Re: affiliate junk v. MerchantPartnerPlus

From: Wayne Browning <coffeenews_at_homepagers.com>
Date: Tue 30 Oct 2001 17:08:38 -0500

GAIL LEINO <Gail_at_PersonalizedPartyFavor.com> WROTE:

> Your opinions desired!

> Okay, we're all sick of the affiliates discussion but
> here's a twist! What do you guys think of
> www.merchantpartnerplus.com Where it is your store and
> you choose the products so that you get the repeat
> business. They do the shipping, charging and tracking???

what are the inventory items costing you, are you getting
wholesale pricing? are your retail prices inflated? in my
opinion web retailing has to show the consumer a savings
from going to the brick and mortar location. After all
overheads on the site are much lower, the consumer is not
always a baffoon. why use a third party, what advantage
is there, why not build your own site and make deals with
OEM's manufacturers. Why include a middle man. Do
straight retail sites even work, most people visit sites
to view content, what does a retail site do to fill this
void? More questions than answers huh?

Wayne Browning



Received on Tue Oct 30 2001 - 16:08:38 CST