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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Flight Lines: Action plus direction results in success
2. Wing Tips: Enable Internet Connection Sharing - Windows XP
3. Feature Article: "The New World Of Online Commerce" - Part 2
4. Alter Eagle: SysInternals Web Site for Advanced Utilities
5. Light Flight: What If Dr. Seuss was a Technical Writer?
6. Eagle's Talon: "8 Simple Steps to Success" - Courtesy eBook
7. From The Bench: PsTools Suite from SysInternals
8. Eye Of The Eagle: Some months are different than others
9. Contact The Flyer: Send questions, comments and articles

1) ======= Flight Lines =======
[Observations on business and life]

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of
yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because
someone else is not sure of you. --Stewart E. White

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is
anything you like, but he's not a man of action....
You must act as you breathe. --Georges Clemenceau

Make sure you are headed in the right direction, and move
forward, one step at a time. You will as surely reach
your destination as the sun will rise again in the east.
Action coupled with direction results in success.

2) ======= Wing Tips =======
[A variety of business helps and tips]

Enable Internet Connection Sharing - Windows XP

Open "Network Connections".
Click the dial-up, lan, PPPoE, or VPN connection you wish
to share. Under "Network Tasks", click "Change settings of
this connection".

On the "Advanced" tab, select "Allow other network users to
connect through this computer's Internet connection" by
checking the box.

To automatically dial when another computer on network wants
Internet access, check the box that says "Establish a dial-up
connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to
access the Internet".

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3) ======= Feature Article =======

"The New World Of Online Commerce" - Part 2
By Ralph Moore (c)2004

Welcome to the second article in the series entitled
"The New World of Online Commerce".

As businesses find new and better ways to integrate the
sales of their products with the Internet, the need to
use "third-party" payment processors for e-commerce is
increasing.

The following companies provide a range of services to
meet the needs of many online merchants. Sometimes the
differences are small, so if the need arises you may be
able to move on to another company with little more than
a few "tweaks" to your sales process.

To be sure, it is important to ask a lot of questions,
such as which software cart will work with your web host,
how much time and money will need to be spent to sign up
and get started selling, and more.

Here is a brief overview of some of the many companies on
the net. Be sure to get the latest information first-hand
before "signing on the line", as things change rapidly on
the Internet.

2CheckOut: http://www.2CheckOut.com/

2CheckOut offers services to merchants selling services,
products, e-products, recurring billing and membership
sites. There is a one time only set up fee of $49.00.
After that, if you receive no orders, you pay nothing.

2CO receives a 5.5% and $0.45 wholesale discount off the
retail price of each total order, with no leases and no
monthly, application, gateway, additional third party or
statement fees.

2CO accepts checks, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American
Express, Dinners, JCB and debit cards with the Visa and
MasterCard logo.
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ClickBank: http://www.clickbank.com/

ClickBank is one of the oldest and most well-known of the
online merchants for selling strictly digital products.
ClickBank provides a way for merchants to have an instant
affiliate sales force available to help sell products.

"ClickBank customers can pay by Visa, Mastercard, American
Express, Discover, Eurocard, Bravo, Visa Debit, Mastercard
Debit, or Novus. Customers in the US can also pay by online
check.

You can set the suggested retail price for your product.
Each time we sell your product, we pay you (and the affiliate,
if any) that retail price less $1 + 7.5%. ClickBank has a
one-time $49.95 activation fee, and no monthly fees."
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IBill: http://www.ibill.com/

IBill provides Visa, MasterCard, Discover and JCB processing
plus online checks for intangible items, Web900 one-time
telephone billing for US customers (intangible items only)
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MultiCards: http://www.multicards.com/

MultiCards offers processing of Visa, Mastercard, American
Express and Eurocard cards, as well as other payment methods
like eCheck for online sales. Fees are on a sliding scale.
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PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/

Since 1998, PayPal has been providing a way to send and
receive funds online. There is no cost to open an account
and anyone with an email account can receive funds. Fees
range from 2.2%-2.9% plus .30 per transaction to receive
funds. Anyone with a credit card can make a payment but
you need a business account to receive funds.
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PaySystems: https://www.paysystems.com/

As of this writing, PaySystems web site appears to be down.
I will update this at a later date.
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ProBilling: http://www.ProBilling.com/

ProBilling provides "Instant eChecking and 900 Billing,
Transaction Dispute Resolution, Simple integration with
shopping carts, Subscription management services, Design
your own POS page, Weekly payouts: EFT, Wire or FedEx and
more, with no leases and no monthly, application, gateway,
or setup fees."
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ProPay: http://www.propay.com/

With a $35.00 annual fee plus 3.5% plus a $.35 transaction
fee, ProPay can be a payment processor to consider. There
are no additional fees in most cases. Check the site.
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Regsoft: http://www.regsoft.com/

"RegSoft.com is an industry leader in providing E-Commerce
Payment Processing Services for publishers and authors of
PC and Macintosh software, shareware, electronic art,
information and data." One-time setup fee of $9.95, $3.00
fee for products $30.00 and under, and 10% of the selling
price for products over $30.00.
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Verotel: http://www.verotel.com/

An online content payment processor. You need to visit the
web site and thoroughly read the service plans as they vary
greatly.
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V-Share: http://www.v-share.com/

V-Share accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and
Discover as well as Fax, Phone and Mail Order Options.
At $3 plus 4% per transaction, V-Share may be the lowest
payment processor on the net.
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Western Union: http://www.westernunion.com/

At over 150 years, Western Union is one of the oldest
companies in the US and provides a way to transfer funds
and information to virtually anywhere in the world. See
the web site for more detailed info, as rates vary for
services provided.
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Welcome to "The new world of online commerce". Visit these
online processors, compare their plans and get started
selling your "stuff" online today!

Ralph Moore, Editor - Eagle Flyer Newsletter - Get Your
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4) ======= Alter Eagle =======
[Sites and services that we recommend]

SysInternals Web Site for Advanced Utilities

The Sysinternals web site provides you with advanced
utilities, technical information, and source code
for Windows 9x, Windows Me, and Windows NT/2000/XP/2K3
that you won't find anywhere else.

While this is a site that "techies" will find more useful
than "regular" users, it bears mentioning as it one resource
that provides powerful utilities suitable for anyone who
needs to troubleshoot a working system.

Here's their web site: http://www.sysinternals.com/

5) ======= Light Flight =======
[The Lighter Side Of Life - Jokes & Humor]

What If Dr. Seuss was a Technical Writer?

Here's an easy thing to say:

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
and your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!

You can't say this? What a shame sir!
We'll find you another game sir.

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
but your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall.

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss
so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!

Thanks to Kenn Reinhardt of Mid-States Marketing

6) ======= Eagle's Talon =======
[Tools to help you "get a grip" on things]

"8 Simple Steps to Success" - Courtesy eBook
By Robert Knowlton

Sometimes it helps to look at things from a different
angle. Robert Knowlton, well-known success coach and
writer outlines a way to get started in a new direction.

Get your courtesy copy here:
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PsTools Suite from SysInternals

The PsTools suite, from SysInternals, includes utilities
for listing the processes running on local or remote
computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers,
dumping event logs, and more.

This is just one of the powerful utilities that you can
use to see just what is going on behind the scenes on
your workstation or server.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml

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8) ======= Eye of the Eagle =======
[Ideas to inspire better communication]

Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days.
How many months have 28 days?

(Answer(s) in the next issue of the Flyer)

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Answer to Last Issue's Puzzler...

[What can be driven without wheels, and sliced but still
in one piece?]

A golf ball!

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