Internet & Tech: Online Hip-Hop Apparel Store

Okay, let's rewinds 9 months back. November 2004 I began working on a business called Street Game which is going to be an online urban apparel shop (selling urban apparel, shoes and scents.) Now today, I still haven't gotten the shop open due to many delays.

Now, I'm finally going to get started back on it hopefully in a couple of days (developing the software out to what I want it to be, a powerhouse) and since my major skills is in osCommerce, I am building from the ground up with osCommerce.

What would ya'll like to see though, what kind of addons that would make ordering from the site a good experience. Right now, I plan to get a Authorize.Net merchant account as well as a FedEx account number to ship via FedEx since everybody wants this method the most (and they are just now about to start building a FedEx central station here in my town I live in.)

Throw me all of your tips and I'll see what I can do, I plan to integrate a gift voucher system, returns system, gift registry and point/rewards system to name some of the few. Let me know YGG.

Urban apparel (Akademiks, Rocawear, ARME, etc. for guys)/(Fetish, Baby Phat, Apple Bottoms, etc. for girls), Shoes (Jordans, Air Force Ones, G-Units, S. Carters, Timberlands (MAYBE), Phat Farm) and with scents (popular scents like Glo, Versace, Burberry --- high class scents but would be good for all audiences)

I already have enough connections with people to start the business, I've got connections with people who have authentic apparel (with their retail tags) and I have 3 dealers who are dirrectly connected with Nike and 2 directly connected with Reebok and 1 wholesaler for Phat Farm so it'll be authentic shoes too.

And of course, I have a wholesale account with a place called Fragrance Net which I'll use for my scents, they have EXCELLENT wholesale prices and even show the retail.

So basically, everything on the site will be authentic really. My advantage from others will be the customer service I'll offer (live chat and email) and even the fast shipping and good prices and contests and giveaways. I have some good ways to send this business shooting up.

Oh btw - glad to hear your stuff is authentic - I've neen down the bootleg road and it's a pain in the but. I'd say there's a 35% shrinkage with returns.

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already have enough connections with people to start the business, I've got connections with people who have authentic apparel (with their retail tags) and I have 3 dealers who are dirrectly connected with Nike and 2 directly connected with Reebok

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