I am a newbie and very much interested in online marketing world .Guys help me how to start eCommerce
piatkow
8:44 pm on Sep 2, 2015 (gmt 0)
With a business plan.
tangor
11:47 pm on Sep 2, 2015 (gmt 0)
First, welcome to Webmaster World!
Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and packages (CMS, carts, example). Products that folks want to buy. A payment processor. Oh, a website and all that means. :)
Items for success:
A Brand A Responsive Market (customers) Great Customer Service and Support (these are your costs) Reliable Vendors Excellent shipping and return policy Advertising (web, print, tv, radio, local events, celebrity shills) And... Enough cash to get all the above going AND keep your residence, feed the family, pay all normal bills and still be able to keep the doors open and not see a true profit for at least one year.
Else it's a hobby.
lucy24
4:30 am on Sep 3, 2015 (gmt 0)
What do you want to sell and what do you already know about it?
topr8
6:38 am on Sep 3, 2015 (gmt 0)
+1 to Lucy, piatkow and tangor! ... although the question is so open ended as to be absurd.
my understanding of ecommerce is selling products online .... so before anything else you need to find a product to sell
the reality is that you need to find a relatively unique product because otherwise, if it is readily available, unless you have a lot of money and experience there are always others who can buy it much cheaper than you and you won't be able to compete.
Mehkhan
8:12 am on Sep 3, 2015 (gmt 0)
If you have limited knowledge than WordPress with woocommerce plugin integrated is recommended
Essex_boy
3:07 pm on Sep 8, 2015 (gmt 0)
I look for products first - High priced and easy to ship, supplier with low ordering number (order just 2 of X etc)
anewstone
7:21 am on Sep 16, 2015 (gmt 0)
How to choose the product is important to e-commerce . The hot sellers products are mobile related ( earphones or power bank ), network related (like ip cameras) .
LifeinAsia
3:06 pm on Sep 16, 2015 (gmt 0)
Path 1: Get a job at a successful eCommerce company and understand all aspects of the company- from security to networks to working with buyers to PCI compliance to managing employees to handling customer questions/complaints/returns/chargebacks to marketing to handling employee termination to contracting office space to site hosting/redundancy to new product development to SEO to government compliance to hiring employees to managing cash flow to dealing with lawsuits to attracting/dealing with investors (these are just a few to come to mind right away). Oh yes, and programming, database, HTML/CSS/JS, etc. Once you have learned all these skills well (or have reliable sources to outsource or hire), you can strike out on your own..
Path 2: Forget all that and jump in with both feet- but you'd better be prepared to learn FAST and LOTS! The best way to do that s to start with a plan for how you're going to learn everything. One of the best ways to learn is to ask questions- but they have to be specific questions, not open-ended topics like "How do I start eCommerce?" that have dozens of books written about them. And you are more likely to get good answers to your questions if you have shown that you have tried to work on the issue yourself and need some help (rather than expecting someone to give you all their years of knowledge and experience with no preparation on your part).
