rmcphearson
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2008
- Location
- Rochester, NY
I've been taking a small amount of orders over the phone or via email and inputting my customers' billing, shipping, and PO info along with each item ordered into an invoice, then sending the invoice to the customer. This is way too much hassle for me. I work full time at my day job and simply don't have enough time or energy to moonlight this retail business unless I figure out how to streamline the process of taking orders.
I met some kind of website/marketing guy at my local small business development center today and tried to explain to him what I need to have done: I need my customers to be able to enter all of their info into my website to create an account, then after logging in to their account, click on each item they want to order. Then the invoice will be automatically generated and I can just print it out and mail to the customer and wait for them to send a check. I don't want them using a credit card. (McMaster Carr is a good example) Well, by his reaction you would have thought I'd just murdered the pope. He had a hard time believing me when I told him the vast majority of my customers pay their bills and I don't want them to have to use a credit card. Anyway, he say's he doesn't know how to create a "checkout system" like I want unless a credit card is involved.
Good grief. Give me a damn break. I'm guessing if the battery died in his car key he wouldn't be able to figure out he can shove the shiny part of the key into the hole and open the freaking door.
Here's my squarespace website:
Roller TamerRoller Tamer
Someone else manufactures it for me. My only involvement currently is collecting royalties and trying to become an efficient online retailer for the product.
-Roland
I met some kind of website/marketing guy at my local small business development center today and tried to explain to him what I need to have done: I need my customers to be able to enter all of their info into my website to create an account, then after logging in to their account, click on each item they want to order. Then the invoice will be automatically generated and I can just print it out and mail to the customer and wait for them to send a check. I don't want them using a credit card. (McMaster Carr is a good example) Well, by his reaction you would have thought I'd just murdered the pope. He had a hard time believing me when I told him the vast majority of my customers pay their bills and I don't want them to have to use a credit card. Anyway, he say's he doesn't know how to create a "checkout system" like I want unless a credit card is involved.
Good grief. Give me a damn break. I'm guessing if the battery died in his car key he wouldn't be able to figure out he can shove the shiny part of the key into the hole and open the freaking door.
Here's my squarespace website:
Roller TamerRoller Tamer
Someone else manufactures it for me. My only involvement currently is collecting royalties and trying to become an efficient online retailer for the product.
-Roland