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    How to Outsource your App: My 5 Step Guide

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Anyone tried http://facebook.github.io/origami/ ? Apparently Facebook programmers used it for making their Paper functionality. Seems very easy to use from the pictures. Haven't used it yet though.
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    2 ideas should, should I pursue both?

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    Hey, I have 2 ideas that I'm very excited about. One more than the other. I do have the capital to develop both however they'd cut significantly into my savings. Also, my other concern is focus. If I made the 2 ideas into reality, I'd have less time to focus on each. One is an app and the...
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    Ask me anything about eCommerce (2012)

    GOLD! 
    Hey biophase! My site is www.wallswithart.com I was driving traffic to this site using Google Shopping and Google adwords, there were 0 conversions. Now I'm thinking of retargeting it from US traffic to SE Asia traffic and instead contact forums for banner ads instead. What do you think of...
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    Asking about commission rate

    I am planning to refer some clients to some companies. I was wondering how to ask them about their usual commission rate. As it varies from company to company and I wanted to ask them to let me know. How would you go about asking them to get a higher rate of response? My current short email...
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    How to Outsource your App: My 5 Step Guide

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Did you have to GoPro on dribbble by paying $20 a year to contact the designers? But i reckon since it's not elance, how can you tell their reliability and whether they'll stay on budget?
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    How to Outsource your App: My 5 Step Guide

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hey Tim, I'm thinking of using Elance to build a website. Where is your developer from? I'm getting great prices from India and Bangladesh. Some of high design ability. However, a lot of posts discouraging people from hiring freelancers from these countries. Any input?
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    My Fastlane Journey & $100,000/Month Sales 4 Months After Start-Up

    NOTABLE! FTE EXECUTION 
    If I'm not mistaken, he said the product he sold to the US (I'm assuming it was legal) failed. So I doubt there's any risk to share what product failed for him?
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    Great idea for the moving industry

    IDEA 
    Did you change your reply? I got a notification that you posted "As you can see, unpakt takes billing details from the customer immediately." What did you mean by that?
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    Where should I advertise?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I'm about to promote a mover aggregration site. However, the expatriate forums and real estate platform I've contacted wants 2000USD to promote my site. That's way out of my budget. Is there any other place I can do so for cheaper. I'm based outside the US in Asia.
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    My Fastlane Journey & $100,000/Month Sales 4 Months After Start-Up

    NOTABLE! FTE EXECUTION 
    Hey Zen, Where are you based? If you're in Asia, perhaps we're nearby. I have an ecommerce site on wall art. I read that going to the US market was a mistake and going local was one key to your success. What did you try dropshipping to the US? I made absolutely no sales on my site. Spent some...
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    Great idea for the moving industry

    IDEA 
    Hey guys, www.unpakt.com is a great idea for the moving industry. I want to run a similar concept but I wonder if there are some areas for improvement in unpakt's business model. Here are my concerns/questions: 1. Return customers- For a website for food such as www.just-eat.com (which is a...
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    Question for about MJ's limo site

    Check this out: https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/mjs-limo-com-website.34976/ I'm also interested in the business model MJ had for the limo company. MJ: Additionally, it would help you as well is to consider what % commission to charge the hotel and how should you go about...
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    What's the moving/relocation business like?

    Actually I did do the research before posting on this forum. Perhaps my keywords werent right... Yes, I'd need to call to set appointments. What percentage commission should I charge them? I looked around at a similar business model in the US and it charges 13% commission. Should I go with...
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    What's the moving/relocation business like?

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    What are some high volume service businesses?

    Yes, that's a viable option. Any other ideas for a high volume business? Would be useful for everyone to have a reference list to go with.
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    What are some high volume service businesses?

    Hmmm, how can one monetize the insurance business without being an insurance agent... Anyone else?
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    What's the moving/relocation business like?

    So far it seems very fragmented. I read that it was hit hard during recessionary periods. I have an idea in mind related to this business but I'd like to learn more about this industry first. For example, how do people select their movers ( i think it's mostly through referrals), what's the...
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    What are some high volume service businesses?

    Hey guys, What are some high volume service businesses?
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    Manufacture kitchen utensils

    I've got a design in mind for a new kitchen utensil. It's a slight modification on an existing utensil and I intend to market it to the catering industry. I was wondering whether should I go to manufacture it? I asked a friend and he said Wuyi in Zhejiang Province is the place to go. I was...
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    Dropshipping keyword research query

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks a lot for the detailed reply Dan! You use "20% main keyword, 60% long tail keywords" for these hundreds of keywords how many monthly searches(i.e., by country) should they have in total to show that the niche has potential? I think there should be a minimum monthly search threshold that...

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