Keystone has a great reputation, #1 wholesale aftermarket auto parts distributor with live inventory from your account user panel, Fast shipping & great pricing. They handle things like a business should be. No Gimmicks, Delays or Lies. (mimo) We have provided some information for your use. commenting is in our forum

About Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., based in Exeter, Pennsylvania is the leading distributor and marketer of specialty automotive equipment and accessories in North America. During Keystone’s 38-year history, we have grown from a single auto parts store to a $600MM warehouse distributor.

Service and Reach… Keystone serves the diverse interests and needs of auto enthusiasts and their installers across North America. We have 25 locations serving over 17,000 customers in North America. Keystone offers the largest assortment of specialty products in the automotive aftermarket industry including 250,000+ SKUs from over 600 suppliers.

The Company operates four distribution centers and 21 non-inventory stocking cross-docks in the United States and Canada.  Our fulfillment network utilizes 300 trucks/trailers providing next-day or two day delivery to customers in 47 states and Canada, as well as exporting to more than 40 countries.

Keystone warehouse operations pick, pull, and pack around the clock to ensure timely product delivery. Our truck drivers cover 30 million miles per year in order to see those orders delivered on time to our customers.

Customers and Vendors… Both customers and vendors are integral to Keystone’s success. We are a critical link between a highly fragmented group of vendors and an even more fragmented base of customers. Our geographic reach and unique distribution model allow us to offer customers and vendors substantial scale, the most comprehensive inventory selection in our industry, high levels of customer service, and innovative marketing support.

Wholesale Drop Ship Auto Parts Solution:

Providing Solutions to Grow Your Business. Keystone Automotive Operations offers drop shipping as a service via eKeystone.com.  With this program, select jobbers (credit approval and a minimum monthly commitment are required) can place orders online using eKeystone.com and have the product delivered directly to the Consumer.

This service has the following features:

• A customized packing slip with the jobber’s name, address, phone number and logo
• Itemized billing detailing each shipment separately
• FedEx shipping history including tracking numbers
• Shipment notification via e-mail to both the jobber and end consumer
• A choice of FedEx shipping options including shipping rates
• A return form in every shipment to facilitate the return process
• A cancellation notification to the jobber via e-mail
Frequently Asked Questions

How does the program work?
A Keystone Automotive Jobber goes online with eKeystone.com and places an order online, entering the Consumers shipping information.  Keystone then processes the order and ships it via FedEx to the Consumer and bills the Jobber for the cost of the part and shipping.

How does a Jobber sign up for the program?
Your web site must be approved by Keystone. Requirements include: Keystone product prominently displayed, a shopping cart and checkout process. Non-Keystone Jobbers must fill out an application for an account with Keystone. Existing Jobbers with an application on file will be fast tracked and set up with a “Drop Ship Only” account number. 
A Keystone Drop Shipping sales representative will then contact you to obtain account information and/or graphics for your customize packing slip. We’ll then set up or copy discounts for your newly activated account and then e-mail you your new Drop Ship account number, user name, password, as well as pertinent Keystone contact information.  You then be assigned a Drop Shipping sales representative who will contact you within 24 hours of the aforementioned email to review the program, discounts and product.

 Does a Jobber require a Weekly or Monthly payment term to Qualify?
Qualifying Jobbers must have one of the following Payment Terms for Drop Shipping: Monthly charge – weekly Charge – credit card.
Is there a commitment for the Drop shipping program?
A qualifying Jobber must agree to a minimum monthly transaction agreement of $3,000 or more.  Effective January 15th 2008 you will incur a $49.00 monthly Ekeystone maintenance fee if you do not meet the $3,000 monthly commitment in net Dropship sales.

Is there a daily order minimum the Jobber must meet?
Drop Ship Jobbers are not required to meet a daily order minimum. Every order will be processed and shipped as long as it is in stock and is FedEx-able or able to ship via Truck Freight (standard truck freight fees apply).

What paperwork is contained in a package?
Every package contains custom packing slip (not including pricing) and a return form that is printed on the reverse side of the packing slip for a possible return.

Does Keystone’s name appear on any of the documents or labels?
Keystone’s name does not appear on the packing slip, the package label, or the return form.  The return forms only lists an anonymous ‘Product Returns’ address.  The packing slip only has the Drop Ship Jobbers information on it.

What shipping options are available?
Currently FedEx 3-Day Express Saver, Ground, Priority Overnight, Standard Overnight, 2nd Day, Saturday and LTL delivery are all available online for Drop Ship Jobbers only. 

Are there products that will not ship via FedEx?
Oversized items (such as one-piece grill guards) may be too large to ship via FedEx and we also will not ship any chemical items in accordance with Keystone’s current policy.

How does the Jobber obtain FedEx tracking information?
FedEx tracking information is available online with eKeystone.com in the Jobbers Order History approx 24-48 hrs after the order is placed.

How does the Jobber know when an item is not shipped?
The Drop Ship Jobber is emailed a cancellation file if the order is cancelled at the warehouse level.  On orders shipping from Kansas City, the order will show up on the daily freight manifest with no associated tracking information.

How does the Jobber process a return?
There is an email box specifically used for drop ship returns. This mailbox is monitored daily by a member of our team, who coordinates the return with the jobber.

When are orders processed and shipped?
All orders are picked and shipped the same day as long as they are placed by 3pm, warehouse local time.

Can I ship products to Canada?
Yes, we are pleased to announce effective November 6, 2006 that Keystone Automotive will begin our exclusive Canadian Shipping program for Drop Ship customers. Ask your Keystone sales representative for specific terms and conditions or log onto eKeystone.com for additional details.

For more information or to have an account setup, please call: 800.272.4247

e-Commerce New Business Development 
Keystone Automotive Operations
800.272.4247

Note: If you are currently in Gro Project Venture or using Shopping Cart Elite you are required to use ONLY the Certified Distributors Within.The problem in that is their are to many hands in it ($$$) and your discounts are not that great. This will effect your overall NET Profit. See this post where it explains some Gross/Net numbers.

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Below is the copied text of a sales ad for Shopping cart elite from Craigslist.org. I see this add all over the country and I am curious how many of you got sucked in by this ad? It shows that this is an unbeatable deal, you must not pass it up, what you’re going to get, and how cheap it sounds. The reality is, it is a dream being sold to you. Like most craigslist.org frauds they prey on the people that do not know and are looking for that next BIG thing out there. Gro Project Venture, Mimousa, Setuno inc  and Shopping cart elite is not the answer to your prayers. Below I will break down all the text with red fonts to explain what is real or not. We have 4 images copied from this craigslist.org ad for you to see. THE AD WILL MOST LIKELY CHANGE AFTER THIS BLOG POST IS OUT THERE. You can also comment in OUR FORUM on this subject as well as all the others that are there. Plus you get freebies about shopping carts, SEO, LPO, SEM and social networking as they evolve from members. Its Free to join and there are no ads anywhere. Enjoy the reading below.

HERE IS THE URL TO AD ON CRAIGSLIST: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bfs/1272117471.html

“Contact us now: (800)403-8117 to speak about your options
OUR 30 SECOND SALES PITCH
Includes website design (no logo) and training”   THE DESIGN IS COOKIE CUTTER TEMPLATE LIKE THE REST OF THEM, THE LOGO IS AN EXTRA FEE. $$$
“All products will be drop shipped, you will not stock anything. The supplier will ship directly to your customers. “
“Buy Now and we will contact you within 24 hours to start your business! We will execute your business plan 100% to your satisfaction.”  THEY HOPE YOU ARE NOT PICKY & HAVE A LOW SATISFACTION LEVEL
“30 days money back guaranteed if you are not satisfied with our service or business plan. YOU HAVE NO RISK, WE GUARANTEE IT .”  30 DAYS FROM NOW YOU WILL BE IN TRAINING CLASSES THAT ARE 3 MONTHS LONG SO THERE GOES THE MONEY BACK GAURENTEE
“State of the art Shopping Cart Elite software is used to operate this website .” STILL IN DEVELOPMENT AND PRE BETA STAGES MAY NOT BE PCI COMPLIANT
“Build a loyal customer base that will buy your products on a constant basis
Recurring Hosting and License Fee from Shopping Cart Elite (www.shoppingcartelite.com) is $99 per month”  SO YOU HAVE A FEE OF $299 + $99X12 = $1487.00? PLUS A LOGO FEE THAT IS NOT SPECIFIED. SEEMS A BIT HIGH FOR 1 SITE. ASK ABOUT THE 5 SITES OFFER FOR $1200 COMPLETE WITH LOGO AND EXTRA FEES
“Short Term revenue potential ranges from $100,000USD – $400,000USD annually depending on the conversions.”  ASK FOR 3 VERIFIABLE REFERENCES. DEPENDING ON CONVERSIONS? SO THE REALITY IS, YOU NEED TO MAKE MONTHLY GROSS SALES BETWEEN $8,333.33 & $33,333.33 AND DAILY BETWEEN $277.76 & $1,111.10 NOW I AM NOT SAYING IT IS NOT POSSIBLE BUT THIS WOULD BE 1-2 YEARS FROM NOW. ASK THEM TO SHOW YOU ANY SITE ON THEIR PLATFORM PERFORMING AT THIS LEVEL.

Profit Margins 8% – 30% on brand name products, 16% – 50% on non-popular brand name and private labeled products  TAKE THE ABOVE “POTENTIAL GROSS SALES” NUMBERS AND DO THE MATH 8%-50%?. YOUR REALISTIC DAILY NET INCOME IS ONLY GOING TO BE 5% TO 10% AFTER ALL THE FEES AND GARBAGE IS ADDED ON. SO HOW MUCH ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR? $13.85 TO $55.55 PER DAY!

QUICK OVERVIEW
eCommerce retailers are entrepreneurs who deal with distributors or manufacturers to retail products to the end consumers on the Internet. Niche market retailer is when an entrepreneur starts a dedicated website specializing in a specific target market. Using a specific domain name and our specific business plan, as a retailer you will target a specific group of people and win their business. As a niche market retailer you will rank above your competitors (if any) and dominate the market share for your niche.  THERE IS COMPETITION AND PLENTY OF IT JUST WITHIN GRO PROJECT. THEIR 6 “BODY KIT” SITES 4-6 “AIR INTAKE” SITES WHO KNOWS HOW MANY DASH TRIM AND STEERING WHEEL COVER SITES. AS YOU GET INVOLVED IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR YOU WHEN YOU REALIZE THE COMPITITION. AS FOR NON RELATED GRO PROJECT SITES YOU WILL ONLY GAIN A PERCENTAGE OF THAT CUSTOMER BASE “NOT DOMINATE” IT.  

Selecting a niche has to be a smart decision because you may not have a supplier, best price, competitiveness, etc. This is why we offer you this package to help you make your decision and execute your business plan. THIS IS ALL PREDETERMENED WITHIN GRO PROJECT ALREADY.

WHAT DO YOU GET?

An exclusive website for a particular niche, after the sale we will not sell another website for that niche
COMPLETE DESIGN AND WALK THROUGH OF THE SHOPPING CART ELITE SOFTWARE (www.shoppingcartelite.com)
Suppliers who will drop ship the products for you (Learn what Drop Shipping is) OVERALL THIS IS MIMO USA RELATED SUPPLIERS & CAN ONLY PURCHASE FROM THEM.
A business plan that will take you from startup to a successful company
One click full data pre-load on your website.
CASE STUDIES

custommaxima.com case study Case study about a niche car market  I WILL POST ABOUT THESE SITES AND THERE CASE STUDIES ANOTHER TIME, BUT IT IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS

remusexhaustshop.com case study Case study about a niche brand market  NOT OPERATING ON THEIR PLATFORM.

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS WE ADDRESS

Shopping Cart Elite was specifically designed for retailers to have a smooth time running their online business. See all the Shopping Cart Elite Features
Advanced SEO technology (shopping cart) in which you can be fully confident that it will deliver traffic to your website
Sophisticated back office to manage products on your website in an advanced format (such as products with options or products mapped to a car application, etc.)
Back office that does order managements, order tracking, returns, accounting, etc.
Data for your store (automatically synced with your store)
Suppliers who will give you data and discounts
User friendly website functionality with an excellent website design
Long Term Potential:

Getting involved in wholesale and becoming a certified Supplier to the Shopping Cart Elite community, revenue potential ranges from $400,000USD – $1,000,000USD annually and building a network of sites concentrated towards the same market place and dominate the market share. NEED I BOTHER ON THIS ONE? YOU GET THE IDEA HERE.

SUPPLIER LIST

www.mimousa.com

www.streamlineddropship.com

www.norcaldropship.com  THE 3 ABOVE ARE CONTROLLED AND PROFITED BY MIMO USA

www.turn14.com  THIS ONE IS AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR THAT MIMO BUYS FROM WWW.JSCSPEED.COM

A FEW WEBSITES THAT WE HELPED START

www.300zxtuner.com

www.bodykitexpert.com

www.hhraccessory.com

www.f150mania.com

WHY SO CHEAP FOR SUCH A PROFITABLE BUSINESS?  BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GOOD LIKE MOST SCAMS OUT THERE?

The business needs to expand. It’s a brand new store with a design, data and suppliers. You own the business but you don’t own the Shopping Cart Elite source code or software. You will be licensing the software and hosting your business from Shopping Cart Elite directly. The onetime fee that you are paying is for the website design, product data, business plan and supplier referral only.

The website will be valued 10 – 20 times more than what we are selling it for after a client spends 2-4 months working on it. ASK FOR THE BASIS OF THIS ESTIMATE WITH SUPPORTING VERIFIABLE EXAMPLES Certainly we can do all of the work ourselves, however we are not machines and can’t do everything. We own several successful businesses and we are now concentrated on technology and education, not product selling or customer service. BECAUSE IT IS NOT AS PROFIABLE AND EASY AS THEY SAY Thus we are willing to teach you how to operate this business and gain you as a client for us and Shopping Cart Elite.

WHAT YOU DON’T GET!

This is not a get rich quick scheme. This will require a minimum of 10-20 hours of work per week for a minimum period of 2 months before seeing results. It will take 4-6 months to see sufficient revenue from this business. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABOVE STATEMENT? 10-20 TIMES MORE VALUED IN 2-4 MONTHS? CONTRADICTIONS NOW?
This is not a scheme, LIES where we sell you an online website that does not work just for the sake of making a few hundred dollars. We are an agent for Shopping Cart Elite MLM and our goal is to make you a successful company. If we sign you up and you quit in 2 months than we will fail at what we are doing.  BUT WILL NOT REFUND YOUR MONEY & ANOTHER PERSON WILL PICK UP FROM THE WORK YOU DID We want you to make money and succeed, so DON’T CONSIDER THIS A ONE TIME SALE. We will do everything in our power to get you to succeed, until you do succeed.

THIS WHOLE THING IS CALLED “SITE BUILDERS” “MLM” IT IS A SCHEME TO TARGET YOU ON PURCHASING A COMPLETED WEBSTORE SITE. WHILE YOU ARE BEING TRAINED YOU WILL REALIZE YOU ARE BEING TOLD TO REBUILD THE STORE YOU JUST PAID FOR AND PAY EVERY MONTH FOR.  IT WAS PUT TOGETHER QUICKLY BY PEOPLE LIKE YOUR SELF AS A WAY TO KEEP MEMBERS GOING THAT ARE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY AT THIS TIME. ITS NOT REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU STAY.

Thanks, Good Luck from Gro-Pro  

Porn Comes to GRO 

Unbelievable! Who is the Brains on this? The Aftermarket Car Accessory Market is now in competition with the PORN industry. Basically if you are using shopping cart elite software to sell aftermarket car accessories, performance car parts, wholesale automotive car parts distributor or plan on taking the chance on the site builder program and franchise you are all using the same cookie cutter eCommerce template. There are a lot better targets to go after then this one. Was anyone thinking here? Besides the Board of Directors & the accountant.

On a funny note:

The GRO Project Venture training classes should be interesting on this subject. Keyword research, persona/sales copy,  article marketing and social networking should go real well. Who’s the freak mentor that has to show them these webex training class meetings?  I could just wonder who is the “gro certified distributor” That has to prepare and enter the data.

All the religious folks are going to love this.

Look at the images, we didn’t want to copy and use this text on our Blog. Commenting is in OUR FORUM

Thanks & Good Luck, Gro-Pro

News Alert – All Automotive Internet Websites “A MUST READ” Updated user Posts in the FORUM, Check it out http://www.GroProjectScam.com/Forum

Yes it’s true! It’s called Backtracking & Recovery. By the looks of things around here (Plus the emails we got) we have made a difference already.

1. Free Gro Project Venture Fees Waived (with reimbursements?)
2. Free SSL’s for Every Site. (ssl was always included, Creative accounting on this idea)

Just a note of Legal Advice, Get everything in Writing (not by twitter or emails) and Confirm what the future holds on these subjects.

1. What are the FEES going to be exactly when re-introduced?
2. What is the SSL actually going to cost me upon request?
3. Is there an addendum to our user agreements?
4. Will you be mailing (usps) this out to everyone?

Remember this is your business obligation to always legally confirm the changes being made to your business and get them on paper. You signed a “Legal Document” (user agreement for GRO) for your business (or personally) and you are legally held accountable as a Business owner for knowing what you are doing.

We will be posting more objectives to  Gro Project Venture & Shopping cart elite as we go along here. This is only to inform the public that you are being sold a “DREAM” at this point. Anyone who has been sold into “GRO Project Venture” or “Shopping cart elite” in 2009 Should Request a Refund. The program in 2008 was under $500.00 with four niche sites and one general store included (5 sites in all). Most of them where not even charged at all, but they got promised the world to them. Most of them have realized the deal now and left. The point is FREE is FREE and make sure, whether you are a 1 year in user or a 1 month new user think of what you are doing, get local legal advice, a local credible accountant and get friendly with your banks branch manager.

Thanks & Good Luck,  Gro-Pro

Commenting is in OUR FORUM

That Special area will be put together this week. Thanks for the emails, Great Idea We will invite you when it is completed. Gro-Pro

WOW!>>>>  GRO fees will be waived until 12/1/09.

That’s the post on twitter.com/igorsoshkin. So does this mean “ALL” the fees? and if so that means all the members have a REFUND on the way to them? That would be great for all the people for the last year that Lost out and Gro Project kept their money. But what happends on 12/2/09? Now things need to double up. This quick, all of a sudden change was not really thought out well. If something is free for a certain time period then the loss needs to be made up somewhere. That loss will hit the users AGAIN. New user Agreements now need to be issued? If you are one of the Lucky few that have actually sold Aftermarket Car Accessories or Performance Car Parts from your GRO Project site, Congratulations to you, but now your profit is going to Advertising? What is that all about? Since you are told  25%-35% NET PROFIT  per sale, you got this covered anyway. Dont You?

With the last few days events on GroProjectScam.com it would be confirmed we hit a NERVE with some people. (owners, mentors etc) This was the point. Everyone needs to wake up on this issue.

Discussion on this is in Our Forum

Thanks, Gro-Pro

Thanks for the heads up! I will add that to the forum soon. It will be great info for the users for SEO,SEM http://www.groprojectscam.com/forum

Are you selling Aftermarket Car Accessories Online? You need to be informed of a new scam going on. for info visit http://www.groprojectscam.com