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Selling Online For Beginners Is A Nightmare
By: Shankar Amblee
Selling online for beginners is surely a nightmare. If you have invested money on hosting and merchant accounts, it takes years to get the money back. This is because of intense competition. It is very difficult to get quality traffic. This is the reason why thousands of businesses fail within couple of years of their inception.
Is there a solution? Fortunately there is!
In a traditional e-business, we follow the 5 step process:
1. Find a great product to sell.
2. Buy a good domain name.
3. Setup hosting and merchant accounts.
4. Build website and setup products
5. Sell.........
Each of these steps costs money, and when you are in the selling stage you realize that you are one among millions!
So, where did you go wrong? You missed the traffic! The solution is - Just reverse the process!
Buy a domain name first. If necessary, go for a one page FREE hosting. Spend as much time and money as you can to get quality traffic. There are many websites selling traffic, don't go for it. They supply traffic but not quality traffic. Quality traffic is not easy to get. You need to do lot of homework to get it. The most important factor needed to get quality traffic is 'Key Words'. Remember, it all boils down to finding the right keywords. Key words tell you the whole story. They tell you what products sell best and who your customers are. Based on this, you can tailor your website.
When you are happy with the traffic you are getting, plan on building a simple website with affiliate products. Don't go for expensive website or merchant accounts yet, there is still time. There is a big advantage in selling affiliate products, you don't need a merchant account or a drop shipper. If you succeed here, you will have a great start. You can confidently invest in an expensive professional website.
So, traffic is the most crucial piece for success. To learn more on how to get traffic: visit is at: www.worldecomguide.com
Shankar Amblee has developed several websites including www.worldecomguide.com targeting ecommerce beginners. He has taught SEO and PPC extensively for years. |
