to get the best price for your product, really everything related to EBAY and internet business.
Also advice about how EBAY really works and how PayPal really works. The inside scoop.
Beautiful forum. I was made a moderator of the forum and I love it!