What is Check 21?

Written by Wayne Akey


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What happens to my original check?

After making a digital image,repparttar bank may destroy your original check. If necessary, a substitute check may be created. Since substitute checks are legal copies of your original check, there is no need to saverepparttar 108721 original.

What if I need a copy of a canceled check?

Your bank will produce a copy for you.

How does Check 21 relate to electronic check conversion (e-check)?

Check 21 involves creating digital images of original checks, but are still processed underrepparttar 108722 same laws and regulations as paper checks. Onrepparttar 108723 other hand, electronic check conversion, or e-check, occurs when a check is converted into an electronic funds transfer. The transaction is then routed throughrepparttar 108724 Automated Clearing House (ACH) network.

Who wins?

THE BANKS! Banks will be saving big dollars on their operational costs. Merchant may see faster funds availability but many were already seeing quick funds availability using paper checks. Consumers loserepparttar 108725 float. So "suprisingly"repparttar 108726 banks arerepparttar 108727 real winners.

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Drop-shipping – a great way of making money online

Written by Nowshade Kabir


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The market research wizard developed by Worldwide Brand Inc. is a great tool, which shows in a probability scale whether it is worthy trying to sell your selected product online or not. You can find it over here. (http://www.worldwidebrands.com/?8188)

Locate drop-shipping companies

After selectingrepparttar productrepparttar 108720 next step is to find a reliable drop-shipper for it. This might not be an easy task! The things that you should look into a drop-shipper arerepparttar 108721 followings:

1. A reputable supplier with drop-shipping experience 2. Ready to ship one item at a time 3. Do not ask for any membership payment 4. Will use your name as shipper 5. Will enclose blank invoice or invoice from you 6. Onrepparttar 108722 packaging there will be no indication that they arerepparttar 108723 supplier.

You might think thatrepparttar 108724 easiest way of finding a drop-shipper is just to buy one ofrepparttar 108725 numerous lists onrepparttar 108726 Internet for sale. I won’t recommend you to use them for number of reasons. Often, these lists are outdated or carry wrong information. Even if you findrepparttar 108727 companies throughrepparttar 108728 lists, since many people use these lists, you get into fierce competition for market share not even starting to sell.

Userepparttar 108729 following approach instead:

Online search

The first step is, naturally, to userepparttar 108730 search engines. Using various combinations ofrepparttar 108731 keywords of your product with words: manufacturer, wholesaler, drop-shipper, dealer, see if you can findrepparttar 108732 original source ofrepparttar 108733 product.

If several online retailers are already selling this product, do some detective works! Check outrepparttar 108734 sites thoroughly. May be, you can find a clue, which will help you track downrepparttar 108735 supplier.

If it is an imported product go torepparttar 108736 sites like Alibaba, ecplaza, Rusbiz, trade-india. Locaterepparttar 108737 manufacturer and get in touch with them to find who you should contact in your country to retail sell their products. Ifrepparttar 108738 product is manufactured in North America,repparttar 108739 best source to find them is Thomas register.

Trade exhibitions

You should definitely attendrepparttar 108740 trade shows related to your category of products. This is an easy way to find a number of suppliers, who might be willing to work with you.

Trade magazines

Trade journals and publications are also a good resource for finding suppliers of your products. Although, you might have to go through a sizable quantity of them before you stumble onrepparttar 108741 right supplier.

Conclusion

Drop-shipping has some inherent drawbacks too. The biggest of them is you have to totally rely on repparttar 108742 drop-shipper to fulfill your order and getrepparttar 108743 product to your customer on time. The others are: you don’t have any control overrepparttar 108744 price or availability ofrepparttar 108745 product. However, a good drop-shipper cares for his reputation since his business depends on retailers like you. That’s why you have to be very careful in choosingrepparttar 108746 right drop-shipper.

Nowshade Kabir is the founder, primary developer and present CEO of Rusbiz.com. A Ph. D. in Information Technology, he has wide experience in Business Consulting, International Trade and Web Marketing. Rusbiz is a Global B2B Emarketplace with solutions to start and run online business. You can contact him at mailto:nowshade[at]rusbiz.com, http://ezine.rusbiz.com/archivenews.html?nl_oid=47


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