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Last Updated: August 12, 2022 Not that I am calling either you or myself a "common" person - we all have our gifts to offer and that's just the truth of it - but I know the concept of "picking something you are passionate about" for your business venture is a concept that one can read about pretty much anywhere on the Internet - and offline in motivational print material that still exists offline (facepalm) for that matter as well! We see this headline so much we become blind to it and start thinking one of two things: A) Quit trying to convince me, I already know this!, or B) Who cares?! Well, since I know there is a high likelihood that you are probably thinking one of those two things right now anyway, let me go ahead and just jump right in with my two cents on the subject. I mention this a lot in my blog posts and here on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises website in general: picking a passion really means a lot and can help set you up for failure or success. Now, before we go any further, however, I should point out that the words "can help set you up..." in the previous sentence are key! Simply starting a business in an area you are passionate about in and of itself is NOT going to make you rich - neither overnight NOR in the long run; neither "on paper" nor in cash in the physical, tangible world! Just like anything else in life that is good and worth pursuing, the amount of time and energy YOU personally invest into your business venture is what is going to be the biggest determiner of your returns, not simply whether or not you "were passionate" about the concept of your business when you started it. With all that said, though, picking a passion in the first place helps greatly with the motivation, drive, and desire aspect of investing time and energy into your business venture and can be a major boost to keep going even when times get tough or you just "don't feel like it right now". If you are passionate about what you are doing, you are more likely to stay motivated with it in the long run. This is kind of a no-brainer concept, really, but what exactly does "being passionate" about your business or other money-making venture mean? Let's take a look at some myths about what the term doesn't mean or how it shouldn't be interpreted and how we can change the way we look at these things to maintain a healthy outlook: Being passionate about your business or other money-making venture does not mean that it has to be your one and only passion in life. Yes, you are a person, too, and you are allowed to have more than one passion in life, and, yes, you are most definitely allowed to have a "life" beyond and outside of your own business even though it is yours. You are not a machine. Don't fool yourself into thinking you are one unless that's what you really want out of life. Some people take the "all-in, go-big-or-go-home" approach to starting their businesses and work themselves into the hospital with nervous breakdowns and/or other health problems just because they want to see their businesses succeed. I am not going to say that people like this are bad. Definitely, the ability to have such unwavering dedication like that to any task is something that is really commendable; however, what I will say is that if you don't find yourself in that camp, don't give up hope. Some people like to work that way, and some people don't. Personally, I am a big advocate of healthy balance in life, and a work-life balance is of top priority to me, whether that means working as an employee for someone else, working for myself, or both! The point is, YOU have to find the right cadence and balance in your own life with your unique venture and circumstances that will work well for you. You want your business to succeed, right? Think about it this way: if you are too burnt out to devote any time or energy to your business, then how is your business going to succeed? Being passionate about your venture does not mean you can't express frustration, disagreement, and dissent about certain aspects of your venture or industry. Again, you are human, too! It's O.K. to act like one! No human-made venture or industry is ever 100% perfect. If you are employed by an employer, try this: think about your job and the "big picture" reason of why you like it. If you hate your job through-and-through inside out, think about someone you know who actually likes their job and why they like it (if this means you have to go talk to them and ask them why they like it, go do it!). Yes, there are actually some people out their who are employees (not business owners) and enjoy what they do. We are a real group of people, folks! When I think about my "day job" as an educator, the main reason I can come up as to why I like it is because I enjoy working with the human mind. Yes, I could have gone into counseling, or psychology, or psychiatry, but I figured if I went any of those routes there is a good chance I would be working with a lot of ill or misguided minds (NOTHING wrong with that, though; and more power to all the counselors, psychologist, and psychiatrists of the world!); but I chose education, wherein I work with a WIDE VARIETY of human minds. In the world of education I see ALL SORTS OF MINDS! Some are ill and/or misguided, yes, that is true; but some a razor sharp, some are dull, some are slow, some are fast, and there are minds of all other capacities in between these extremes as I well that I work with on a daily basis - and I love it! Now, does that mean that I am always 100% enamored by every single task - large or minuet - that I must fulfill on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis as an educator? Of course not! Oh boy, don't even get me started! But, in general, I really love what I do as an educator, and that passion helps me keep going - even on the bad days. And, furthermore, I am willing and able to openly discuss and communicate with others about the different aspects of being an educator and what I like and don't like about it. I can even say the same for this blog and other web projects I work on. There are things I like about them, and things I don't, but I choose to work on web projects with special interests to me so that I can remain motivated by the concept and big picture of what I am doing even when mundane, boring, or difficult tasks crop up related to the project (which happens ALL the time). When you can really feel comfortable holding views of and talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly of your venture and/or industry while still enjoying and being motivated by it overall, you are well on your way to sticking with what you are doing (and sticking with something consistently helps to breed success!). Being passionate about your venture does not mean you can't experiment, scrap your idea all together, or change and tweak things as you go along. Just because your initial idea morphed into something else doesn't mean it was a bad idea and you are a useless entrepreneur or freelancer. It also does NOT necessarily mean you "weren't really passionate about that after all." Ideas change, business climates change, economies change, societies change, heck - everything changes! I am not saying I advocate starting a business like randomly shooting buck shot into a forest and hoping to hit something (although some people like to take this gamble), but be prepared for change to happen within the area you choose - whatever area that may be. Apart from taxes and your own birth and death, I can also assure you that change - however large or small - will happen. Starting a business with a fixed mindset of "nothing ever changes and nothing ever will change" is like walking head-on into a gale-force headwind. Of course, no one can truly prepare for the unexpected - that's why it's called "the unexpected" - however, being prepared from the start for unexpected things to crop up - whatever they may be - will help you think more realistically about your venture and its future. So there you have it - some ideas, at least. To help you stay motivated with your business venture, pick a passion, but stay realistic about it. In the end of the day you are only human, and the reason you want to start you own business in the first place, ultimately, is to make your own human experience better, not worse. Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat.
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Last Updated: August 12, 2022 Have you ever read a book, newspaper, magazine, webpage - or any selection of text, for that matter - aghast at the way the words are written on the page? Do spelling and grammatical errors make you crazy? Then looking for online editing and/or proofreading jobs may be the answer to your desire to work at home. There are plenty of online editing and proofreading jobs available if you have the skills and know where to look. Many people think that just having a decent grasp of language and vocabulary is enough to be an editor or proofreader. For the most part, being effective at editing and proofreading starts with having a good grasp of language and vocabulary, yes, that's true - but there are most definitely others things as well that make an editor or proofreader effective and desirable at their craft. Things like having an understanding of recognized revision symbols and techniques; degrees, or some kind of certificate or credential in the language in which you are editing or proofreading; an understanding of tone and voice and the ability to revise, edit, and check a text without changing these things (unless requested to do so by the author); and, very importantly, direct documented (or otherwise believable) experience with editing and proofreading. While none of these things are absolutely required to get started, they will make you a more desirable editor and/or proofreader when looking for editing and proofreading jobs. Pretty much anyone can bill themselves as an "Editor" or a "Proofreader" if they want to, but it doesn't always mean they are the best, or even necessarily any good at what they do. Having an understanding of and an eye for layout, formatting, and how publications are put together will also help you when seeking editing and proofreading jobs. What's the difference between editing and proofreading anyway? Proofreading is often thought of as the "final check," whereas editing is an active process that happens much earlier on in the writing process and most often requires multiple "pass throughs" to finalize. You can think of editing and proofreading like a butcher practicing his or her craft - the editing part is where the butcher takes the animal and skins and quarters it and cuts out the select cuts of meat; the proofreading process is the last step when he (or she) shaves the last little bits of grilse off the tenderloin. If you do not have much editing or proofreading experience, you can start looking for entry level online proofreading jobs. Many companies will outsource their editing and proofreading needs. These companies are not necessarily always looking for the person with the most experience, making it easier for someone to find online editing and/or proofreading jobs with little experience. You can also gain valuable knowledge about editing and proofreading through online classes and tutorials, which can also help translate into more online editing and proofreading jobs. There are plenty of resources on the web that will allow you to learn the skills needed to be a qualified candidate for online editing and proofreading jobs. You can check out the Ways to Make Money: Editing & Proofreading page right here on this website for some resources and inspiration to get started. There are a number of places on the Internet where you can look for online editing and proofreading jobs. You can begin looking for online editing and proofreading jobs in the places that most people look for jobs regularly. There are often plenty of such jobs posted on both major and minor job boards all over the Internet. Still, you can also put your foot forward and seek out online editing and/or proofreading jobs by finding companies that you think you might like to work for and contacting them directly. You will usually want to build up at least some kind of a portfolio that showcases your editing and proofreading experience - however extensive or minimal it may be - before you start contacting companies directly, as you will have to sell yourself to these potential employers. Another place that many people find online editing and/or proofreading jobs is through freelance marketplace websites where people place online proofreading jobs and proofreaders bid on those jobs. These freelance sites are good for both the novice and expert alike, because some clients will be willing to pay more for experience while others are looking for the lowest bid. Of course, you can also seek out online proofreading jobs by creating your own website to draw in potential clientele. If you have a desire to work from home and also love to work with words, online editing and/or proofreading jobs may be a solid potential side hustle, or even full-time career path, for you. Start off by using online resources to learn about the craft and "test the waters," if you will. Learn "the talk," learn about what the various editing and proofreading symbols are, learn about what potential clients may specifically want from their editor/proofreader. Then, take the time to scout out online editing and/or proofreading jobs through various resources on the web. As you build up your experience in the field, your potential for finding higher paying jobs in the field will also increase. Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: August 25, 2022 You see it all over the Internet: PLR - an Internet marketer's dream come true! And, just like everything else online, you see PLR's reputation smeared every which way depending on who is talking about it - some people love it, some people hate it, some people are on the fence about it. What exactly is PLR, and why do I love it so much? PLR stands for Private Label Rights. Basically, you buy the rights to a product (specifically a digital product, for our purposes here, but you could buy Private Label Rights to a physical product as well - I'm just saying...when I say "digital product" I'm talking about anything from sound files, video files, e-books and other text files, image files, infographics, apps and programs, and the like) and, although every specific PLR license is a little bit different, assuming you have a full unrestricted PLR license that came with your PLR products, you essentially have the rights to modify and otherwise edit and re-brand and then resell them as your own. Again, I stress that specific license rights with specific products can AND DO vary greatly! Your most open license is a full unrestricted PLR license that essentially lets you treat the product just like you were the one who made it from scratch and lets you do anything you want with it just like it had been yours and only yours from the beginning of time. From here, various other PLR licenses come with varying restrictions. Some licenses may have minor restrictions, such as "You can do whatever you want with this product except you cannot give it away for free." Of course, then, on the flip side some licenses have very rigid restrictions regarding what you cannot do with the product. What's not to love about any of this - especially when we are talking about PLR in its purest form; I mean full unrestricted PLR?! You can even buy complete PLR "businesses-in-a-box" - essentially a product (or several products) with all the marketing plugged in and ready to work for you that you can modify, slap your name on, and sell as your own. From those who bash PLR, one of the biggest arguments I hear against PLR time and time again is that it is a waste of time because most of it is crap. Unfortunately - very sadly - I cannot argue with this at all! This is the truth. While great PLR definitely does exist, the lion's share of what you see floating around the web is largely utter garbage. Here is a great place for me to plug the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises line: PLR, just like every other way of making money in this world - tested and untested - will be a great avenue to riches for some people, but a sheer waste of time, money, and resources for others, and, still others will find varying degrees of success with it between these two extreme ends of the spectrum. Remember, one person's road to riches may not be (actually, probably won't be) the same road that will lead someone else to their pot of gold at the end of their rainbow. Another argument I frequently hear made against PLR is this: "If I have to put work in to tweak it, modify it, re-brand it, and make it my own anyway to get it to 'work' well, then what's the point?! I can just create my own product from scratch!" My response is two-fold: first of all, yes, BAD PLR IS a total waste of time - we can all agree on that. If the PLR needs to be so drastically modified that the end product is going to be completely unrecognizable from what you started with anyway, then, yeah, for heaven's sake, just start from scratch with your own idea from the get-go rather than polishing someone else's turd! But let's say you are dealing with high-quality PLR. In the case of high-quality PLR, my response to the "It's too much work and not worth it!" line is: "If that's how you feel about it, and if that's the attitude you are diving into PLR with, then yes, it does probably make more sense for you to just create your own product from scratch." As my regular readers know, I am a career educator. That is my "day job". As a teacher, a skill I have developed is the ability to edit, revise, re-format, proofread, and generally completely make over crap writing (some essays are easier to fix than others :)). That's a very big part of my job on a daily basis - I have several years of training and experience in doing so. So, buying some run-of-the-mill e-book that reads like someone's lame script and spicing it up and making it my 'own' is not a huge issue for me. I can whip that e-book into shape, easily insert my own voice into it in a clear, coherent vein that runs throughout the text, slap my name and cover art on it, and call it good - rinse and repeat; K-12 teachers eat edit jobs like that for breakfast! Again, to be completely transparent here, it really does all depend on the initial text, of course. Something that looks like the initial PLR creator could barely even spell his or her own name is beyond repair - THAT is crap PLR. There are limits, people! Now, with all of the above being said, I can completely and logically see the other side of the argument quite clearly as well. If editing and revising writing, graphics, and layouts isn't your thing, or you can do it but just hate doing it, then dealing with PLR for you would be a total nightmare, and, no, probably wouldn't be worth it in such a case. You could outsource your editing and redesign jobs to companies or freelancers, but then you are probably talking about shelling out some considerable cash to have it done right. Let me make it clear: while I have said that great PLR does, in fact, exist on the Internet, great PLR is A) not always cheap (actually it is generally not cheap), and, while great PLR can be unpacked, uploaded to your online e-commerce platform, and resold "right out of the box", it B) should still be edited to some degree to give it your personal touch anyway. Remember, your name is going to be associated with it - take some pride in that! So if none of that sounds like any fun to you, I would advise staying away from PLR (unless you have some other system that let's it work for you - which you very well might have!). So, there you go, PLR, or Private Label Rights, means a product you essentially buy "white label" ownership of. While PLR may be great for some people, it's not going to be everyone's road to riches. PLR works great for me as a K-12 educator, particularly written PLR (such as e-books), because I am trained in and very use to seeing other people's written work (sometimes very poor quality work) and helping them transform that work into a masterpiece. That's something that is "all in a day's work" to me and I think little of it most of the time. Buying pre-made PLR and editing and "personalizing" it is actually pretty fun in my opinion (again, I am specifically talking about written PLR like e-books here in my case). It is something I am motivated to do and can stick with because I have the necessary skills to do it and I think it is fun. For someone who can't or doesn't enjoy editing and re-working someone else's original work, PLR would probably not work as well for him or her. Happy road to riches! Find the right road for you! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: August 25, 2022 ...but it can. I have written about this before, and I can guarantee you I will write more about this in the future as well, because this is what the crux of Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises is all about: "success" has many faces, and "success" for one person may or may not look the same as "success" for another person. Being financially independent doesn't mean you have to quit your job and start your own business! Likewise, being financially independent doesn't mean you have to budget your spending down to near-zero either. Let me be perfectly clear: these two above approaches may be a perfect fit for some people to gain financial independence in the perfect way that fits their own lifestyles, wants, and needs; but I am a firm believer in the idea that financial independence, like most things in life, doesn't follow a "one size fits all" model.
If you really hate your job, and any job you have ever had, then you could very easily be the kind of person who needs to quit your job and go out and create your own job doing your own thing in order for your life to make sense and your finances to stabilize and soar. Likewise, if you are the kind of person who really, truly enjoys being frugal, and especially if your frugality verges on "cheap" (or maybe your frugality is overtly and unabashedly shamelessly "cheap"), or if the saying "A penny saved is a penny earned" permeates deep into the core of all aspects of your life, then there is a good chance you are the kind of person who actually enjoys and finds "sport" in budgeting your spending down to almost zero. If that is the case, by all means I am not going to be the one who tries to convince you otherwise! There are too many websites with articles, e-books, and videos - and even offline information sources - that talk about financial independence in such a "fireworks display" type of fashion that a lot of "ordinary" people can be put off by the whole idea, leaving them to think that the whole concept of financial independence is either A) fake or some kind of scam, or B) unattainable for them (something only the people who are already rich in this world are allowed to experience and enjoy). My take on all of this: financial independence is not achieved by just doing "one thing and calling it good," if you will. Just "saving all your money," or "not buying that US$ 5 latte every morning on your way to work," or even just "investing in high-yield dividend bonds," as some examples of single, stand-alone activities you could do in your life, won't make you financially independent in an of themselves. Sure, "not buying that daily US$ 5 peppermint latte" is going to save you US$ 5 x 365 = US$ 1,825 a year, but just because you saved US$ 1,825 in a year because you forewent your favorite morning pick-me-up doesn't in and of itself mean that now you are financial independent! Financial independence is a much more holistic concept than any one or two single financial acts or decisions in your life. Financial independence is all about your personal relationship with money; and, like all relationships in life, your relationship with money needs time to develop itself and grow in order to fully mature and prosper. You can read more about money and the relationships people have with it here. Rather than going on and on with my philosophies, let me cut to the chase about what this blog post is really all about: tunnel-vision and extremes. Let's look at quitting your job and starting your own business. Some sources will tell you that this is what financial independence is all about - that quitting your job and starting your own business is the only way you will ever truly become "free" from the paycheck-bound rat race. Let me ask you this: if you quit your job today, what would you do (I mean, in terms of starting your own business)? The idea of someone starting their own business and working for themselves is a highly prized and sought after ideal humanity pays a lot of lip-service to in the 21st Century. "Oh, Zhimeng started his own restaurant, huh? Boy, he's really doing something with his life! I should start my own business, too, if I really want to be rich, and, well, be somebody in life." This is a train of thought I have heard all too frequently from people I have met - from different places around the world, mind you - my whole life. "If I could just start my own business I would be rich and happy," people tell themselves. "To really be a somebody in this world, this is what the world expects of me." The truth is, not everyone is cut out to start their own business; and, even for those people who do have many or all of the elements of what it takes to start and operate a business, not everyone wants to, and that is 110% ok! The world we live in needs employees, too! Having skills and ideas that you are really good at using and harnessing is absolutely wonderful; however, breaking out on your own and running your own business is a whole different scenario that requires a whole different set of skills. Granted, you could outsources management and operations for the areas you are not skilled in and/or don't want to be involved with, but that's not the point. The point is, is your goal to make more and more money, or is your goal to have your own business? If you goal is just to make more and more money but you actually don't want to own your own business, then stop right there with the "I'm going to go into business for myself" ideas! There are other avenues out there for making money - owning a business is just one of them. If your actual goal is to start and operate a business, then go for it! The point is to be clear with yourself on your needs, wants, and intentions first. As a little aside and reminder: while some businesses are easier and less time consuming to run than others, there is no such thing as a completely "hands off" business. Brace yourself. Fasten your seat belt. You will get wet! Wash thoroughly. Do not over inflate. And all that stuff. Even the most passive business ideas require some work on your part. For fun, let's pretend you own properties and rent them out - and have a rental agency deal with everything because you want this money-making venture to be as passive as possible. Although the work is minimal when dealing with an agency (compared to not), realize that you will still have to do some kind of work in order for your properties to make you money. At some periodic points in time you will have to communicate with the rental agency, and, at all times, remember, the properties are still owned by you (hence the reason you are able to profit from this venture), so in the event of any major emergency situation they are still your properties on the line and it is still you who will somehow have to deal with the aftermath of any catastrophe. |
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Information about how you interact with the site, including access time, “log-in” and “log-out” information, browser type and language, country and language setting on your device, IP address, the domain name of your internet service provider, other attributes about your browser, mobile device and operating system, features you use on the site, and the date and time of use of the Services.
● Any Other Information You Voluntarily Provide:
This includes any and all information that you voluntarily provide or otherwise input into Square, Inc’s. systems (for the purposes of our discussion here covering the usage of this website, this means any information that you directly enter on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website) including survey responses; participation in contests, promotions, or other prospective seller marketing forms or devices; suggestions for improvements; or any other actions performed when you interact with the website Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
WARNING: THERE ARE AFFILIATE LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE! YES, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC MAKES MONEY THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THROUGH BOTH AFFILIATE SALES AND DIRECT OFFERINGS. CONTINUE READING THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT TO FIND OUT MORE!
The terms "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website," "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC site," "this website," "the website," "this site, "the site," "this website you are currently browsing," or "the website you are currently browsing" refer to the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website found at this URL: www.apg-enterprises.com, built on Weebly by Square, Inc's. website builder platform, and established, owned, and operated by Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
The legal entities you have the potential to - and probably will - interact, transact, do business with, or otherwise come across and deal with in one way or another while using this site include:
- Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC
- Zazzle, Inc.: the marketplace platform Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an affiliate marketing relationship with. You will see affiliate links to products for sale on Zazzle in the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC Store on this website you are currently browsing and possibly in other places throughout the site. If you click on any of these affiliate links you will be directed to an outside site (www.zazzle.com) for purchase. For more about Zazzle, Inc., its company, how it works, what it sells, its privacy policy, and terms of service, visit www.zazzle.com for more information.
Zazzle, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has a non-employee affiliate relationship with, Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC as an independent 3rd party contractor with Zazzle, Inc. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Zazzle, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Zazzle, Inc. itself.
- Weebly by Square, Inc. (formerly Weebly, Inc.; acquired by Square, Inc. in May of 2018): the website builder platform on which this website is built. To find out more about Weebly by Square, Inc., how it works, what the company does, and its privacy policy and terms of service, visit www.weebly.com for more information. Square, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an end-user consumer relationship in its role as an web interface to the public as the website - the "face" - of Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC uses Weebly by Square, Inc's. services to build, maintain, and host this website. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Weebly by Square, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Square, Inc. itself.
- Your own Internet Service Provider, data plan, managed group network, or other service by which you connect to the Internet to view and browse this site: you will have to connect to the Internet to view and browse this website. With regards to viewing, browsing, and otherwise using and interacting with this website, you are 100% solely responsible for your own connection to the Internet and knowing who is providing the connection to the Internet that you are using. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has no say, part, or other responsibility regarding how, when, or what service you use to connect to the Internet to view, browse, and otherwise engage with this website.
ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, DOES NOT SELL YOUR DATA, GIVE IT AWAY TO 3RD PARTIES UNAFFILIATED WITH THE DIRECT OPERATIONS OF SQUARE, INC. WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT, OR USE IT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. IF YOU DO ENTER ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, HOWEVER, WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC., THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THIS WEBSITE IS BUILT, WILL TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DATA. THIS INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS, TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION FROM LOSS, THEFT, AND MISUSE, AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOUSURE, ALTERATION, AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THE INTERNET IS NOT A 100% SECURE ENVIRONMENT, AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. CANNOT GUARANTEE ABSOLUTE SECURITY OF THE TRANSMISSION OR STORAGE OF YOUR INFORMATION. WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT YOU ON ITS OWN PREMISES AND ALSO USES THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. MAY USE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU USE THIS WEBSITE, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, THE WEBSITE ITSELF, BUILT ON WEEBLY BY SQUARE INC'S. WEBSITE BUILDER PLATFORM, COLLECTS USER INFORMATION FROM END-USERS - THAT'S YOU, THE PERSON BROWSING THIS WEBSITE RIGHT NOW :). WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. REFERS TO THIS INFORMATION AS "Your Customers' Data," AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. COLLECTS THIS INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
● Device Information:
Information about your device, including hardware model, operating system and version, device name, unique device identifier, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with Weebly by Square, Inc's. Services.
● Identification Information:
Your name; email address; mailing address; phone number; or other historical, and contact information, if you enter it anywhere on the site Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC for any reason.
● Location Information:
The location of your device if you pay for anything on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website using Apple or Android Pay.
● Transaction Information:
When you make any payment to Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC directly through the site, Weebly by Square, Inc. collects information about when and where the transaction(s) occur(s), the names of the transacting parties as entered, a description of the transactions which may include item-level data, the payment or transfer amounts, billing and shipping information, and the device(s) and payment methods used to complete the transactions.
● Use Information:
Information about how you interact with the site, including access time, “log-in” and “log-out” information, browser type and language, country and language setting on your device, IP address, the domain name of your internet service provider, other attributes about your browser, mobile device and operating system, features you use on the site, and the date and time of use of the Services.
● Any Other Information You Voluntarily Provide:
This includes any and all information that you voluntarily provide or otherwise input into Square, Inc’s. systems (for the purposes of our discussion here covering the usage of this website, this means any information that you directly enter on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website) including survey responses; participation in contests, promotions, or other prospective seller marketing forms or devices; suggestions for improvements; or any other actions performed when you interact with the website Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.