DealHunter - Sources & Delivers goods in NI to ROI

_Whimsical_

dealhunter wrote: »

We appeared in the paper over the weekend so please have a look.

That's great coverage.Was a good idea to include a photo of you and some background.I'm sure it will inspire confidence. You should get some sort of website up asap to take advantage of that publicity though because other than boards.ie there aren't any google hits for your service.
Good luck again.

the groutch

putting a name and a face to the business makes a big difference

keane2097

suppafly wrote: »

Sounds like a great idea alright. I'll keep my eye out for stuff.



Using the same estimate on the above, how much would delivery be to Cork City?

Want to know this as well...

lindtee

Perhaps some-one in the Cork area should set up a similar enterprise, as we are so very far away from the North, I'd imagine that there would be a big market for it down here. Come on some enterprising Cork Boardsie! I'd do it myself if I hadn't 3 young sons!

dealhunter

keane2097 wrote: »

Want to know this as well...

Depends on what you want us to bring down. But to keep the costs low if I can get enough orders to fill the van from down that way I could keep the cost not far from ones quoted above. Let me know what you want and happy to help out.

dealhunter

chilly wrote: »

That's great coverage.Was a good idea to include a photo of you and some background.I'm sure it will inspire confidence. You should get some sort of website up asap to take advantage of that publicity though because other than boards.ie there aren't any google hits for your service.
Good luck again.

Totally agree with you but Im hopeful the website should be up and running in the next forthnight.

the groutch wrote: »

putting a name and a face to the business makes a big difference

Certainly helps build confidence in what we are about.

consultech

Not to swing in here flingin poop; But are there not VAT implications for this kind of thing?

keane2097

consultech wrote: »

Not to swing in here flingin poop; But are there not VAT implications for this kind of thing?

You should read the thread imo.

brightkane

dealhunter wrote: »

We appeared in the paper over the weekend so please have a look.

Hey Shane,

Good publicity, think its a great idea and if something comes up that I am after i will deffo give you the nod, So much easier now also with getting prices online from the likes of dixons, argos ect.

Dealhunter and d4hotels for newbies of 2009!

A2LUE42

Is this service available to limerick or cork, and if so, how does the payment part work?

suppafly

A2LUE42 wrote: »

Is this service available to limerick or cork, and if so, how does the payment part work?

Dealhunter wrote:

Depends on what you want us to bring down. But to keep the costs low if I can get enough orders to fill the van from down that way I could keep the cost not far from ones quoted above. Let me know what you want and happy to help out.

thats from a couple of post above yours :rolleyes:

alanceltic

I think you could run into trouble with the VAT man here, I realise that you are only providing a service and charging for this service and making returns on this basis BUT if you are accepting the full value of goods revenue will deem that your turnover is the value of goods plus any add on delivery costs, obviously your profit figures dont change but it does push you into compulsory registration so I personally would get a second view on this. The fact that you are receiveing full payment makes a big difference in how the transaction is classified. Also regardless of what you tell people title of the goods remains with your company until you actually deliver them. Yes you are acting as agent (of sort) but the fact that you have paid for the goods yourself transfers ownership of these goods to your company wether that be sole trader or limited company etc etc), not trying to put people off but I think your previous point on this matter is slightly controversial. By the way I think its a really good service and wish you all the best with it, your initial problem will probably be trying to build up your profile and gain peoples confidence.... if you could set up some sort of bond (not sure how you could structure this) I am sure it would go a long way to give people peace of mind

dealhunter

Thanks for the caution and advice. What I have been told to date is that as the business has just registered it will not meet either threshold for services or goods for sometime. However your argument does make sense and will I raise it with the accountant. It is a complex and technical area so I have full faith in the advice given by someone more qualified than myself and not proclaim on boards to have the answer.

I will say though the majority of our transactions do not involve us taking the payment at all for the goods. The customer pays the retailer who we have sourced and we simply deliver the goods. I have stated this previously but once again and in this instance we do not take ownership.
I do agree for transactions where we have to take payment that is a different issue. However we are in the process of putting in place the capability to be able to do this with all the retailers we work with so to avoid that situation.

I appreciate the feedback good or bad as I want DealHunter to be something sustainable so thanks.

alanceltic wrote: »

I think you could run into trouble with the VAT man here, I realise that you are only providing a service and charging for this service and making returns on this basis BUT if you are accepting the full value of goods revenue will deem that your turnover is the value of goods plus any add on delivery costs, obviously your profit figures dont change but it does push you into compulsory registration so I personally would get a second view on this. The fact that you are receiveing full payment makes a big difference in how the transaction is classified. Also regardless of what you tell people title of the goods remains with your company until you actually deliver them. Yes you are acting as agent (of sort) but the fact that you have paid for the goods yourself transfers ownership of these goods to your company wether that be sole trader or limited company etc etc), not trying to put people off but I think your previous point on this matter is slightly controversial. By the way I think its a really good service and wish you all the best with it, your initial problem will probably be trying to build up your profile and gain peoples confidence.... if you could set up some sort of bond (not sure how you could structure this) I am sure it would go a long way to give people peace of mind

Bicky

Top notch idea dealhunter. I bet things will go well ofr you.
How much to deliver an ikea trolley to portlaoise?
You could stop off on the way to cork.

JTMan

A tad bit confused as to how a "grocery shop" works. Do I simply give you a list of goods I want from Sainsbury's and you pick them up for aprox. 20 EUR?

handsomecake

deal hunters founder is on gerry ryan now

Basq

handsomecake wrote: »

deal hunters founder is on gerry ryan now

God.. I swore I'd never listen to Gerry Ryan but will give it a listen.

dealhunter

Good job the website is now LIVE!!!

www.dealhunter.ie

Bluetonic

dealhunter wrote: »

Good job the website is now LIVE!!!

www.dealhunter.ie

Ya what Gay?

DealHunter.ie is an Irish sourcing and courier business helping customer in Southern Ireland take advantage of bargains currently available in Northern Ireland. Our mission is to help Irish consumers find great value shopping in Northern Ireland on all products without having to leave home. We take away the hassle of making the journey to Northern Ireland while saving you money in the process. So if you want the bargains but without all the hassle then please use the link below to contact us with your requirments.

MOH

dealhunter wrote: »

Good job the website is now LIVE!!!

www.dealhunter.ie

You should definitely take a bit more time over that - apart from the "Southern Ireland" (that's Munster then?) bit, you've at least two typos in the one paragraph - "customer" and "requirments"

Good service though"

Cianos

Dealhunter, a bit of harsh advice here; your website looks quite bad. It looks very thrown together and does nothing to communicate what you are about. People don't read large blocks of text, they want to be able to get a good idea about a site in the first 2 seconds of looking at it.

A few things I'd advise;

• Have a picture on the front page as a visual reference of what the service is about (a picture speaks 1,000 words).
• Have in big lettering your name and your contact number on the front page. If someone goes to your site and are interested in hiring you, they do not want to have to click around to find out how to get in touch with you.
• "save (at) dealhunter.ie" isn't a good choice of email address. People already know why they are on your site, ie to save and get a good deal, you don't have to intice them with a catchy email address, but what you do want is for them to be able to remember the address. info@ is the best one for this, it's the one that nearly every site in the world uses for a similar function.
• You need to cleary illustrate the function of each element of the site. For example, that little yellow icon that loads up the contact form...that needs to have a heading suggesting what it is about.
• All that I have suggested would not take a lot of further work and shouldn't cost too much more in fees if you're using a good designer.

Here's a good example of a well designed service based site; www.vantasks.ie
Best of luck with the venture anyway!

RasTa

Aye I'd recommend spending a bit on the website, it will turn people off. Best of luck anyway, I will probably use you for a TV and a few crates of Wine soon enough.

dealhunter

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, keep them coming. I agree the website is not the greatest but we needed to have something up in advance of the media coverage this weekend. I hope to have something much more professional up and running very shortly so all your comments are greatly received.

eimear1

Well Done Dealhunter, think your business is a great idea. Great to see someone with the initiative and courage to open a new venture which will help ease the recession for others!!
My boyfriend lives up north and i have been providing this service to family and friends for months, without getting paid for it - will refer them to you from now on!!!:D

joecurt

MonsterMob wrote: »

Check this crowd out, they source and deliver goods from Northern Ireland and deliver them down south. Saves all the hassle of driving up and finding the best deal for teles, clothes etc...

MM

i am looking for a good quality dog nuts at present im paying between 12 to 17 euro i am also looking for natural pigeon food

dealhunter

joecurt wrote: »

i am looking for a good quality dog nuts at present im paying between 12 to 17 euro i am also looking for natural pigeon food

send a message through the website of what you are after and will discuss options available

Famous45

Fair play to ya man, superb innovation on your behalf. Hope it proves a financial success.

2010House

dealhunter wrote: »

Mystery over. The flyer posted by MonsterMob is actually the service I have been offering now since before Christmas. Next to clear up some other unanswered questions that have been raised by this forum.

Dealhunter,

I'm looking at buying my domestic appliances for my new house in Kilkenny from Newry, do you deliver that size, I'm talking domestic appliances for a kitchen.

dealhunter

We have finally secured warehouse space in Belfast to allow everyone to shop online in ASDA, SAINSBURY, TESCO, CURRYS, DIXONS, COMET, AMAZON, NEXT, LAURA ASHLEY, etc, etc and have their goods sent to our address. We will then arrange a suitable delivery time with you and brings the goods to your door.
To do this contact me via the website and I will let you know the address details.

Thanks

p.s the crap website will be replaced shortly with something more suitable, thankfully!!

the groutch

dealhunter wrote: »

We have finally secured warehouse space in Belfast to allow everyone to shop online in ASDA, SAINSBURY, TESCO, CURRYS, DIXONS, COMET, AMAZON, NEXT, LAURA ASHLEY, etc, etc and have their goods sent to our address. We will then arrange a suitable delivery time with you and brings the goods to your door.
To do this contact me via the website and I will let you know the address details.

Thanks

p.s the crap website will be replaced shortly with something more suitable, thankfully!!

I assume you're getting your vat applications ready then, because now there's not going to be anyone handing you the cash to pay for them, so you are now technically selling to your clients

Valentia

the groutch wrote: »

I assume you're getting your vat applications ready then, because now there's not going to be anyone handing you the cash to pay for them, so you are now technically selling to your clients

? You the VAT man? FFS

nava

the groutch wrote: »

I assume you're getting your vat applications ready then, because now there's not going to be anyone handing you the cash to pay for them, so you are now technically selling to your clients

Not sure but I don't tink he's selling, what people do is order items online, pay for the item online and get them deliver to the warehoue, so Dealhunter is only doing a deivery service from the warehouse to the customer address.

JTMan

dealhunter wrote: »

We have finally secured warehouse space in Belfast to allow everyone to shop online in ASDA, SAINSBURY, TESCO, CURRYS, DIXONS, COMET, AMAZON, NEXT, LAURA ASHLEY, etc, etc and have their goods sent to our address. We will then arrange a suitable delivery time with you and brings the goods to your door.
To do this contact me via the website and I will let you know the address details.

Really Really good idea.

That makes it much easier to order when you can just do it direct from the relevant website.

Soarer

the groutch wrote: »

I assume you're getting your vat applications ready then, because now there's not going to be anyone handing you the cash to pay for them, so you are now technically selling to your clients

What's your problem?
All he's doing is acting as a courier. Have you contacted UPS about people getting goods delivered to their warehouse for delivery down south?

What if you don't bother doing any business with Deal Hunter, and those of us that do will worry about the VAT and stuff.

Jesus, a fella comes up with a solution to a problem that's existed for years, and all some people want to do is pick holes in it! :rolleyes:

carbsy

the groutch wrote: »

I assume you're getting your vat applications ready then, because now there's not going to be anyone handing you the cash to pay for them, so you are now technically selling to your clients

Get a life, grouch!

the groutch

i had been discussing with dealhunter before the merits or not of registering for vat, was just making a suggestion for him that his vat situation might have changed significantly, sorry if it sound like I was been smart

Soarer

the groutch wrote: »

i had been discussing with dealhunter before the merits or not of registering for vat, was just making a suggestion for him that his vat situation might have changed significantly, sorry if it sound like I was been smart

Fair enough.
We're all very sensitive these days!

dodzy

the groutch wrote: »

I assume you're getting your vat applications ready then, because now there's not going to be anyone handing you the cash to pay for them, so you are now technically selling to your clients

Just finished reading this thread from the start and would like to ad the following:

Dealhunter - Bravo ! and best of luck with the venture. I wish you all the best:D

Groutch - Build a bridge....and get over it :rolleyes:

ThOnda

Well done! Eventually we can place orders from e-bay, 7dayshop and amazon.
About the page - it is too wide for my laptop, I cannot see the upper banner with the name of the service/company. And as mentioned above, your e-mail and phone number should be the first what hit my eyes.
By the way, have you considered regular time schedule, for example Cork on Tueasdays, Galway on Thursdays...? That would allow people to plan their shopping knowing that there is great possibility that there will be more customers and therefore the carriage fee would be reduced.

Doodlebug

ThOnda wrote: »

Well done! Eventually we can place orders from e-bay, 7dayshop and amazon.
About the page - it is too wide for my laptop, I cannot see the upper banner with the name of the service/company. And as mentioned above, your e-mail and phone number should be the first what hit my eyes.
By the way, have you considered regular time schedule, for example Cork on Tueasdays, Galway on Thursdays...? That would allow people to plan their shopping knowing that there is great possibility that there will be more customers and therefore the carriage fee would be reduced.

Definitely +1 for this idea! Would benefit everyone I think once it was up & running. Any chance of this?

2010House

dealhunter wrote: »

We have finally secured warehouse space in Belfast to allow everyone to shop online in ASDA, SAINSBURY, TESCO, CURRYS, DIXONS, COMET, AMAZON, NEXT, LAURA ASHLEY, etc, etc and have their goods sent to our address. We will then arrange a suitable delivery time with you and brings the goods to your door.
To do this contact me via the website and I will let you know the address details.

Thanks

p.s the crap website will be replaced shortly with something more suitable, thankfully!!

Dealhunter, delighted to hear you've a place in Belfast, I'll go onto the website for the address. Heading to Newry on the 23rd of Feb to shop for my appliances. I'll give you a buzz to see what costs would be involved in delivering down to Kilkenny. And fair play to you, its a great service, badly needed, you saw the market and went for it. I wish you all the best with the business. I'll be in touch.:D

MURDO

Doodlebug wrote: »

Definitely +1 for this idea! Would benefit everyone I think once it was up & running. Any chance of this?

Good Idea.. +1... Great Idea DH.. long May it last for you...

jister

Are people still using this service? Do they deliver to Munster?

brightkane

god bless the spammer, but for the record, i used Dealhunter last week, no smokes or beer allowed. great service and thumbs up from me

stevire

Still not impressed with the website...

Looks half designed and outdated honestly hope you didn't pay too much for that website.

rai555

They might be busy, tried to contact them, few emails 2 months ago, no reply at all

EZeeBOS

Its wasnt spam by the way......the borderbargains.ie website is far better than dealhunter. I'm a 17 yr old web designer driving an Audi from the money I make from websites, so somebody must like them.

witnessmenow

What?

snubbleste

witnessmenow wrote: »

What?

EZeeBOS said I'm a 17 yr old web designer driving an Audi from the money I make from websites, so somebody must like them.

Get your ears checked!

Ronan Raver77

Used them last week they delivered a large enough playhouse to me here in Dublin.Good service.