AR / Handle Bra site Update

[Ahneida Ride]

Sorry for the delay .... I know that some of ya are P***ed at me

The hang up is the e-commerce aspect.

I really need a (not super duper expensive) shopping cart, with advanced
inventory control. This cart inventory data should download to Quick Books
for efficient tracking. goecart is nice, but several thousand frn annually.

If HandleBra starts to move, efficient data management is absolutely critical. Manually re-entering data off the web site will put me outa business.

I got the boys and girls at www.intellisites.com looking into one professional
solution.

Please hang in there .... :beer:

Oh yea, I want one of these ...

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/tech/nahbs/09nab1ser10.jpg

[Blue Jays]

Don't sweat it....only 18,429 rolls of competing handlebar wrap were sold today! ;)

[Louis]

Don't sweat it....only 18,429 rolls of competing handlebar wrap were sold today! ;)

Funny thing is, it turns out that it was all a fad. By next week there will be zero intrest in cow hide wrap.

Everyone's now moved on to snakeskin wrap. ;)

[Blue Jays]

AR's fantastic wrap is the schizzle. You'll completely love it!

[tuscanyswe]

Judging from the feedback one should get the tape and then decide what frame go with it.

Im getting some when youve got it down to a click :D

[dekindy]

I am wondering if you are making this too complicated for the initial sales offering. How difficult can it be to print a Shopping Cart sales report and enter the gross sales numbers of each color into a simple inventory control program? IMHO weekly sales totals would be sufficient.

I realize that you have stated that this is not going to be a high profit eneavor for you. The types of controls you are describing are for managing high volume businesses to maximize profits and the investment in this capability may not be warranted.

I would keep it simple for now and inventory what you can afford and estimate the demand for each color. Remember, if it is not your livelihood to feed your family then you don't have to satisfy every customer. IMHO offering 15 colors in stitched and unstitched versions for a total of 30 options is very ambitious for an initial product offering. I would have been tempted to offer three to five basic colors for inventory and everything else is custom order and give estimated lead times.

[Blue Jays]

Just looked at http://www.handlebra.com to see how it's doing!

[Ahneida Ride]

Guys and Gals ..

It's Friday Night 12:30 after midnight and I am working on it ..

Trying to figure out Volution.com ...

I'll use Volution as the Shopping Cart .. Then I'll download to Quick Books.

Intellisites.com will do a seamless integration, so it looks good and
works well ...

PLEASE hang in there. ETA is 2 weeks .... I'd rather not fib.

If I start taking manual orders now, I'll never figure out the
e-commerce, quick books, banking combination and integration.

Seamless integration means faster delivery times ...

I'll need BBD to take more pictures too ....

(yea I know ....)

[whitecda]

Big guy makes WallBlog! Gettin' famous now Ray! http://wallbike.com/blog/

Next stop BikeSnob? :D

Good for you!
Don