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No email received--did you email me or Rob in tech?

No, that definitely helps, thanks. Often email clients use the default browser as the HTML rendering engine. Do you use IE by chance?

Your kind words are appreciated. The offer stands to all on this forum: help us make this application the application you want and we'll put you on Preferred for free for 90 days. R

Bree- Thanks. Can you tell me which email client and browser you are using? R

We really and truly appreciate the time you spent to put up a Courtesy listing with us. I guess my only point is that we are all business people here and I'm sure you do what you can to solicit business, so we can't be expected to operate differently. That said, I can tell you we really don't...

Hi All, We have sent THREE emailings in the HISTORY of the company--one at launch and TWO yesterday. ALL of them give you the opt-out option, so there is no need for anyone who does not want to receive emails from us to ever receive emails from us--period. Just opt out or let me know and I'l...

Hi seashanty! Would you please supply me with the latitude and longitude and the name of your Inn so that we can post your correct location? My tech dept. is working on mapping today. You can email me directly at [email protected]. Thank you, R

No, we don't do ads. I've been in web commerce since 1997 and never run an ad. Ads take traffic away from a site, just the opposite of what you want. An ad says, "our main line of business isn't working well enough so we're grabbing what we can". (I have a screen shot of one of my competitors...

Our geocoding pulls from Google. If you are showing up in the middle of the ocean it is probably because the default coordinates are 0 deg lat, 0 deg long which is off the west coast of Africa. I have no doubts that we can accommodate you. R

swirt, You bring up a good point. We put a lot of thought into this and we believe (with good marketplace evidence) that the $4.99 is not a significant hurdle. Orbitz and Travelocity both charge a similar fee, the difference being that theirs' are higher. That's just the cost of convenience...

Hi swirt, Yep, you've got it right. It's per transaction, not per night. To use your example if someone booked for 3 nights the system would bill $600 (plus applicable taxes) which would go directly to your Auth.net account (we don't stand in the middle, we only facilitate the transaction--IOW...

No problem, it's my pleasure entirely. Authorize.net does in fact serve as a gateway for lodging providers. As for certification I'm not sure what you mean and I don't want to wade into their territory since they aren't mine to represent. Thanks, R

Good advice, to be sure! R

We're going to try to make it. The problem with being a perfectionist is that you tend to want to do it all yourself, so it's me and my partner or nobody! Thank you for your enthusiasm, though, it is appreciated. R

You could ditch it all. Before you do that, you should look at our demo site (get an access code here: http://www.thebedandbreakfastlist.com/prod/misc/viewdemo) and make sure it functions how you want it to. Some of our reporting features are still under development (these are fairly easy to...

Hi catlady! We would love to be there and we're going to try, however with our launch taking up most of our time there's a chance we may not be able to work it out. I would say that our intentions are 100%, but the exigencies of doing this launch have us running in circles. My partner, Robert...

Great, I'm glad you agree with our approach to the auctioning of excess inventory. The Bid-A-Bed function will seek within a 25 mile radius of the target area (zip code or city), so unless you don't have any competition within 25 miles in all directions you should be fine. Authorize.net: yes...

Hi JunieBJones, No problem, I'm delighted that you are interested in my site and just as pleased to write about it. Yes, we are the first to offer fully integrated (i.e., nothing to download or install) front and back applications. What you see in the marketplace are sites that offer listings...

Hi JunieBJones, I find your suggestion interesting and would like to get some more feedback from other innkeepers before we add something like the ability to bid on a specific inn. We intentionally did not include that function because we did not want the site to become primarily a site for...

Hi Josh, We are restructuring our pricing. With the current economic turndown we want to be able to get as many people on board as possible for as little as possible. Our Preferred Listing, which includes the Bid-A-Bed feature is soon to be priced at $9.95 a month (with automated recurring...