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Web Page Color Themes
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Want to be more specific? Click on this link, choose your colors, and then email me the hexidecimal value (use the 6 letter/number code with the # in front) and the RGB value listed in the colored square. I'm adding color theme pages as fast as I can!
216 Web Safe Color Palette
Protecting Yourself Against SPAM and Online ID Theft
Small Business Tool Kit
Basic Business Plan Format
Definition of Mission, Goals, Objectives and Strategies
Putting Together a PR Media Kit
Sample of a Press Release
Smart Marketing
Printing
Paper Basis Weight Chart
Printing and Marketing Glossary
Envelope Size Chart
Online Payment Systems
Like any business decision, selecting an online payment system requires quite a bit of homework on your part. A2Z does not recommend any one online payment system, but will work with you to design your website using the online payment system you choose. Be sure to carefully review the terms and conditions of any online payment system, and to compare it with other systems. Things to look for include:
Verisign
To read Verisign's helpful Online Payment Processing Guide: What You Need to Know, click here.
PayByWeb
Set up your own merchant account. Not only take credit cards, but also checks instantly! Since 3 times more people have checking accounts than credit cards, the e-check thing is a big market. In business since 1992.
Propay.com
You get a real merchant type account, your business email address shows up on your customers credit card statement, so they know who to contact in case of questions, and their rates are reasonable. Plus no monthly fee!
Merchant-Systems
No application fee, no certificate required. About $30/month.
Intelli-Collect
StormPay
Money Bookers
PayPal
While PayPal is one of the most recognized names on the internet as an online payment system, there is a lot of controversy right now about the ethics of PayPal's business practices. At this point, I cannot recommend the PayPal system to my clients. To read about the specifics of the complaints, review the comments on this site:
http://www.nopaypal.com
Other information:
Helpful information for entrepreneurs and small business owners:
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE )
INC. Magazine for Entrepreneurs
Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME)
Oregon Economic & Community Development Department
Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
Washington Office of Financial Management
Better Business Bureau
National Association for the Self-Employed
Federal Trade Commission
Oregon Secretary of State Corporation Division
Need to register a business name, or find out if someone else in the state has a name registered? You can do all that, and much more here.
Washington Secretary of State Corporation Division
Take care of business needs via this site.
This page was last updated on June 1, 2003
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