E-Commerce Tips For Self-Start Success
How to Start an Online Store — E-Commerce Tips For Self-Start Success
Starting an online store is probably one of the greatest things that an aspiring online entrepreneur can do. The question is, how do we start? There are many tutorials out there that will give you step-by-step in full detail where you can go.
You can even consider the “site-build-it” option. Simply go to your favorite search engine and type in “sitebuildit” in the search engines to find out how you can start a website easily and efficiently.
This is a great way to start your first online business and to start making an online income. If you do not want to use that option then you can consider the following options:
o Starting your own E-commerce Store using a professional template
o Starting an EBay store — this is an exceptional option for online store beginners
o Start your own blog, write about your passion, and create products
We are going to go into fair detail about each of the topics listed above, starting with the ability of beginning your own “E-commerce Store”.
Starting your E-commerce Store
Now this is very general, but you can start today. You first want to start by writing down all your goals. What is your niche? How much do you want to earn? How many hours do you want to work? It is critical that you design a business plan and a goal to work towards.
Even if you only want a part-time store, it’s going to require tons of work in the start-up before it gets to the point where you barely even have to touch it. I personally know people who currently have no knowledge of how the internet works and making $xxxx amount of cash per month working 1–2 hours a day.
Half that work day time is spent making their website “more beautiful” — so do you see how great this can be?
You may want to start by doing the following:
1. Find a great web-host — do research and find one that suits your ecommerce needs
2. Get a generic template to start out, and move on to a professionally designed template
3. Buy your domain name, the web-host should give you instructions on how you can put the domain name on your web-host
4. Install the template and begin listing products you want to sell
5. Sign up with Google Check-Out for a transaction merchant service
That is the accelerated course on how you want to start an online store, of course you have the much simpler alternative — the EBay store.
Starting your own EBay store
Yes you can start your own EBay store. Simply sign up for EBay, meet their feedback score requirements, and start selling stuff on EBay. Millions of people use the marketplace everyday all around the world, so why not start today?
Starting a Blog and Selling Your Products
There are people are quickly realizing how great blogs are. Check out the best application, a WordPress blog and start writing about your passion. If you like electronics, start a blog on electronics and start a “mini-store” that is connected to your blog.
This is an idea that people are just now catching on to. Why not start today!?
Originally published at www.overallmaza.com on October 29, 2015.
