New business - but what to call myself?!

ElderlyPerson

Oh dear! I shall need to always check dates before posting in future.

To recap -
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Current posts 2022.

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I’ve reported it twice and it’s still here

wildswan16

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If such a service becomes available, with the flexibility to get products sent to one by post, properly and carefully packed, that would be very helpful for me and worth paying to have.

Someone running such a business could offer various rates, such as higher fee for wanting something promptly, lower fee for "within a week" or "within a fortnight" because that way the person running the business could go to some particular shop once a week and get items for several customers during the same trip.

If the service were advertised with a paid advertisement on Gransnet, that coukd be good.

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Hello! Good question.

At Your Virtual Sevice?

Girl Friday

EP, do take a look at other websites for shirts and underwear. Peter Christian mentioned by MayBeMaw are very good, I have bought several items from them for my husband. Also Charles Tyrwhitt for shirts and other clothing, even shoes, Joseph Turner ditto, Jockey for pants, vests etc, all of whom I have ordered from successfully (I do all my husband’s clothes shopping as you may have gathered!), and of course good old M&S. All easy to order online, or (except M&S) by phone if you prefer, and get the items delivered to you. I know you won’t get your ClubCard points but you’ll find good value and lots of choice,

Oh dear! I shall need to always check dates before posting in future.

Zombie thread, look at the dates and also the post containing a link by Carol12. Reported.

Well other men’s clothing sites are available - you could look at Peter Christian, John Lewis and Sainsbury’s to name three.

I was referring to Matalan with the 20% off

ElderlyPerson most of the main stores do home delivery of clothing ordered online. M&S, Matalan etc. I bought shirts, underwear and socks there yesterday for a male relative. I find their garments are decent quality and wash well. They are no more expensive than Tesco clothing and often cheaper.

I’ve found since I registered with them they frequently email me a 20% discount offer. I used it to receive a generous 20% reduction on all my purchases yesterday.

MayBeMaw

Aveline

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Me too Aveline

EP or you could just order it online from Tesco (other stores and websites are available) and save on time, money, the intermediary’s petrol and the possibility of getting some thing you don’t like or might need to return.

The Tesco clothing cannot be got online.

It says "pop in" to the store.

What gets my avocado is that the clothing is closer to the pickers than going and getting me a ballpoint pen from the stationery section!

The problem appears to be ever-changing-stock-styles.

But frankly, one item, Men's underwear, please put size and preferences in picker notes, would do.

Size X preferably coloured checks but please send something

or

Size Y preferably plain colours but please send something

or

Size Z prefer blue but please send something BUT NOT red

Aveline

I reported this thread as advertising, had email from GNHQ to say it had been deleted yet here it is!

Me too Aveline

EP or you could just order it online from Tesco (other stores and websites are available) and save on time, money, the intermediary’s petrol and the possibility of getting some thing you don’t like or might need to return.

Aveline

I reported this thread as advertising, had email from GNHQ to say it had been deleted yet here it is!

Hey this lady could provide a useful service!

If I want a shirt and I email her my size and she will go into Tesco, get it and post it to me, that would solve a big problem for me.

I would probably have two or three shirts at one go!

As well as a business name, perhaps you could use a description to be underneath in italics

For example,

I do the shopping, then post it to you

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I am not quite clear what you would do.

Would you be going to shops and delivering or would you stay in your home or office and do it all from there?

Two experiences of mine. Could you help a client in a similar situation, at cost plus a service fee?

My computer broke down in March 2021. So I rang Currys to get another one. Telephone recording no over the phone orders now, just over the phone advice etc, order online!

Grrr, I van't get online, my computer has broken down.

I resolved this by telephoning an electrician who had done some work in my house for me prepandemic. We discussed it over the telephone. He ordered a computer online, delivered to him. He brought the unopened parcel to my house and I got it social distance style.

So could someone ring you on the telephone and you order the computer, for delivery to your client?

As I am essentially housebound due to the pandemic (notice to third party readers: please let's not argue about it, it's just my situation) I cannot get things like underwear or shirts easily from Tesco as they are not online.

So if someone wanted something like that, would you go into a Tesco, buy the items, put them in a parcel and send them to your client? (By royal Mail or DPD)

I wish you the best in your business endeavors. If you need to speed up retail processes with custom inventory management tools, I recommend using UI Bakery - uibakery.io/solutions/inventory-management-tool.

"Virtual Shopper" seems good enough. Nowadays it is really hard to start a business, there are more risks than usual. I failed with my online store. Fortunately VT Labs www.vtlabs.org/ helped me to revamp my existing product and bring my business back to life.

There are many good suggestions. I myself like the pun "ViPersonal shopping". It shows that it's Vi-rtual, "ViP" makes your clients think that you will treat them really well. Anyways, it's awesome that you were able to start the business. I happened to found my new undertaking just before the pandemic started and gosh it was hard to stay afloat. I considered using Salesforce www.ergonized.com/blog/how-to-use-salesforce/ in order to improve business processes. It worked well but I wasn't ready for it initially.

Many thanks all for your comments. I'm in the UK, and although 'take-outs' and grocery stores do online shopping etc., there doesn't seem to be much out there for a wider range of shopping. And, as for teaching the non-tech-savvy - I don't consider myself to be in the league of teaching techie stuff and, from my experience, if someone reaches a (ahem) 'certain age' (which I am myself) without having learnt the basics, then they're generally not that interested in doing so?