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I'm curious, how are you guys defining 'startup'? Is it merely a new venture, or does it have to be a radical world-changing angry birds twitter pinterest that attracts enormous IPO dollars?
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Good to hear it, I remember reading your initial stuff when it happened. As an aside you've got a mixed content warning on your checkout page; means that some things are SSL encrypted and some not. Usually it's when someone hardcodes something like "http://name.com/something.gif" instead of hardcoding https or using relative references. Most browsers will warn about it (mine did) and could affect conversion rate. You should also look at your CMS/cart; each page on average has >2800 lines, but it's all white space, there's maybe 150 lines of actual code in there. There's some suggestions here: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights#url=http_3A_2F_2Fshop.smartplanetkitchen.com_2F&mobile=false This applies to all your shop pages, not the home page.
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OmNom posted:Thanks for the info, I'll hold onto that. I am in the process of raising money via Indiegogo, private investors and a really col free loan program I found. Part of the money I raise is going to overhaul everything Internet. I got a bit shafted on the original page, and skinning of the store; but I am hamstrung until I get some more cash to expand on that side of the business. I don't know if you're set up for regional/long term stocking but I live in Vancouver and they are crazy about health-everything here. Have you tried to get tie-ups with organic retailers? They're kind of big box but some of the ones here are Urban Fair, Whole Foods, Choices, Greens, etc. Basically anyone on this page: http://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=organic+grocery+stores&find_loc=Vancouver%2C+BC There's also delivery services like spud.ca and organicsathome.com but they're more about '20km diet' than they are necessarily organic and the like.
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Busy Bee posted:edit: I did some research and it seems like I can incorporate with a Registered Agent of WA state and have them use their address. What are the pro's and con's of this besides the fee that they charge? You kind of already got the solution. I believe lawyers/accountants with the right certifications can act as registered agents as well. There's only two cons that I know of: 1. It looks shady to people researching your company for trustworthiness; an agent means usually one of two things: out of state company only there for nexus/sales tax reasons or shell company/penny stock fraud/hide the identity of the operators/etc. This might not matter to you since I'm guessing your business will be mostly referral and word of mouth, but there is that. 2. Your agent could be a jerk. I know a guy who ran a medium sized Amazon Marketplace business who got in a lot of hot water because his 'agent' never forwarded mail or other correspondence, and there were some legal documents that were kind of necessary that never got delivered. This is mostly the case with out of state though, it sounds like you're in state and will be able to actually physically interact with your agent so it shouldn't be as much of a concern. Another thing to remember is that the registered agent does have to hand over your info to anyone legally powered to ask for it, so don't think of it as some kind of bullet proof privacy armor.
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Jul 23, 2012 02:52
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It's a weird space to be in, and you'll be rubbing elbows with tons of shady operators but it might be doable. The problem is that there's a lot of wannabe Rip Off Report style sites working this angle, and they're basically extortion rackets dressed up as consumer protection operations. You might want to check out these guys too, they seem to be doing something similar: http://www.scambook.com/
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You might get better feedback in the SH/SC post screenshots of what you're working thread again, this one doesn't get much traffic.
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