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First question, where do you call local? For me it is Malaysia. So my first step would be to look up number of affiliates in Malaysia. How big is the community?

Then I would tell the prospect "Look at this. This is the number of people looking for something to buy. These people prefers local product because there will be no shipping fees if you offer local pick up, or cheaper shipping fees if you use PosMalaysia (the local postal service). Don't worry about advertising because these people are the same people who would do the advertising for you"

So with customers lining up and advertising being taken care of, would anyone be turning that away?
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First question, where do you call local? For me it is Malaysia. So my first step would be to look up number of affiliates in Malaysia. How big is the community?

Then I would tell the prospect "Look at this. This is the number of people looking for something to buy. These people prefers local product because there will be no shipping fees if you offer local pick up, or cheaper shipping fees if you use PosMalaysia (the local postal service). Don't worry about advertising because these
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