Ecommerce Startup

Got An Online Business Opportunity? Here’s Why You Should Take It.

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There are reasons why more and more people are starting up web stores. Every year more than half a million people in the US alone set up new small  businesses regardless of the economic situation. And these figures do not include the many more who work from their homes either part-time or full-time.

“Being an entrepreneur is all about risk and innovation, not timing the market.” – Jason Shellen, former Google employee

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Advice On Starting Your Own Business

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Starting your own business can be daunting. There are just so many things to consider that sometimes you might feel you’ve left something important out. Though there are many advantages of starting your own business and the rewards may be great, there are still risks that need to be considered. Many businesses succeed but for each of those that thrives, there are many others that fail. The ones that succeed have a few things in common.

Not everyone who wants to start their own business is unhappy with their current salary or work environment. Some just have the urge to start something of their own which they could perhaps one day leave to their children as an enduring legacy. Others want to be their own boss and maybe earn a little extra to finance the purchase of a dream car without jeopardizing the kids’ college fund.

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Drop Shippers: Selection Criteria Revealed

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Drop shippers are a useful bunch. There are many positives that come along with using reliable drop shippers. This is especially true for new merchants who lack the space (and money) to store products and the manpower to handle packing and shipping arrangements. Some more established ecommerce web hosting shopping cart names already provide integration with at least one drop shipper. Multi vendor shopping cart integration is rare, though. One important thing to be aware of though, is that the shopping cart cost is usually separate from the fees for the drop shipping service.

There are a few things you should consider before choosing a drop shipper. These concerns should be addressed early in order to avoid problems later…

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Retail Outlets Won’t Carry Your Brand? Launch A Web Store And Sell It There.

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The Challenge

When you are new in the market, trying to get major retail outlets to carry your brand of products can be an uphill battle. Retail outlets tend to court well-known brands (that suit their target market) because they pull in a particular crowd. Retail outlets rarely risk bringing in unknown brands because of image or status concerns. Established brands have a certain status associated with them and retail outlets hope to leverage on that.

Engaging a PR campaign to promote your brand of products might also lead to a dead end. It does not really matter if your products have all the bells and whistles and come with really good pricing if consumers have no place to buy them from.

Of course you could hire a national distributor and go head-to-head with numerous established names but that might not be a good idea even if your product has a ground-breaking, unique selling point. Big names spend millions every year making sure people choose them over newer names. It is virtually impossible to challenge them on their own turf. You have to change the playing field in order to succeed.

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What Should You Sell Online? Here Are 3 Clever Tips.

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Before you decide to get a web hosting shopping cart merchant account and sign up for a storefront shopping cart service, you must first decide what to sell.

But what should you sell? A quick search of best-selling items on the net will tell you that books, airline tickets, CDs and DVDs have been some of the best-selling items for years. A little more research will also tell you that there’s no point going down that road as certain established names have already got those products completely covered.

So best-selling items aren’t necessarily the best items to sell. What then are the factors that one needs to consider before deciding on what to sell? Read on to find out… (more…)

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3 Key Advantages E Commerce Affords

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Were you that kid who set up a lemonade stand in your neighborhood, dreaming of making enough so that you could get that Transformer/Barbie doll that was all the rage? Have you grown into an adult who dreams of making enough to not have to worry about providing for your family or perhaps buying cool grown-up gadgets?

The Internet and E commerce have made global entrepreneurship possible, and along with it your dreams of financial security and more.

I read somewhere that if you want to sell something, you cannot afford NOT to go online. You have to go global. Why? (more…)

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With InstanteStore’s Doba Integration, Running Multiple Web Stores Is A Cinch

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InstanteStore‘s integration with Doba – a  popular product sourcing portal – has made it possible for merchants to run not just one, but multiple stores with ease.

Merchants no longer need to purchase products in bulk from traditional suppliers or B2B markets. Storage is no longer an issue, its the same with shipping. Merchants can finally turn their storerooms back into their dens.

Keep on reading to find out more about InstanteStore’s Doba integration …

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Add 100 Products To Your Web Store In Under 15 Minutes

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The title may seem a bit far-fetched but it’s not. Conventionally, it may seem impossible to pull this off in such a short span of time because adding products to a web store also means a bit of work – writing product descriptions, setting prices, assigning product codes and uploading images. Usually, this would take hours to complete but this was before the InstanteStore-Doba integration.

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