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Posted by Dr. Bob on June 13, 2001, at 11:58:43
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> a nonprofit site (I believe) addressed www.drugbuyers.com regularly negotiates discounts from mail order pharmacies for customers that order from the links on their site. This makes me think that mail order pharmacies would be willing to pay your site to have a link with it...
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> AndrewBGreat idea! Would anyone be willing to look into this in a preliminary way for me? How much of a discount? Would they in fact pay? How much?
Bob
Posted by NikkiT2 on June 13, 2001, at 14:46:41
In reply to discounts from mail order pharmacies, posted by Dr. Bob on June 13, 2001, at 11:58:43
I need something to keep me busy at work at the moment!!!
I'll have a see what I can do and get back to you DSr Bob!!
Nikki x
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> > a nonprofit site (I believe) addressed www.drugbuyers.com regularly negotiates discounts from mail order pharmacies for customers that order from the links on their site. This makes me think that mail order pharmacies would be willing to pay your site to have a link with it...
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> > AndrewB
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> Great idea! Would anyone be willing to look into this in a preliminary way for me? How much of a discount? Would they in fact pay? How much?
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> Bob
Posted by NikkiT2 on June 13, 2001, at 15:05:44
In reply to Re: discounts from mail order pharmacies » Dr. Bob, posted by NikkiT2 on June 13, 2001, at 14:46:41
Well, I've signed up with www.drugbuyers.com and it seems they're a "free" site, and are asking for donations. You can't actually buy meds through them either. I'm emailing them for more info though, but I'll also investigate other on-line pharmacies and see if they are interested!!!
Nikki
Posted by AndrewB on June 14, 2001, at 10:59:26
In reply to Hmmmm..., posted by NikkiT2 on June 13, 2001, at 15:05:44
Nikki,
Great that you have volunteered your time! Best of luck.
Understand that drugbuyers.com is just a site that links you to pharmacies and evaluates their service. But they have negotiated discounts for their members with many pharmacies. Look over the sites and you will see which ones. These are ones to approach with about their willingness to pay for portals from our site.
Again, I think it is important to identify the software mechanisms that allow such an arrangement to track sales created.
Fianlly, I would like to restate the idea of having links to psychiatric services online also. I am not getting close to the idea of fee splitting. Simply, psychiatrists are allowed to advertise. Dr. Bob's site could have link to various p-docs web pages. The pages would give a breif history or description of the psychiatrists area of specialty, etc. The links could be organized by specialty and/or location. Dr.s on the site would also have to note whether they are allowed to practice out of state or out of country. For example, can an Italian p-doc consult a U.S. citizen. Can an Italian P-doc prescribe for a U.S. citizen.
Payment would be a flat advertisement (link) space fee, which is clearly legal I believe. The fee would be adjusted, say, semi-annually, based on sales volume created.
Any legal or ethical problem with this Dr. Bob?
AndrewB
Posted by Lorraine on June 20, 2001, at 9:51:52
In reply to Re: Nikki, Dr. Bob, posted by AndrewB on June 14, 2001, at 10:59:26
> Fianlly, I would like to restate the idea of having links to psychiatric services online also.
I just want to point out that psychiatric services (unless they are on-line services) are local in nature (you go to their office and consult), while this board is national/international. That means that this board does not provide a targeted demographic to advertisers for psychiatric services. It's not a very efficient way to advertise for local services. (You are paying for say 1000 eyeballs, while only 20 are in your area). I guess an exception might be pdocs who are national in scope because patients will travel out of town to them based on their reputation, but then, those guys, probably don't need the advertisement. Course, it's also possible that there is a fairly large contingency on the board from one area and that that demographic could be packaged and sold.
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