| Many people these days are looking into starting their | | | | it and will take some time. You may hire a web |
| own ecommerce business, or looking into expanding | | | | designer to build one for you or just build it yourself. |
| their existing business onto the web. Once they get | | | | I prefer you learn how to, and build it yourself since |
| this idea they go online and research for hours on | | | | its your business and you should know what’s |
| how to run a successful business online and most of | | | | going on. Learning HTML is very easy. If you know |
| them come up with junk like, “I made $20,000 in | | | | how to use Microsoft word and Microsoft Power |
| my first month, now I am on vacation and still | | | | Point, then you would know how to use Microsoft |
| making money off my website”. These places | | | | Front Page to build your websites! It’s that |
| also state you can be really lazy and do minimal work | | | | simple. |
| while becoming filthy rich. Well these websites are | | | | 4. Promoting your website once it is finished. |
| wrong and must be avoided at all costs. | | | | If you sell on auctions don’t worry about |
| Starting an internet business is just like any other | | | | promoting them because you will get traffic from |
| business. It takes hard work. You can not just sit | | | | people searching the auctions site. Promoting your |
| around doing minimal work and expect to make a | | | | website is very simple but takes much hard work |
| decent income. It will take much of your time getting | | | | and lots of your time. A few years ago people used |
| to understand the world of ecommerce at first as | | | | to say “Make it and they will come”, this is |
| well as finding your niche. Here’s a few tips on | | | | no longer the case at all. If you make a website and |
| how to run a successful internet business. | | | | open for business no one will come unless you |
| 1. First you must find out exactly what products you | | | | market it well. The best way to get traffic (visitors) |
| want to sell. | | | | to your website is by ranking high in search engines. |
| Try to find products that everyone and their moms | | | | To do that you may hire a search engine optimization |
| aren’t selling. Find a line of products that are in | | | | company to do so, but it may be very costly even |
| high demand but very few suppliers of them if any. | | | | though most times its worth it. To do the search |
| If you find this (which most people don’t) you | | | | engine optimization (SEO) yourself here’s a few |
| just took a giant step into a successful business | | | | tips. Build as many links as you can to your website |
| online. | | | | with your keywords in the anchor text. You may do |
| 2. Search for suppliers of this type of products with | | | | this by submitting your site to many many |
| good prices. | | | | directories, I suggest you never stop finding new |
| Of course like any other type of business you would | | | | directories to list to because every day there are |
| have to find a supplier for your products. Now there | | | | 100’s of new directories that open. Search |
| is one benefit you will have having your business | | | | engine traffic may take a while to achieve meanwhile |
| online which is called drop shipping. With drops | | | | you could list your products on shopping comparison |
| shipping you never see the products you sell, you | | | | sites such as yahoo shopping, bizrate.com, etc. These |
| just send the orders to your wholesale drop ship | | | | are pay per click product search engines. I also |
| company and they ship it out for you. The best place | | | | suggest you list your site on since its 100% free. You |
| to find wholesale company’s that would drop | | | | may also start an adwords campaign. This is simply |
| ship for you is 3. Decide weather you want to sell on | | | | paying to rank high in search engines with google. |
| auctions or on your own website. | | | | You may also start an affiliate program, where |
| If you are in a rush and would like to start quickly | | | | people advertise your site for you and you pay them |
| you would probably prefer selling on auction websites | | | | a commission for each sale they give you. If you are |
| such as ebay. If you sell on auctions I would also | | | | new to all of this I suggest you post on webmaster |
| prefer you list your products on yahoo auctions since | | | | forums to better understand the industry. Make sure |
| its absolutely 100% free with no costs at all. You will | | | | you post a signature link to your website on all your |
| make less sales then ebay but there are no costs. | | | | posts because it will get you traffic and higher search |
| Also you may start up your internet business with a | | | | engine rankings. |
| website. Websites usually take much work in creating | | | | |