1. Maine Goods

2. The Business  Market goods produced in Maine  Selling these goods to various crowds throughout the globe  Create a name for Maine based goods production, and bring back pride of American made products  Creating a solid reputation and maintain an attractive web domain

3. Mission  To create a successful online business that not only creates a solid living for us, but expands the market of goods produced in Maine  To involve Maine based goods producers in online marketing and make their products available with no location boundaries

4. Equipment  We use quality equipment from servers to personal computers to run our online business  We remain flexible for expansion and understand potential website traffic  With the right mixture of components, our website will function smoothly and allow easy browsing, and easy transactions  With a advanced shopping cart and customer accounts, items can be added to the shopping cart and saved under a given account  Future logins will bring up the customers account and shopping cart with previous items selected

5. Target Market  People of all ages will have interest in products, but older generation people may find products more intriguing

6. Appearance  The website includes solid colors and themes. The site is sophisticated but is designed to be user friendly no matter the age, race and gender of the potential customer  Consistent colors such as shades of blue are utilized and artistic photos displaying Maine can appear throughout the website

8. Planning  Once established, the website will be the marketplace for the goods we will sell  The amount of products we will sell will fluctuate, changing as new products are produced and old ones die out  Our inventory will reflect the current good being produced showing trends production

10. Shipping Method  Using UPS, our products can be sold anywhere in the world  We insure fast shipping times so the customer has a minimal waiting period

11. Customer Service  We treat each customer fairly with consistent prices and we insure satisfaction  We only sell products that are tested by for quality, durability, and function  We offer fair return policies and great customer to business communication opportunities

12. Summary  Creating and maintaining a user-friendly website that markets quality local goods to the rest of the world  Increase confidence in those looking to make their art a career  Strengthen the Maine economy by creating a successful business by putting products in the hands of the customer, and money in the hand of the producer  Bring back pride of USA made products  Create a successful business for years to come

13. Maine Goods www.mainegoods.com