Go Back   United Bimmer Community - BMW Forum > UnitedBimmer- Off Topic > United Off Topic  **FOR MEMBERS ONLY**
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Advertise With Us Mark Forums Read

Welcome to United Bimmer Community - BMW Forum .

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact
contact us
.

United Off Topic  **FOR MEMBERS ONLY** Chat about whatever! Off-topic chat forum. (Be sure to appropriately title posts that are NWS) You must be registred and logged in to see sub-forums

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 05-14-2005, 07:32 AM   #1
zeaq328i
 
zeaq328i's Avatar

Name: zeaq328i
Title: BMW 328i
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: United Kingdom-London & BWN,Burnei
Rate My Car: 313 / 340
Your Ride: BMW 328i and Dad's S320*NowLondon underground Tube*
Anybody knows?

The disadvantages of using internet as a business tool. Any ideas you can give me?
I got all the advantages...but can't find any disadvantages around google,

zeaq,
__________________
.BMW 328
  Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 05-14-2005, 07:40 AM   #2
komodo
 
komodo's Avatar

Name: komodo
Title: Administrator
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Athens, GA
Rate My Car: 68 / 340
Your Ride: 1995 M3
There's a very high level of competition, and your prices have to be rock bottom, because there's probably another site out there selling whatever you are for less money (the customer has a very broad range of choices).... meaning there's very little markup. So basically you attract a small number of customers and make a minimal markup on everything you sell.

Not to be negative, but you asked for the disadvantages. It's very difficult to make any real money with an e-commerce store unless you have something unique.
__________________

  Reply With Quote
Old 05-14-2005, 07:58 AM   #3
zeaq328i
 
zeaq328i's Avatar

Name: zeaq328i
Title: BMW 328i
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: United Kingdom-London & BWN,Burnei
Rate My Car: 313 / 340
Your Ride: BMW 328i and Dad's S320*NowLondon underground Tube*
Yeah....I want the disadvantages...Thanks komodo, i will add it up at my report.

Anymore ideas anyone?
__________________
.BMW 328
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-15-2005, 10:55 PM   #4
witeshark
 
witeshark's Avatar

Name: witeshark
Title: Suspended License
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Miami FL
Rate My Car: 84 / 340
Your Ride: 89 325i 5 speed
Only disadvantages I can think of are worms, viruses and spyware. Using Unix based systems dispatches all that though
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-15-2005, 10:58 PM   #5
Addicted?

Name: Addicted?
Title: 350z
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bellingham, WA
User not setup in Rate My Car.
Click here to set it up.
Your Ride: 2003 350z Track Edition
No face to face interaction with the customer... i beleive its easier to sell things this way

David
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-15-2005, 11:41 PM   #6
BimmerKris

Name: BimmerKris
Title: Member
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Edmonton AB
User not setup in Rate My Car.
Click here to set it up.
Shipping and Handling, i find if i want something off the net i can find a store that will ship it in and sell it to me for the same price minus the S+H
__________________

www.acantha.ca
100% balls to the walls metal
  Reply With Quote
Old 05-16-2005, 01:17 AM   #7
Spieluhr

Name: Spieluhr
Title: ///M Driven
Status: Offline
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Snohomish, Washington
User not setup in Rate My Car.
Click here to set it up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 95bmwpwer
No face to face interaction with the customer... i beleive its easier to sell things this way

David
word.
__________________

BMW, The Ultimate Driving Machine
  Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:53 PM.

A vBSkinworks Design

 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright © 2005-2013 UnitedBimmer.com
Ad Management by RedTyger
 

Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 2.4.0 © 2005, Crawlability, Inc.