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360 Boating FAQ.What is 360Boating.com?360Boating.com is a searchable database of boating, businesses, guides and services offering goods and services worldwide.Who is 360Boating.com designed for?360Boating is designed to help both consumers and businesses, boating & fishing customers who want to find goods and services, and Businesses who want to be found by existing customers and attract new ones.What will I find on 360Boating.com?The world's largest focused listing of boating related suppliers in existence, anywhere.Here are all manner of boating & fishing, materials, electronics & equipment, exclusively focused on the boating industry. Plus ... up to the minute information and news in the banners and RTA listings on specials, sales, events, new merchandise, new inventory, classes .... Whatever the business has to offer the consumer. What isn't on 360Boating?Anything that isn't specifically related to the boating & fishing industry.How do I search on 360Boating.com?Click in to the 360Boating site and select the search criteria for whatever information you want to find about the business or services or brand name goods that you need.You can search for a specific name or by geographic location, by the type of service you need or by the brand name of the materials you want or, by any combination. OK, so give me some examples of things a user can search for!"All the suppliers who have Mercury engines.........""All the marinas that we will pass by on the way through Florida to visit Miami.............." "All the boating in Australia ... or Canada ... or Mexico...where I can charter a boat............" "A store in Milwaukee where I can get boating electronics all by mail order and that will let me pay for it with American Express ... " If you can think of a question to ask, there is a way to ask it on 360Boating. I found a supplier now how do I get to the store?Each business listing includes a hot link to a detailed map showing the location of the business with complete driving instructions.In the future, 360 Boating will be adding GPS locators and integrating with software to lead you directly to the store location through GPA driving software. What does it cost to search on 360Boating.com?Nothing .... Nada .... Zip .... Zilch ... looking is free!But, I'm not a shopper looking for goods and services ... I am a business that wants to help those customers find me. How can you help me?360Boating.com can put your business information, your goods and services, your name and location out there for all boating to see.There is nowhere else your customers can go to find everything boating related all under one roof. Nor anywhere else you can go that offers this level of focussed, business specific sales and marketing support. More to the point, when your customers go looking they will find you ... without having to wade through thousands of listings about Aardvarks and Zebus. How will listing my business on 360Boating.com help attract customers to me?First, they can find you.Second, they can see what products and services you have to offer. And, best of all, using the RTA function, you can put whatever message you choose right there where all your customers, old and new can read it. What information can I list about my business?Who you are.What you are. Where you are. What you offer and how you offer it. What you are offering day by day ... even hour by hour if you choose. What services and brand names can I list?All the major service categories and major brand names for the industry are already in the inventory lists waiting for you to pick and choose.Why should I?Because most consumers already know what particular service or product or whatever that they need ... what they want is to find out where and how they can get it ... simply, quickly and easily. That means finding you just as quickly and easily.The faster and easier your customers can find you the better, happier and more loyal customers they will be. So, why list my business on the internet? Are there really that many new customers out there?There sure are... and some very good financial reasons too. Take a look .What if I have special brand name goods or unique services that you don't have in your lists?Let us know about it. We'll check it out and if we can, we'll add that to the inventory lists with our thanks for bringing it to our attention.What is this RTA thing?RTA is short for Real Time Advertising.RTA is unique. You won't find it anywhere else in this industry. It allows you to display whatever advertising copy you choose ... copy that you can change whenever you want. How does RTA work?RTA is something new and unique.RTA gives you the power and ability to display whatever advertising or public information material you wish. The display is formatted with a major headline, followed by a subheadline followed by up to six (6) paragraphs of ad copy each with a maximum display of 256 words. In total you can display over 1500 words of ad copy in addition to your headline text. You control what is said. You control when it is displayed You control when the ad copy is changed and to what. You can change it as often as you want! You can change it monthly, weekly, daily or even (quite literally!!) hourly if you wish. What can I say in my RTA ad copy?Anything at all that you can legally say about your business subject to the usual laws, considerations and good business practices about copyright, truthfulness in advertising, profanity and common good taste.How can I change my RTA ad copy?You access RTA on-line so, first you will need internet access and a web browser. Any of the standard browsers will do just fine. There are no files to upload or download. You make all changes to your ad copy by simply typing it in as you go.To access your RTA, you click up the web site at www.360Boating.com Then, you go to the "Members" area and enter the Username and Password (U/P) that you chose. Please note that you cannot change your RTA without entering your Username and Password. That way you and we are sure that no one other than you can mess with your listing. If you forget your Username and Password, don't worry. Just let us know by phone or e-mail and we'll send them out to you in a private e-mail to the address registered in your listing. (We will NOT provide them verbally over the phone ... only by e-mail). At that point you may change any part of your listing that you wish. You can change the selection of goods and services, update your name and address and information and, most important, you can put whatever new ad copy you wish into your listing display. How often can I change my RTA ad copy?How often do you want to?Monthly? Weekly? Daily? How about Hourly? It's your choice. How do I get the listing into 360Boating.com?
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360Boating.com How safe is the information that I entrust to 360Boating.com?There are several answers to that question.The first consideration is how you input your information and how you change it later. The answer to that is that everything is Username and Password locked. You are the only one who can enter your information and you are the only one who can change it. Second, you can change your username-password as you feel it necessary. Third, every time any changes are made to your listing information an e-mail is sent to your registered e-mail address confirming the change. Finally, there is the matter of what happens to your information once it's in the system. We have a Privacy Policy to deal with that. It isn't complicated or ambiguous .... 360 Boating does not sell, share, disclose, trade, or provide Confidential Information entrusted to our care to any third party for any purpose whatsoever not directly related to immediate financial transactions between you and 360 Boating save and except in compliance with law. I entered my information but it doesn't show up yet when I search. How come?New listings are held in our "pending" database until several things have been taken care of.First, all listings go through a software review process to ensure that: (a) it is a boating & fishing related site that has been entered and not a SPAM or "adult" site, (b) the listing contains a valid e-mail address, (c) the listing includes a unique username-password, and, of course, (d) your subscription fees have been received and processed. Once that has been done your listing will be activated for all the world to see. How do I get in touch with someone at 360Boating.com for more information?You can always reach us at:sales@360boating.com How much does it cost to list my business on 360Boating.com?Depends on what information you want potential customers to see.BASIC The "Basic" listing displays your business name and address, including phone numbers. A hot Map link to your business is also included. Basic level listings will only show search results for name and address searches and service type. You may change this information at any time to keep your name, address and contact information current. Basic listings are FREE. SILVER The Goods and Services ( "Silver" ) listing includes the Bronze level information and it includes a complete list of the services, goods and brand names (from our inventory lists) that you offer your customers. Your business will be displayed when your customers search the listings by name, address, location, services category and brand names or any combination thereof. You can update your listing at any time. Silver listings are available for $30, payable annually. Payment can be made by VISA or American Express credit card or by personal or company check. ( Yes, we do accept checks ... yours are welcome. ) GOLD RTA Gold RTA listing is a unique and very special service. Gold RTA includes all of the Basic and Silver services PLUS something you won't find anywhere else ... Real Time Advertising ("RTA"). "RTA" includes the option of displaying up to 1500 words of whatever advertising text copy that you choose to show your customers. You choose the text, the topic and the ad format. You decide what to say, when to say it and how often it changes. It's sort of like having a half page newspaper ad in every issue of the paper all year long and each ad can be different !! Tell your customers about events, sales, new arrivals ... anything that you choose ! GOLD listings are available for $60, payable annually. What is RTA? Have a look... How do I pay for my listing?We accept VISA or American Express.We are also quite content if you pay by check ... whether personal or business check. We do appreciate that this is a business expense and that accountants like to see that paper trail of invoices and checks (ours does, too). The only limitation on the use of checks is if you choose to pay for a full RTA listing on a monthly basis. That we will only do by VISA or American Express automatic monthly debit. Mind you, if the bank returns your check unpaid for any reason, we will assess a $30 charge to cover our bank fees in addition to the billing amount. Do I have to pay sales tax?We are not required to collect retail sales tax.Are the listing fees tax deductible?Yes, as long as you or your business can claim advertising expenses against business income. Depends how greedy your local government is.What proof do I have for the Tax Man that I did this?We provide full itemized invoicing showing services acquired and amounts paid for your business records.What about renewals?If you are using the VISA or American Express automatic debit plan for full RTA listings, you don't need to do anything about it. Renewals will be handled automatically.For all other renewals, we will send you an on-line invoice/reminder approx. 30 days before the expiry date of your current listing. It is your responsibility to ensure that the necessary information/check reaches us before the expiry date of the current listing. How do I cancel my listing?You need to give us 30 days notice, in writing, that you wish to cancel. The 30 day notice period shall commence on the earlier of the date that the notice is received by 360 Boating or on the seventh (7th) day following the date of the postal cancellation ("postmarked") applied by the US or Canadian Postal services or the fourteenth (14th) day following the date of the postal cancellation ("postmarked") applied by any other National Postal Service.RefundsRefunds will be made of all fees paid according to the following schedule:1. For accounts paid by automatic monthly VISA or American Express debit - no refund will be paid for services provided through the end of the month in which the 30 day cancellation notice ends. Thereafter, no further debits will be made. Should any debit be made inadvertently or in error, such amounts will be refunded to the VISA or American Express card, in full, immediately. |