Not Another E-Book (NAEB) HAS its bank accounts!!!

[delphidb96]

Which means, yes, I finally got the Certificates in Good Standing from both Nevada and California and was able to complete the bank account application process today! Now we tie all this into our online e-store and we should be able to start accepting orders as of Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest!

Sorry for the delays, it's been a long, strange experience for us as none of us has ever gone through the process of getting a Limited Liability Corporation registered across states before. Thank you for your patience. We hope to have our initial group order placed before the end of the month so I'll be sending out email notifications of our store's weblink shortly. If you haven't already signed up for notification, please do so at our website.

Derek

[mjdb]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Which means, yes, I finally got the Certificates in Good Standing from both Nevada and California and was able to complete the bank account application process today! Now we tie all this into our online e-store and we should be able to start accepting orders as of Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest!

Sorry for the delays, it's been a long, strange experience for us as none of us has ever gone through the process of getting a Limited Liability Corporation registered across states before. Thank you for your patience. We hope to have our initial group order placed before the end of the month so I'll be sending out email notifications of our store's weblink shortly. If you haven't already signed up for notification, please do so at our website.

Derek

Great News.


Martin.

[ggendel]

Derek,

Congratulations! I know it's been a stressful time trying to get this going.

I'll be counting the hours until the store is open for business.

Gary

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Which means, yes, I finally got the Certificates in Good Standing from both Nevada and California and was able to complete the bank account application process today! Now we tie all this into our online e-store and we should be able to start accepting orders as of Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest!

Sorry for the delays, it's been a long, strange experience for us as none of us has ever gone through the process of getting a Limited Liability Corporation registered across states before. Thank you for your patience. We hope to have our initial group order placed before the end of the month so I'll be sending out email notifications of our store's weblink shortly. If you haven't already signed up for notification, please do so at our website.

Derek

[mcdaniel]

I agree with the other comments, i.e., I am happy that you have finally been able to negotiate the various hurdles that delayed setting up NAEB to accept our orders.

Now you may also want to do something about updated the information on the NAEB site, since not all of your potential customers frequent MobileRead.

Also, I have experienced a problem that prevents me from accessing the Baen's Bar Forum since late November. (The browser tries to access Baen's Bar but goes into a Do Loop cycle between bar.baen.com and bar.baen.com/Default.aspx). If others are experiencing the same denial of service problem you may also have difficulty in spreading the word that you are now open for business. [Note. I have emailed Arnold at webwrights about the problem, but have received no reply. Guess he has been on vacation].

Robert

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Which means, yes, I finally got the Certificates in Good Standing from both Nevada and California and was able to complete the bank account application process today! Now we tie all this into our online e-store and we should be able to start accepting orders as of Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest! ....

Derek

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by mcdaniel

I agree with the other comments, i.e., I am happy that you have finally been able to negotiate the various hurdles that delayed setting up NAEB to accept our orders.

Now you may also want to do something about updated the information on the NAEB site, since not all of your potential customers frequent MobileRead.

Also, I have experienced a problem that prevents me from accessing the Baen's Bar Forum since late November. (The browser tries to access Baen's Bar but goes into a Do Loop cycle between bar.baen.com and bar.baen.com/Default.aspx). If others are experiencing the same denial of service problem you may also have difficulty in spreading the word that you are now open for business. [Note. I have emailed Arnold at webwrights about the problem, but have received no reply. Guess he has been on vacation].

Robert

Funny, I just tried it and had no problem. Have you tried using the direct link: http://bar.baen.com/Default.aspx ? And are you sure you have updated your login and password - I remember that all got changed a while back.

Derek

[mcdaniel]

Derek:
I discovered the cause of the DO LOOP shortly after posting my message. I had installed new Internet protection software a few weeks ago and apparently selected too much privacy. I have deselected the problem causing feature and now have normal access to Baen's Bar.

The cause:
INTEGO NET BARRIER X4
Privacy/Surf/Information Hiding
I selected "Hide information about my computer and Internet Browser" and, I now understand, some sites require that information or they don't react properly.

Robert

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Funny, I just tried it and had no problem. Have you tried using the direct link: http://bar.baen.com/Default.aspx ? And are you sure you have updated your login and password - I remember that all got changed a while back.

Derek

[ggendel]

Derek,

The Wednesday "at the latest!" has come and gone. Can we get new status information? These are the scenarios that pop up in my head.

1) Another paperwork snag will delay things another few days.
2) Everything is in order, but Bookeen has back-ordered the shipment. Could be several weeks delay.

Of course I'd prefer (1).

Gary

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Which means, yes, I finally got the Certificates in Good Standing from both Nevada and California and was able to complete the bank account application process today! Now we tie all this into our online e-store and we should be able to start accepting orders as of Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest!

Sorry for the delays, it's been a long, strange experience for us as none of us has ever gone through the process of getting a Limited Liability Corporation registered across states before. Thank you for your patience. We hope to have our initial group order placed before the end of the month so I'll be sending out email notifications of our store's weblink shortly. If you haven't already signed up for notification, please do so at our website.

Derek

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by ggendel

Derek,

The Wednesday "at the latest!" has come and gone. Can we get new status information? These are the scenarios that pop up in my head.

1) Another paperwork snag will delay things another few days.
2) Everything is in order, but Bookeen has back-ordered the shipment. Could be several weeks delay.

Of course I'd prefer (1).

Gary

WEEEeeeellll... There *is* the whole Bookeen has backordered 'thing', of which we've heard nothing officially. I only found out because I 'happened' to drop by to download the User's Guide prc file.

But to give you a boost in expectations. Yes, our store is almost up. The big problem we're having is that Paypal made a micro-deposit to our bank account and it's been taking three days for the micro-deposit to show up. No micro-deposit information, no ability to post to Paypal that, yes, our bank IS our bank. Also, we're still waiting for the checkbooks to arrive so that I can attach a VOIDED check to the signed CC processing agreement and FAX it all to our preferred CC processing company.

I here and now want to make it perfectly clear that the paperwork to get a bank account and get it tied into an e-store (for an LLC corporation) is FAR more than the negotiations for actually working with Bookeen!



Derek

[roncri]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

I here and now want to make it perfectly clear that the paperwork to get a bank account and get it tied into an e-store (for an LLC corporation) is FAR more than the negotiations for actually working with Bookeen!



Derek

Did this come as a surprise?

[curtw]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

[snip]...our store is almost up. The big problem we're having is that Paypal made a micro-deposit to our bank account and it's been taking three days for the micro-deposit to show up. No micro-deposit information, no ability to post to Paypal that, yes, our bank IS our bank. Also, we're still waiting for the checkbooks to arrive so that I can attach a VOIDED check to the signed CC processing agreement and FAX it all to our preferred CC processing company...

Just so I can check, is Paypal going to be the only payment processor, or will you be also able to accept "real" credit cards? (in my case specifically, American Express?)

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by curtw

Just so I can check, is Paypal going to be the only payment processor, or will you be also able to accept "real" credit cards? (in my case specifically, American Express?)

Ummm... Our Paypal button allows for Visa/MC/Amex and I *believe* Discover. However, as soon as the letter from the bank gets to the *other* CC processing service, we should have our own CC "in-house" processing. (No! No! Sit! Stay! We're not 'completely' up for order-taking! Do NOT rush to http://store.naebllc.com/ and place your orders! No! Bad Doggies!!! (But I wouldn't mind feedback as to the original store layout. Some pages aren't populated yet.) )

Derek

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Ummm... Our Paypal button allows for Visa/MC/Amex and I *believe* Discover. However, as soon as the letter from the bank gets to the *other* CC processing service, we should have our own CC "in-house" processing. (No! No! Sit! Stay! We're not 'completely' up for order-taking! Do NOT rush to http://store.naebllc.com/ and place your orders! No! Bad Doggies!!! (But I wouldn't mind feedback as to the original store layout. Some pages aren't populated yet.) )

Derek

Put the important stuff first!

For example the add to cart should be at the top of the page, not at the bottom.

The important stuff should not require scrolling. The specifications should not start with sound!

Dale

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Put the important stuff first!

For example the add to cart should be at the top of the page, not at the bottom.

The important stuff should not require scrolling. The specifications should not start with sound!

Dale

I shall pass that on. Thank you!

Derek

[penty]

I just copied Bookeens page. If anyone knows how to do columns in php let me know and I'll fix it.

[delphidb96]

Our Paypal payment gateway *DOES* handle credit card payments -without requiring the customer to open a Paypal account. When our end of the shopping cart completes the updating and shipping process, it gives you a choice of Paypal and Check/MO. If you select Paypal, you get sent to the Paypal login screen. At that point, the left side has a regular-font/size text message including a 'continue' link for those who just want to pay by credit card. Very simple process! I know, I just tested it!

Derek