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AFAIAC Forum Speak
Forum Speak for as far as I am concerned
AFAIK Forum Speak
Forum Speak for as far as I know.
AFK Forum Speak
Forum Speak for away from keyboard
AISI Forum Speak
Forum Speak for as I see it
AIUI Forum Speak
Forum Speak for as I understand it
ANY1 Forum Speak
Forum Speak for anyone
B2B 
Abbreviation for Business to Business . A B2B website is one which caters exclusively for Business customers. Wholesale/dropshipping sites which require evidence of trading before approving account applications are one example of a B2B site.
BBL Forum Speak
Forum Speak for be back later
BBS Forum Speak
Forum Speak for be back soon
BIN Auction Site Terms
Buy It Now - offering the customer an opportunity to purchase immediately at a set price rather than bid at auction.
BNIB Auction Site Terms
Brand New, In Box
BNWT Auction Site Terms
Brand New, With Tags
BOL Forum Speak
Forum Speak for best of luck
BRB Forum Speak
Forum Speak for be right back
BTW Forum Speak
Forum Speak for by the way
Business 
A sole trader, partnership, limited company or public limited company providing a service or retailing to the public. Any Dropshipper is a Business and should be thinking in the same terms as a Business.
BWL Forum Speak
Forum Speak for bursting with laughter
CHMOD Technical
CHMOD is a unix command that allows you to tell the server how much (or how little) access to allow to each file and folder.

The standard permissions are:
  • read (r)
  • write (w)
  • execute (x)

Permissions can be set for the following users:
  • user (u)
  • group (g)
  • world (o)

A three or four digit octal number may be used to represent the modes. For example CHMOD 777 gives read, write, execute permissions to all users.
Class 2 NIC 
Class 2 National Insurance Contributions are payable by the self-employed.

When you start a Business, you must inform HM Revenue and Customs within 3 months and either:
  1. Begin paying Class 2 NIC,
  2. Apply for a Small Earnings Exception if you think your earnings for the year will be below the Small Earnings threshold, or
  3. Apply for deferment of Class 2 contributions if you have high earnings from employment and the Class 1 contributions you are paying are close to the upper limit.

DH Forum Speak
Forum Speak for dear/darling husband
Distance Selling Regulations 
Drawn up by the Government department - Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The regulations apply to any Business selling or providing a service to the public via the internet, over the phone etc eg at a distance from the purchaser.

The regulations provide protection for the purchaser.
Dropship 
A method of supplying a customer directly from the product supplier without the need to hold stock oneself. Not holding stock means the price paid for the product is normally higher than if buying in Wholesale quantities and holding stock oneself.
Dropshipper 
A Business providing Retail opportunities to end consumers without holding stock itself.
DW Forum Speak
Forum Speak for dear/darling wife
End user 
Another term for Retail customer.
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