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WANT A SITE LIKE THIS ONE? I HAVE THREE WAYS TO DO IT 1. BUILD IT YOURSELF. IT HAS TAKEN ME 8 YEARS TO BUILD THIS SITE FROM SCRATCH. I WENT THRU FOUR OR FIVE WEB-SITE BUILDING PROGRAMS AT ABOUT $100 EACH. I FINALLY LOCKED-IN TO FRONT PAGE 98; THEN TO 2000, THEN TO 2003. FRONT PAGE HAS DISCONTINUED SELLING AND OFFERS LESS THAN IT USED TO---SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCT. MICROSOFT NOW HAS EXPRESSION AND IT REQUIRES VISTA TO RUN IT. FRONT PAGE HAS THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS AND HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF HELP WITH THE PRODUCT---MAINLY THROUGH GROUPS AND AFFILIATES WHO SELL AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS FOR FRONT PAGE. I ALSO FOUND FEW PLACES THAT KNEW HOW FRONT PAGE EXTENSIONS WORK. MICROSOFT WAS TO FIX A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS BUT WANTED SERVERS TO BUY MICROSOFT SERVER SOFTWARE TO PROPERLY RUN IT. SERVERS WERE NOT INTERESTED ENOUGH AND KEPT FRONT PAGE RUNNING VIA THEIR MICROSOFT/UNIX SYSTEMS. THERE ARE NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AS OF THIS DATE. THIRDLY, BECAUSE OF THE SERVER REQUIREMENTS---FEW PROVIDERS WERE WILLING TO GO MICROSOFT'S ROUTE---AND VERY FEW OF THEM KNEW HOW TO KEEP FRONT PAGE IN THE GREEN. FEW OF THEM WERE WILLING AND ABLE TO ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS THAT FRONT PAGE OFFERS TO THEIR SERVERS. I WENT THROUGH 5 OR 6 OF THESE PROVIDERS---ALL OF WHICH SAID THEIR EXTENSIONS WORKED. I FINALLY LUCKED INTO ONE THAT HAS A CONSISTENT RECORD OF SERVICE TO FRONT PAGE 2003. THEN CAME THE SHOPPING CART OPTIONS. YOU CAN GET A CART THAT RANGES FROM WHAT WE HAVE (AT $25 A MONTH) TO "SOPHISTICATED" ONES THAT COST MUCH MORE THAN THAT. THE "SOPHISTICATED" ONES ARE MUCH MORE TO DEAL WITH, COST MUCH MORE, AND DO LESS THAN OURS. I HAVE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE AND NEVER BELIEVED THAT ANYTHING COULD COST THAT MUCH AND DO SO LITTLE. AS OF NOW MY SHOPPING CART IS SMALL IN SIZE AND I AM WORKING ON GETTING THE PAGES FULLY SHOPPING-CART ENABLED. YOU CAN STILL ORDER PRODUCTS VIA A SECURE PAGE---AS WELL AS SOME PAGE-ENABLED AVENUES. FINALLY, TO HAVE A SHOPPING CART AND A SECURE ONE---YOU NEED A DEDICATED IP ADDRESS THAT COSTS ABOUT $25 A MONTH. YOU WILL NEED A PLACE THAT HOLDS THE WEB-SITE'S ADDRESS. WITH "RAPIDSSL" THAT COSTS ABOUT $70 A YEAR. YOU WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE HASSLE OF SELECTING A COMPANY THAT ISSUES A SECURITY CERTIFICATE. THIS CAN RANGE FROM ABOUT $80 A YEAR--MINIMAL--TO $400~$600 A YEAR. CYCLEWAREABLES HAS OVER 150,000 PARTS LISTED ON IT. EACH PART IS TIED TO ONE OR MORE STREET MOTORCYCLE: TOURING, SPORTS, ENDURO, JAPANESE, AMERICAN. THIS IS 5 "DIFFERENT" SITES IN ONE---THAT SHARES COMMON PRODUCTS LIKE SPARK PLUGS. IF YOU CAN PUT IN 300 PARTS A DAY: THAT EQUALS ABOUT 500 DAYS X $120 A DAY (@$15 AN HOUR) OR, $60,000.00. IF THE DESIGN, LAYOUT, AND GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT---COSTS $5,000---THEN YOU COME UP WITH $65,000 TO BUILD IT. ADD $10,000 FOR THE COST OF REBUILDING THE SITE 3~4 TIMES AND THE COST COULD EASILY APPROACH AND EXCEED $75,000. ADD TO THAT THE PERSONAL COSTS OF 3~5 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE---AND---WELL ONLY YOU CAN COME UP WITH THOSE COSTS. NOW TRY AND FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN DO IT--BUILD YOU A SITE! CHARGE YOU AS LITTLE AS $15 AN HOUR AND HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO BUILD A SUBSTANTIAL SITE--HAS CUSTOMER NEEDS AND WANTS IN MIND-- AND CAN DO THIS JOB IN LESS THAN A WEEK. THIS PERSON WOULD HAVE WEB DESIGN SKILLS, WEB-SET-UP, AND WOULD HAVE SPENT 3~5 YEARS AS A PARTS COUNTER IN A LARGE DEALERSHIP. CAN IT BE DONE? (I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 33 YEARS AS A DEALER, SOLE PROPRIETY: THE LAST 18 YEARS ON A COMPUTER, AND HAVE 20 YEARS OF FORMAL EDUCATION. I HAVE BEEN A PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST, A BALTIMORE CITY POLICEMAN, A COLLEGE PROFESSOR, PUBLISHED A COLLEGE TEXTBOOK, A PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENSE, BUILT 2 AIRPLANES, RAN A KAWASAKI DEALERSHIP FOR 14 YEARS---THE LIST GOES ON.) NOW---TELL THIS PERSON TO PRODUCE THIS WEB-SITE IN A WEEK AND HAVE IT SET UP SO THAT 1~3 PEOPLE CAN RUN IT. TELL HIM YOU WANT A PARTS UPDATE 4 TIMES A YEAR. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A SITE THAT HAS A FUNCTIONING SHOPPING CART AND A SITE THAT PURGES ITSELF OF DISCONTINUED PARTS, AND ADD ALL NEW PARTS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION TO BE REASONABLY ACCURATE AND YOU WANT IT TO BE "EDITED" BY SOMEONE WHO HAS VAST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
SO HERE IS THE DEAL 2. THE RISKS HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED. I CAN SHOW YOU HOW 2 PEOPLE CAN WORK THIS SIDE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND CAN MAKE THE MONEY BACK---AND SHOW A PROFIT--IN A YEAR. THIS IS PROVEN BY MY INCOME TAX RECORDS FOR THE PAST 7~8 YEARS. YOU PAY ME $8,000 TO SET UP AN EXISTING ACCOUNT WITH THE SAME SITE THAT YOU CURRENTLY SEE WHEN YOU GO TO cyclewareables.com YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN PART NUMBERS---CODED SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHERE THE PARTS ARE LOCATED. AN EXISTING ACCOUNT IS ONE THAT HAS A CURRENT DOMAIN AND SERVICE PROVIDER: A SECURE CERTIFICATE; A SECURITY CERTIFICATE WITH COMODO; A SHOPPING CART WITH SHOPPING CART GURUS; AND A FRONT PAGE 2003 PROGRAM. YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO BE SETUP WITH PARTS UNLIMITED, ROMAHA, MOTORCYCLE STUFF, KK, NICHOLS, K&L, SUDCO, ADVANTAGE, MARSHALL, DIXIE, TUCKER-ROCKY, HELMET HOUSE, LA SLEEVE, J & M, PINGEL, AND HOT PRODUCTS. THE $8,000 IS FOR THE SITES CONTENTS, WITH OVER 150,000 PARTS. YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE A SITE UP TO 1,000MB. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FP2003 EXTENSIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF MY "SUPPORT"--IF YOU PURCHASE THE YEAR CONTRACT FOR UPDATES (WITH ME) (THIS IS THE REST OF THE SHOPPING CART THAT WILL BE ADDED IN A YEAR, ALL NEW PRODUCTS THAT I WILL BE LISTING 4 TIMES A YEAR ON A CD THAT WILL BE SENT OR DOWNLOADED. EACH PART NUMBER WILL HAVE YOUR ASSIGNED CODE TO IT---IN PLACE OF THE CW... THAT I HAVE. EACH PART IS CODED SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHERE THE PART CAN BE ORDERED. YOU CAN SELECT THEMES AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES THAT MAKE YOUR SITE UNIQUE. HOSTMONSTER.COM IS MY PROVIDER AND HOSTS MY SITE FOR ABOUT $25 A MONTH A SECURE CERTIFICATE WITH COMODO COSTS ABOUT $25 A MONTH SHOPPINGCARTGUSUS.COM HOSTS MY CART FUNCTIONS FOR ABOUT $25 A MONTH FRONT PAGE 2003 COSTS ABOUT $100 AND REQUIRES AN OLDER VERSION TO INSTALL 03
THE ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH ME COSTS $600 A YEAR. WITH IT YOU GET ALL THE UPDATES AND SHOPPING CART ADDITIONS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE TO ME. I WILL PROVIDE A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONS ---4 TIMES A YEAR. THESE ADDITIONS WILL COME AS A DISK--OR POSSIBLE DOWNLOADS AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPGRADE YOUR SITE WITH THE NEW NUMBERS. THE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT IS DUE WITH THE PAYMENT OF THE SITES CONTENTS AND ITS INSTALLATION. ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER MUST BE DEALT WITH BY YOU. IDEALLY, YOU WOULD HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE: COMODO, SHOPPINGCARTGURUS, AND HOSTMONSTER. ALL ARE PROVEN THROUGH 8 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND CHOICE. PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW (IN YELLOW)--TO ASK QUESTIONS ALL THE DETAILS IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWAL AND CHANGE 3. REMEMBER I SAID 3 WAYS. DO NOTHING. BUT THEN YOU WILL LOSE MONEY. DURING THE PAST 8 YEARS, I HAVE SEEN THE SITE'S ACTIVITY GO AND COME. RIGHT NOW---LIKE THE INDUSTRY--ACTIVITY IS DOWN. FOR WHATEVER REASONS. I WANT TO PREDICT THAT THE INDUSTRY IS LIKE ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES---THEY ARE CYCLIC. WHEN IT COMES BACK AROUND---THERE WILL BE MILLONS OF UNITS THAT NEED PARTS. I WANT TO BE READY. RIGHT NOW YOU COULD ADD $40,000~$100,000 GROSS TO YOUR BUSINESS. AS A POST SCRIPT: THERE ARE OVER 15,000 INTERNET BUSINESSES ON THE WEB. VERY FEW--IF AT ALL--OFFER A SIMPLE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR PARTS. THE VAST MAJORITY ARE THERE TO CREATE A PRESENCE--NOT TO SELL PARTS. ONLY ABOUT 1/10% OF CUSTOMERS ACTUALLY GO TO THE INTERNET BECAUSE THEY TRUST THEIR DEALER OR THEY FIND GETTING--AND FINDING PARTS--DIFFICULT. WE CAN CHANGE THAT BY BEING MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE CUSTOMER.
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