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So my buddy James is in great shape. He is about 6'1...215lbs...6 or 7% body fat. He was rejected from being a contestant on American Gladiators because he is bigger than the gladiators haha. They even offered him an interview to be a gladiator.
Everyone at our local Lifetime fitness knows him, and if he misses a day of working out, search parties begin trying to track him down. He has an awesome idea for a weightlifting supplements company with a great name. The best part is...every time I go to the gym with him...like clockwork at least 5 or 6 different people ask him what supplements he takes.
He has already spread the word about his new "up and coming" business idea. I designed some shirts for him, and we are going over a business plan. The website will have instructional workout videos from James, supplements for sale, DVDs, apparel, and more.
Everyone at our gym figures "Why would I give my money to GNC when I can give it to someone I know personally?"
James already has a good sized market (about 70-100 repeat customers) once this thing is off the ground, but he wants me to help him get the ball rolling a little faster.
I have two questions for my great friends here in the Fastlane:
1.) How do I go about getting the supply for the supplements. We obviously want to go directly through the companies producing them...but how do I get in touch with the right people at these companies (which department is best to start with)? Once we have the supplements, we plan on selling them much cheaper than the corporate companies around here jack the prices up to.
2.) What is the best checkout system/online store script to use on your website?
Thank you everyone for any advice!! I greatly appreciate it.
-Alex
Everyone at our local Lifetime fitness knows him, and if he misses a day of working out, search parties begin trying to track him down. He has an awesome idea for a weightlifting supplements company with a great name. The best part is...every time I go to the gym with him...like clockwork at least 5 or 6 different people ask him what supplements he takes.
He has already spread the word about his new "up and coming" business idea. I designed some shirts for him, and we are going over a business plan. The website will have instructional workout videos from James, supplements for sale, DVDs, apparel, and more.
Everyone at our gym figures "Why would I give my money to GNC when I can give it to someone I know personally?"
James already has a good sized market (about 70-100 repeat customers) once this thing is off the ground, but he wants me to help him get the ball rolling a little faster.
I have two questions for my great friends here in the Fastlane:
1.) How do I go about getting the supply for the supplements. We obviously want to go directly through the companies producing them...but how do I get in touch with the right people at these companies (which department is best to start with)? Once we have the supplements, we plan on selling them much cheaper than the corporate companies around here jack the prices up to.
2.) What is the best checkout system/online store script to use on your website?
Thank you everyone for any advice!! I greatly appreciate it.
-Alex
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