| There are huge benefits to running your business on | | | | place all the time ... on the web. |
| the web. | | | | Now that's easy ecommerce! |
| I'm amazed by the number of people who risk so | | | | Growth potential |
| much by setting up physical premises. | | | | Open a shop in a village and your customers will be |
| There's a new business in the city where I live which | | | | villagers and passers by. |
| is selling a niche product via a shop on the outskirts | | | | Open a shop in a city centre and you'll get much |
| of the main shopping area. | | | | more trade and increase your costs |
| I look at the costs involved - stock, premises, | | | | Start an easy ecommerce venture and you |
| advertising, electricity, gas - and wonder what on | | | | potentially the whole world becomes your customer |
| earth possessed her to go down this route. | | | | base. |
| If she had set up her business online first, perhaps | | | | It's not quite as straightforward as that - they have |
| delivering locally via car or running 'product parties' for | | | | to want your product and be able to find your |
| local groups (much like Tupperware or Avon), she'd | | | | website - but get it right, like eBay and Amazon |
| have had a good idea whether it was even worth | | | | have, and the sky's the limit. |
| starting her shop, without all those dreadful upfront | | | | Great marketing potential |
| financial commitments. | | | | If you come up with an idea that catches on, a new |
| There is another way ... | | | | angle or a great way of selling, it won't be long |
| 5 great reasons for starting an easy ecommerce | | | | before the online community discovers it and passes |
| website | | | | it round. |
| Low start-up capital | | | | Think of the way jokes or funny YouTube videos |
| You can run your business from your kitchen table | | | | get passed around between friends and colleagues. |
| for the cost of a laptop and a broadband connection. | | | | It's the equivalent of leafleting millions of people |
| If it doesn't take off, if you choose the wrong niche, | | | | without the staff or the costs. |
| if you change your mind, if something else comes up | | | | What a great tool for marketing. |
| ... you can walk away with only very minimal losses. | | | | Low costs |
| However, if you come up with the best idea since | | | | Everything is cheap on the web, if not free. |
| sliced bread, you can expand and buy a yacht to | | | | You'll find many examples of great freebies on the |
| work from if you want to. | | | | web which will enhance your online presence. |
| Get it in the right order. | | | | You can literally start and run the entire venture on a |
| Establish your home based business first - make sure | | | | shoestring, ideal for work at home mums and dads, |
| there's a market - then start to spend money when | | | | people who are retired, working part time or just |
| you've actually got some coming in. | | | | wanting to try a new online venture. |
| Convenient hours | | | | Overnight riches? |
| You can be open 24/7 because an order or enquiry | | | | There's a tendency to believe that all easy |
| can be submitted at any time of the day or night. | | | | ecommerce websites will miraculously lead to instant |
| With easy ecommerce you can literally make money | | | | online reaches. |
| online while you sleep, without the technical | | | | That is not the case, it's a misconception built by 'get |
| headaches or bills involved in having to code your | | | | rich quick' schemes, scams and the occasional person |
| own website. | | | | who does manage to come up with the next eBay |
| Flexible location is also an advantage - you can start | | | | or Facebook. |
| the business from your kitchen table. | | | | For the majority of new online businesses, it'll take 6 |
| When it starts to take off, you can convert a room | | | | months to a year to get established in the search |
| to a study. | | | | engines, listed in directories and generate enough |
| If you decide to move house, your business come | | | | content to be found on the net. |
| with you. | | | | So get ready for slow and steady - remember you're |
| If you move abroad, you can still run your business | | | | building a business here, get the foundations right. |
| and maybe even expand it into a new market. | | | | If your shop is always empty, you'll not be selling |
| My brother started his mlm business in the UK, has | | | | anything. |
| lived in Spain for a few years running it from that | | | | Research your niche, find your high demand/low |
| location, and will shortly move it back to the UK | | | | supply/high profit keywords, develop a content-rich |
| again. | | | | website and wait for your customers to come to |
| He's moved, but the business stayed in the same | | | | you. |