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Chargebacks - What are they? Are Internet marketers at risk?

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

One thing that most of us in Internet marketing might sometimes have to face is a charge-back. What is a charge-back? Well it is when a person disputes their charges on their charge card. This can be because of a fraudulent purchase or because they didn’t get what they had ordered. So it can be someone asks their credit card company to take back money that they had paid for the item they purchased, and believe it or not people actually do charge backs even if they have got good service.

For some large companies then can be an everyday occurrence, for some small businesses this can create problems. People work very hard for their money and to have it taken away after they have performed the service flawlessly can be a huge blow, and might even hurt them financially. It is also something that one wouldn’t expect to happen since the service or product was provided. This is when it is considered theft, as it is obvious if a person got what they had paid for in a timely matter and they don’t want to send back the product or pay for the item. Yes, this can happen.

On one of my sites I got a chargeback and won the money back, although I am still out money that the bank charged to take the money back. To be able to win keep good records and communication with the people purchasing your products. This is essential to winning. You have to prove that you did what you are suppose to do when someone makes a purchase and does a chargeback. I guess I can consider that only having one chargeback is good and winning it back is a plus also. I just feel that most places shouldn’t take the money back until they figure out that the retailer was in the wrong.

There is also some theft being done by doing chargebacks. This is the new robbery of sorts. Buying products and doing a chargeback. It is just to easy to do this day in age. I hope in time it will beome better and the side of the retailers are taken before the purchasers. Yes, a cardholder needs to be protected but the retailer does also.

Dropship Forum - Dropship Forums

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

There are a few forums out there that are for drop shipping. Some of them can actually help you find info about drop shipping. People go there to discuss their trials and tribulations for drop shipping. You might need to avoid those drop ship forums that look to be too new or seem to have a hidden agenda behind them, such as fueling drop shipping websites of their own. A forum moderator for forums created to help others for information regarding their topics should be unbiased.

When joining drop shipping type forums or any forum always look around and familiarize yourself with the members, what type info is being offered, what type of membership is it, and any type of general information about it that can be found. This way when you start posting you won’t ask questions that have already been asked or post something that is against the rules.

If anyone knows of some good drop shipping forums it would be good to know here to help others. Drop shipping if done correctly can be a lucrative business.

Selling on eBay

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Yes, you get a lot of deals in eBay why, because people will sell things for the cheapest they can mark it down to. The market is saturated in eBay by people selling it the cheapest, and you have to be a power seller just to make anything decent. If you sell something cheap enough you will be a power seller in no time. Shoot selling 100 things a day cheap you will make enough to keep going. So selling on eBay could be really hard trying to make enough profit because of the many people selling thing too cheap already.

Some people can argue that eBay already has loads of traffic to it, I look at the internet the same way. Plain and simply put the internet has more visitors than eBay. Every person signing on a computer online and searching for a product is a potiential customer. I feel any site has the potiential to do well. A person needs patience and instead of paying those high fees eBay charges, fuel that into advertising your site or making your site better to gain top positions. True, that doesn’t mean the person signing on the internet will find you, but that is also the same when someone signs on to eBay if they are going to find your products. Both ways you need to make your site and products accessible to the people.

I am not saying people can not make it selling on eBay, I am saying they go there expecting to try and get something for real cheap. This is how auctions and flea markets sometimes go. Trying to get the best deal is why people go or looking for something they can not find in stores.

How long have you had a website and marketed it? Did you know that with the RIGHT kind of links and content that is all you need to gain top rankings? With the right look you can get the desired price. When someone searches and you come to the top, chances are they are going to purchase from you.