Part 1: Selling On The Internet
More and more people are catching the fever. Dreams of a mansion
in the hills, early retirement, or just being able to supplement the regular
income…everyone wants to sell on the Internet. There are pundits out
there who claim that the ECommerce wave is over. That "dot-coms" are
crashing.
What they don't mention is that it's the over-capitalized, top-heavy
dot-coms that are dropping out. The ones that raised millions of dollars,
rented fancy office suites and paid WAY too much money for overdone
web sites, trainloads of products, and national TV advertising.
This is a good thing for you and me. It paves the way for small,
home-based Internet businesses to carve out our own chunk of the
multi-billion dollar ECommerce pie. Ecommerce is riding a wave that won’t
break, no matter what the talking heads say. If anything, it's going to get
bigger. There IS money to be made, and plenty to go around.
How, though, can you even start your own internet business when you
may not even know how to get past the “Start” button on your computer?
Even if you are an experienced computer user, most people don’t know
what a Merchant Account is, or how to write HTML to build a storefront.
Where’s the starting point? Where can you go and stand on a big black “X”
on the ground and say, “This is the FIRST thing I need to do in order to
start my online business”?
Be careful! There are a lot of companies out there who tell you they will
help you set up your new online business. While some of them are
legitimate, there are LOTS of scam artists as well, who are HOPING that
you don’t know where to start. They will prey on you. They’ll tell you that
you don’t have to know ANYTHING. They’ll say that all you have to do is
send them a few hundred dollars (or even as little as thirty or forty
dollars) and all will be magically revealed. Your new store will appear like
a rabbit out of a hat, and they will handle everything, from the storefront
to the bank accounts to the products you will sell.
THIS IS IMPORTANT: Any "Complete Internet Store Solution" offers you
both a web site AND products to sell, should be AVOIDED AT ALL
COSTS!
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More and more people are catching the fever. Dreams of a mansion
in the hills, early retirement, or just being able to supplement the regular
income…everyone wants to sell on the Internet. There are pundits out
there who claim that the ECommerce wave is over. That "dot-coms" are
crashing.
What they don't mention is that it's the over-capitalized, top-heavy
dot-coms that are dropping out. The ones that raised millions of dollars,
rented fancy office suites and paid WAY too much money for overdone
web sites, trainloads of products, and national TV advertising.
This is a good thing for you and me. It paves the way for small,
home-based Internet businesses to carve out our own chunk of the
multi-billion dollar ECommerce pie. Ecommerce is riding a wave that won’t
break, no matter what the talking heads say. If anything, it's going to get
bigger. There IS money to be made, and plenty to go around.
How, though, can you even start your own internet business when you
may not even know how to get past the “Start” button on your computer?
Even if you are an experienced computer user, most people don’t know
what a Merchant Account is, or how to write HTML to build a storefront.
Where’s the starting point? Where can you go and stand on a big black “X”
on the ground and say, “This is the FIRST thing I need to do in order to
start my online business”?
Be careful! There are a lot of companies out there who tell you they will
help you set up your new online business. While some of them are
legitimate, there are LOTS of scam artists as well, who are HOPING that
you don’t know where to start. They will prey on you. They’ll tell you that
you don’t have to know ANYTHING. They’ll say that all you have to do is
send them a few hundred dollars (or even as little as thirty or forty
dollars) and all will be magically revealed. Your new store will appear like
a rabbit out of a hat, and they will handle everything, from the storefront
to the bank accounts to the products you will sell.
THIS IS IMPORTANT: Any "Complete Internet Store Solution" offers you
both a web site AND products to sell, should be AVOIDED AT ALL
COSTS!
<p>This post confirms my ownership of the site and that this site adheres to Google AdSense program policies and Terms and Conditions.</p>
