E-Commerce
I haven’t really been looking too much into E-commerce sites. Instead I have been focusing on sites that involve just letting people know about the company. It’s like building a basic web presence though I have been approached to build a e-commerce site for a local business so for the first time, I am looking into E-commerce and how to implement a site.
It sure does change the way you look at things, for example, I need to check on shopping carts, secure hosting and more. It seems like the list is long. Any ideas on how I could implement a decent E-commerce site? I think I have something new to research.
Online Payment Processors
In business, finding decent online payment processors is quite exasperating. It seems like there are dozens of processors that can help you handle your online income, but they never quite seem to satisfy. It seems like they all are lacking in some way or another.
Of course there is Paypal. Paypal is pretty much universally available, but they are known to put on holds with very little warning and very little recourse. Paypal is a good way to lock up a lot of your funds when you need them the most. Then there are the fees. It’s not smart to have all of your business with just one monopolistic provider.
Google Checkout is good, but it requires a credit card and there is no way to keep funds in the account. In reality, it’s just a glorified merchant account.
Alert Pay looks promising, but until it has more of a worldwide presence, it seems like it is one to avoid.
Moneybookers seems to difficult to get set up with an account. The verification procedure seems difficult at best.
E Gold looks like it could be a winner, but frankly the way you have to withdraw your funds is just plain weird and cumbersome.
Any other ideas out there?
Using Free Energy
I have been lately looking into some ideas about using free energy in order to live more frugally. I am sure that piques your interest. No, I am not talking about free energy like cold fusion or anything like that, I am talking about forms of energy that we already have for free. I am talking about wind and solar primarily.
I am doing my best to implement a couple of solar projects around the house. My herb garden is one of them. It uses the free energy of the sun to create nearly free food. I am also looking at a solar water heater that can save us a bit of money. Remember a penny saved is a penny earned.
The Science of Income
It sometimes feels like there is a science involved in making money. I say there is a science in making money, because in many ways, it follows a pattern. Making money is not totally random and not based on luck. Actually when you look deep into it, there is a science to it.
I’d love to see people start studying the science of income. It’s more than just economics, because that looks at things differently. The science of income examines the great decision that business leaders and compare to people who have not seen business success.
Business Web Services
I have been approaching some local businesses on business web services. I think I can provide business web services that could really help out these businesses and help them grow. I have two different projects that I approached two different companies with. Neither of them decided to go with the projects, but I was able to show them a unique solution to their problems.
One thing I am learning to do is to make better presentations and I’m trying to find a way to make people understand the benefits they can get from business web services. I really think they can really see a huge increase in profitability with the right implementation of technology.