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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 783628, member: 6370"]Make a nice looking professional site. Make up 'special offers' and grading packages....Here you have to make it seem like they cant do without your service!! Make it seem like you are a real authority...If you have been collecting long enough, it will be true kinda, about as true as most others, its all subjective (see terms and agreement)...Also it might be good to pay for a membership to a coin group like ANA...pass the money around. Dont think people cant be sold by a lot of offical sounding marketing ploys. They WANT you to assure them, you want them to pay you to assure them...and maybe even use the 'we are the little guys so we want your business more and will work hard to keep it' stuff....Stress honest and trust (though the reality is 'see terms and agreement') It wouldnt hurt to buy some coins grade them well (if you need help come here or a place like it), put them in your slab and put those on your website as examples so people can see you are good. Its all in appearance. People want the slab and they want it cheap so make sure you ARE a bit cheaper or offer to grade more for less, etc...</p><p> </p><p>MOST importantly cover your butt...put something like what is posted below in your terms and agreement area, make sure its not accessible from the front page and maybe even frequently down. So lets say your new TPG will be called <b>S</b>ecurity <b>U</b>nlimited <b>C</b>oin <b>A</b>uthentication. I have bolded the important parts, dont bold them on your website, you dont even want them to read this if possible:</p><p> </p><p><b>Terms</b></p><p> </p><p>Information and related materials are subject to change without notice. This web site and all information and related materials it contains are provided "as is." <b>SUCA makes no claims or warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, or adequacy of, or the suitability, functionality, availability or operation of this web site or the information and materials it contains.</b> SUCA specifically disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement with respect to this web site and the information, graphics, and materials contained herein.</p><p> </p><p><b>In no event will SUCA be liable for damages of any kind, including without limitation, any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages even if SUCA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>Grading: The grading of coins is subjective and solely reflects the opinions of the SUCA graders.</b> </p><p> </p><p>In the event that any owner or subsequent purchaser of a a SUCA coin believes that a coin has been over-graded by SUCA with respect to such procedures, <b>such person may submit the coin to SUCA through its "Appearance Review" service for a review of the assigned grade.</b> If the grade determined under such review <b>in SUCA’s sole opinion</b> is ultimately lower than that originally assigned to the coin, <b>SUCA shall, at SUCA’s option,</b> either exchange the coin in question with an equivalent coin at the earlier higher grade or pay the difference between the current fair market value of the coin at the newly established grade and the current fair market value of the grade originally assigned to such coin. Due to the volatile nature of the coin market and Internet auctions/sales, the selling prices in these auctions/sales do not necessarily represent the current fair market value of any particular coin. <b>SUCA will determine the current fair market value </b>of a coin <b>based upon what SUCA believes, in its sole opinion,</b> to be reliable current market information. <b>SUCA’s subjective determination of fair market value shall be binding on all parties. </b></p><p> </p><p><b>WARNING: THIS GUARANTEE IS LIMITED.</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SUCA is committed to grading only genuine coins, <b>but it does not guarantee authenticity, genuineness or attribution, nor is any guarantee of these aspects implied.</b> SUCA will only holder coins it considers genuine at the time of submission, <b>but it cannot guarantee the authenticity, genuineness, type, attribution or date of any coin it holders. SUCA will only guarantee the grade</b> (see grading Terms on some other area of the site).</p><p> </p><p><b>The grading of coins is subjective and solely reflects the opinions of SUCA graders.</b> All coins submitted to SUCA shall be examined <b>in accordance with SUCA grading procedures</b> (list on some other area of the website).</p><p> </p><p><b>Additional terms:</b></p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>SUCA reserves the right to refuse to grade coins which SUCA, at its sole discretion, decides not to encapsulate in its holders due to previous damage, questionable toning or altered surfaces to such coins or due to negative eye appeal, as determined by SUCA.</li> <li><b>SUCA will credit the account of any Customer whose coins SUCA decides not to encapsulate,</b> <b>with a deduction for administration and processing by SUCA.</b> At its sole discretion and at any time.</li> <li>Coins submitted to SUCA will be graded within a commercially reasonable time-period. <b>SUCA assumes no liability of any kind whatsoever to Customer for any incidental or consequential damages due to SUCA's delay in grading any coins, whether due to the action or inaction of SUCA.</b></li> <li>All coins sent to Customer by SUCA must be inspected by Customer when received. <b>Any damage discovered by Customer must be reported to SUCA within five business days of the Customer's receipt of such coins (you can tweak this number).</b></li> <li><b>The grading of coins is an exercise of professional judgment and opinion, which can be subjective and may change from time to time.</b> As a result, <b>SUCA shall assume no liability of any kind whatsoever and makes no warranties or representations to Customer for any grade assigned by SUCA to any coins/</b></li> </ol><p><b>Except as expressly set forth herein, SUCA disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, regarding SUCA's grading service and all activities of SUCA related thereto.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>From time to time SUCA may revise the Terms of Use. Revised terms will be posted to the Site and are effective immediately. By using the Site after we have revised the Terms of Use you will be deemed to have accepted the revisions and will be bound by the revised Terms of Use.</b> (so you can slip in new things and unless they keep reading every time they use your site, they wont know)</p><p> </p><p>The sole remedy that you shall have for any claim or controversy arising out of or in connection with the Site or Service shall be a refund, without interest, of all or part of the price which you have paid to SUCA for services which you have purchased from SUCA through the Site. Apart from that sole remedy, <b>you waive any claim for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages for any claim or controversy arising out of or in connection with the SUCA.</b></p><p> </p><p>We do not guarantee accessibility, accuracy, or security of the Site. You accept the Site on an "as is" and "as available" basis.</p><p> </p><p>We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to restrict or terminate your right to use the site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 783628, member: 6370"]Make a nice looking professional site. Make up 'special offers' and grading packages....Here you have to make it seem like they cant do without your service!! Make it seem like you are a real authority...If you have been collecting long enough, it will be true kinda, about as true as most others, its all subjective (see terms and agreement)...Also it might be good to pay for a membership to a coin group like ANA...pass the money around. Dont think people cant be sold by a lot of offical sounding marketing ploys. They WANT you to assure them, you want them to pay you to assure them...and maybe even use the 'we are the little guys so we want your business more and will work hard to keep it' stuff....Stress honest and trust (though the reality is 'see terms and agreement') It wouldnt hurt to buy some coins grade them well (if you need help come here or a place like it), put them in your slab and put those on your website as examples so people can see you are good. Its all in appearance. People want the slab and they want it cheap so make sure you ARE a bit cheaper or offer to grade more for less, etc... MOST importantly cover your butt...put something like what is posted below in your terms and agreement area, make sure its not accessible from the front page and maybe even frequently down. So lets say your new TPG will be called [B]S[/B]ecurity [B]U[/B]nlimited [B]C[/B]oin [B]A[/B]uthentication. I have bolded the important parts, dont bold them on your website, you dont even want them to read this if possible: [B]Terms[/B] Information and related materials are subject to change without notice. This web site and all information and related materials it contains are provided "as is." [B]SUCA makes no claims or warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, or adequacy of, or the suitability, functionality, availability or operation of this web site or the information and materials it contains.[/B] SUCA specifically disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement with respect to this web site and the information, graphics, and materials contained herein. [B]In no event will SUCA be liable for damages of any kind, including without limitation, any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages even if SUCA has been advised of the possibility of such damages.[/B] [B]Grading: The grading of coins is subjective and solely reflects the opinions of the SUCA graders.[/B] In the event that any owner or subsequent purchaser of a a SUCA coin believes that a coin has been over-graded by SUCA with respect to such procedures, [B]such person may submit the coin to SUCA through its "Appearance Review" service for a review of the assigned grade.[/B] If the grade determined under such review [B]in SUCA’s sole opinion[/B] is ultimately lower than that originally assigned to the coin, [B]SUCA shall, at SUCA’s option,[/B] either exchange the coin in question with an equivalent coin at the earlier higher grade or pay the difference between the current fair market value of the coin at the newly established grade and the current fair market value of the grade originally assigned to such coin. Due to the volatile nature of the coin market and Internet auctions/sales, the selling prices in these auctions/sales do not necessarily represent the current fair market value of any particular coin. [B]SUCA will determine the current fair market value [/B]of a coin [B]based upon what SUCA believes, in its sole opinion,[/B] to be reliable current market information. [B]SUCA’s subjective determination of fair market value shall be binding on all parties. [/B] [B]WARNING: THIS GUARANTEE IS LIMITED.[/B] SUCA is committed to grading only genuine coins, [B]but it does not guarantee authenticity, genuineness or attribution, nor is any guarantee of these aspects implied.[/B] SUCA will only holder coins it considers genuine at the time of submission, [B]but it cannot guarantee the authenticity, genuineness, type, attribution or date of any coin it holders. SUCA will only guarantee the grade[/B] (see grading Terms on some other area of the site). [B]The grading of coins is subjective and solely reflects the opinions of SUCA graders.[/B] All coins submitted to SUCA shall be examined [B]in accordance with SUCA grading procedures[/B] (list on some other area of the website). [B]Additional terms:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]SUCA reserves the right to refuse to grade coins which SUCA, at its sole discretion, decides not to encapsulate in its holders due to previous damage, questionable toning or altered surfaces to such coins or due to negative eye appeal, as determined by SUCA. [*][B]SUCA will credit the account of any Customer whose coins SUCA decides not to encapsulate,[/B] [B]with a deduction for administration and processing by SUCA.[/B] At its sole discretion and at any time. [*]Coins submitted to SUCA will be graded within a commercially reasonable time-period. [B]SUCA assumes no liability of any kind whatsoever to Customer for any incidental or consequential damages due to SUCA's delay in grading any coins, whether due to the action or inaction of SUCA.[/B] [*]All coins sent to Customer by SUCA must be inspected by Customer when received. [B]Any damage discovered by Customer must be reported to SUCA within five business days of the Customer's receipt of such coins (you can tweak this number).[/B] [*][B]The grading of coins is an exercise of professional judgment and opinion, which can be subjective and may change from time to time.[/B] As a result, [B]SUCA shall assume no liability of any kind whatsoever and makes no warranties or representations to Customer for any grade assigned by SUCA to any coins/[/B] [/LIST][B]Except as expressly set forth herein, SUCA disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, regarding SUCA's grading service and all activities of SUCA related thereto.[/B] [B]From time to time SUCA may revise the Terms of Use. Revised terms will be posted to the Site and are effective immediately. By using the Site after we have revised the Terms of Use you will be deemed to have accepted the revisions and will be bound by the revised Terms of Use.[/B] (so you can slip in new things and unless they keep reading every time they use your site, they wont know) The sole remedy that you shall have for any claim or controversy arising out of or in connection with the Site or Service shall be a refund, without interest, of all or part of the price which you have paid to SUCA for services which you have purchased from SUCA through the Site. Apart from that sole remedy, [B]you waive any claim for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or exemplary damages for any claim or controversy arising out of or in connection with the SUCA.[/B] We do not guarantee accessibility, accuracy, or security of the Site. You accept the Site on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to restrict or terminate your right to use the site.[/QUOTE]
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