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Valuable Tools & Resources

Cash Flow Magazine hopes the below tools and resources will be invaluable to entrepreneurs and business owners everywhere. Feel free to submit any ideas or suggestions for this section on our “contact us” page.

Fraud Prevention Center
Don't be another statistic. Use these free tools to protect yourself.


Reverse Look up
This free tool is provided by WhitePages.com and is invaluable for helping to prevent fraud and scams including unauthorized credit card use. This tool allows you to easily reverse look up any phone number or address to quickly determine if the client is who they say they are. Great in helping to prevent charge backs due to fraud and/or unauthorized charges. It's always a good idea to do a reverse look up before processing any credit card.
http://www.whitepages.com/reverse-lookup


IP Address Look up
This is an invaluable tool offered by GeoBytes.com. This simple program allows you to reverse look up any IP address to instantly determine a client's real location. This tool can work wonders in helping to alert you to the possibility of “off shore” and other scams. For complete protection always do a reverse IP look up before processing the credit card or shipping any merchandise.
http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation


Website Who Is Look up
Just type any .com, .net or .org address into the box and click search. (i.e. yourdomain.com) This will give you the current registration information for any URL. Please note that solicitations or spam are strictly forbidden. To be used for verification purposes only.
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

Emailing Tools
No sign ups from your last email campaign? Maybe they're being flagged as spam.


Spam Check & Scoring
You've just finished working really hard on your email campaign. The last thing you need is for all that hard work to be totally in vain. It's always a good idea to check and see if your emails will be flagged as spam. If so that means your email will be put into every prospects junk box instead of their inbox. Use the below tools to help determine deliverability before you start blasting out.
http://spamcheck.sitesell.com/
http://www.bettermail.ca/sales/spamcheck.php
http://www.gravitymail.com/spamscore.php

Web Page Design
HTML got you flustered?


Learn HTML
HTML is easy to learn and this site makes it even simpler. In this HTML tutorial you will learn how to use HTML to create your own Web site. This site is a great resource for HTML tags and includes loads of examples and an HTML editor.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

A Domain Name for Your Business
Need a domain name? Try these guys.


Domain Name Registrations
Stop over paying for your domain names and yearly renewals. These guys have the best prices on new registrations and transfers. They offer expert live help and a large variety of other products and services.
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp

Setting up Your Business
Must haves for any size business.


Online Shopping Cart
Having an easy to use shopping cart is a must have for any online business. A great shopping cart allows customers to purchase multiple items, easily calculate shipping costs and have sales tax added at the touch of a button. Not having a well designed or proper cart set up can ultimately cause many of your customers to do what's called “cart dumping” or simply just walking away without following through with the purchase. The below company offers an easy to use shopping cart version – a must have if you want to keep your customers from “cart dumping.” A happy customer is a repeat customer.
http://www.cartmanager.net/


Credit Card Processing
Start accepting credit cards today! These companies's make buying and selling easier. They are global technology leaders in information commerce. They help businesses, such as merchants and financial institutions, safely and efficiently process customer transactions and understand the information related to those transactions. That ensures your consumers can feel comfortable in knowing that their payments are convenient and secure.
http://www.cardservicesales.com/
http://www.firstdata.com/