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Best business ideas

Im pretty sure that there are good ideas that exist in some countries, but haven't reached to other places yet, that we could take advantage of.

For example selling stuff on a website. Try to think original. Is there something that could be imported/exported?

So let's hear it, write down your best business ideas! (preferebly internet-based ideas)

Last edited by insats, November 7th, 2005 08:52 PM (Edited 1 times)

What? I'm curious how your question came about. School quiz, or are you looking for someone else's original idea to make a fast buck? Selling things online is nothing new, selling imported things online is definitely nothing new (ever see the J-list?)

Or are you saying selling something unique? Still...J-list. Either way, selling a unique item is not an original business idea.

Where are you going with this?

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Last edited by actionPlant, November 7th, 2005 09:03 PM (Edited 1 times)

I like your idea about trying to get other peoples ideas from them.

turds... everybody likes turds... u can sell turds and u can get FILTHY RICH!!
and its also an unique item.. i mean, turds are ruling the world... and if u dont believe me, u can see bush, or chavez, or any other politician...

I just checked out that J-list. It's pretty awesome - I've never seen it before and I bet something on there will make a good Christmas present for a mate. Ta mate.

Actually, one lady I heard about is in the business of turds. Dog turds, specifically. She feeds her dogs a special diet to produce the best dog crap, which she neatly packages, and sends to the victim of your choice. I believe she actually makes a decent living, as it is a fun way to get revenge on someone you despise.

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Originally posted by actionPlant:

What? I'm curious how your question came about. School quiz, or are you looking for someone else's original idea to make a fast buck? Selling things online is nothing new, selling imported things online is definitely nothing new (ever see the J-list?)

Or are you saying selling something unique? Still...J-list. Either way, selling a unique item is not an original business idea.

Where are you going with this?

I'm not looking too be vey unique or make a fast buck. I'm rather looking a bit more long-term. Anyway, this J-list might be big in the U.S, but not here in sweden. And that's exactly what I mean.

For example:
Some guys here in sweden started up a pin-store (pins with band-logo or whatever. You make them yourself on their site) online. It's an extremely simple idea, but it also generates a lot of money, since they were first on the swedish market, and it's a lot easier to make it in 5 min on a site, for a buck or two, than to call a print shop or whatever. Anyway, j-list already exist, which is like saying "why don't you open up a chinese restaurant?"

Maybe there's an online store in the U.S selling something that is pretty OK, but works well, which might work perfect in a similar country (like sweden). Maybe it just isn't there yet. Kind of like being the first one to open chinese restaurants across the globe, if you know what I mean.

Last edited by insats, November 8th, 2005 07:33 PM (Edited 1 times)

Okay, that makes more sense. I guess to know what to suggest I'd have to know what you do and do not have. That would be pretty tough considering I don't live there. I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just wondering how we can suggest something when we don't know whether you already have it or not. A good bet is to hit the google streets and start pounding. And sorry to say, but your BEST bet is to come up with your own idea, rather than ask us for ours. Trust me, if I have an idea by which a person could make good honest money, you'd better believe I'll try to capitalize on it myself before I start telling everyone in a forum to give it a try for themselves.

My $.02

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If you want a successful business, you absolutely need 3 main things.

First of all, those who say you need money to make money are full of ****. Those are the people not innovative, creative, and inventive enough to come up with a good idea, patent it, and immediately start making money from it. The figures to start a business = 90% time 10% money.

The 3 main things are as follows:

#1: You need a product or service to offer, and it needs to be able to attract most people. Not just a small niche of people.
#2: You need great customer service, meaning if your customers are unhappy, make them happy, even if it pisses you off if you must offer something extremely expensive, as word of mouth is a devistating affect on businesses when bad customer service exists.
#3: Treat your employees like business associates, friends, even owners of the company, because if you just pay em and tell em to get out and come back on time tomorrow, they will stop working for you, and/or treat your customers like crap, in turn causing your business to fail.

These 3 aspects of business work together in some form or another, business involves the customer. It's a tripod, and if one of the legs breaks, the whole thing falls and crashes and you must start all over.

It generally takes 10 times as much time and money to GAIN a customer, than to keep a current one.

The main thing I hate about lots of comapnies these days is if they offer a service or product, say for instance, cable tv, and you got 1 free digital cable box and a month free of service when you signed up, but as the company got bigger, the offers to gain a customer got better, say they are now offering 4 free cable boxes, 2 free months of service, and a free dvd player... If I hear options like that for new customers, and I'm an existing customer, I want to feel the love that's being given to the new customers too. I mean, I pay my bill on time, and pay you money each month for the service you offer. There should always be a decent offer for existing customers, whether it be 15% discount on their next bill, or something... Make the customer want to stay with your company buying products or services, so they come back for more.

One of the best offers I've heard of, and this is an excellent idea, is offer $20-$50 for referring someone to sign up.

And finally, if you plan on starting a business, do it out of passion, not just to make a quick buck, unless that quick buck will allow you to fullfill another passion in the fututre. 2/3rds of businesses fail, and most fail because they don't know how to make it successful. You can have all the money in the world, but without the ideas, resources, and quality employees, your business will become nothing.

ps: if you do have money, spend it wisely. dont just put $10k into starting a business if you dont have to, because if the business fails, you are still out that $10k. Spend the time you spend saving that amount of money, learning about something that interests you and that will interest others. Once the idea has been set in stone, and is patented, make sure to do surveys to see peoples reactions to it. Demographics are everything. Good luck.

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