Ten years ago owning online store and selling products online was a prerogative of large companies with million dollar budgets to support web development, shopping cart, payment collection and security of transactions. Now anyone with a home computer can open and run successful eCommerce business, for very little money. There are a lot of excellent ways for someone with little or no experience at all to open and run an Internet store from home.
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3. Online Auction Sites
Using online auction sites like eBay you can leverage their giant marketplace with millions of buyers. eBay has very flexible approach of what you can sell. It can be used or brand-new items ranging from popular brands to hand-crafted gifts. Back in days I was doing quite well selling used stuff from home on eBay but you’re not limited to only one source of products – a lot of people make money on eBay selling products from drop shippers and online liquidation auctions. Recently eBay has started expanding their network and now they have eBay available in over 30 countries. You can open eBay account for free and you can start selling right away.
How to get started with eCommerce
First of all decide what business model you’re going to pursue. If you’re brand-new to this concept I would recommend starting from eBay by opening eBay account to get a feel how everything works, sell couple old items, get some good feedback then move to the next step – get a relationship with legitimate drop shipping company (make sure you read dropship reviews before you start looking for one). Try prices, marketplace and products by selling from drop shippers. After you find what’s working you can move to advanced stage and open online store .
