The Stationery Stop is located in Portland, Oregon. The Stationery Stop specializes in the sale of high-quality stationery, writing instruments, and also accepts custom orders for stationery and invitations. It was opened by Sydney five years ago, and Sydney currently operates the original store in Portland.
Recently, Sydney formed a partnership with a friend, Laurie, who lives in Seattle, Washington. Laurie and Sydney recently opened a second Stationery Stop location in Seattle, which Laurie manages.
Both Sydney and Laurie are interested in starting a Web site for The Stationery Stop, so their existing customers can submit stationery and custom orders online. They are also hopeful that the Web site will help them reach new customers that may not live near a Stationery Stop location in the Pacific Northwest.
2007-02-15 01:08:15 · 2 answers · asked by Dave 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Before choosing a database management system, you need to decide where the web site will be hosted. For example, you might consider looking at godaddy.com or Yahoo's business services (business.yahoo.com). Both will host your web site for a nominal fee - godaddy slightly less than yahoo, but they offer different levels of help and support. Having made that decision, then you can look at what types of databases they host. Do they host PHP or ASP? Do you have the tools on your local workstation to allow the webpages to be developed offline before they are uploaded to the web server?
If you look at Yahoo business services, they provide initial webpages that include online ordering services. They have an added benefit of guaranteeing your page will be included in the Yahoo search engine, which helps to drive traffic to your site.
Glad to see the Stationary Store is expanding - Seattle is a great second market!
2007-02-15 05:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by An Oregon Nut 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do your own homework!!
2007-02-15 09:16:01 · answer #2 · answered by TishTash 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋