To make your e-commerce website a success, there are several components you must have simply because the space is so competitive. Of course you must first have a product people want to buy. You must have a site that works well with all the various mobile devices that exist today.
You must make the checkout process easy and that includes the ability for your customers to easily edit ...
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I think if you only work on your online store part-time you will not be completely successful. Competition in the online marketplace today is brutal and fierce. I don’t see how you will be able to successfully compete with sites and stores like Amazon and eBay if you only work at it part-time. Even then, it might be tough to compete.
Amazon and to some extent, eBay, has changed ...
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The most important advice that I would give to an e-commerce startup is you must have a product or service people want to buy. It also helps if they need to purchase the product, if not often, at least more than once or twice. Think things like toilet paper, or income tax filing as opposed to items people only purchase once or twice in their lifetimes. Once you have a great product, you must ...
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Yes, drop-shipping is still a feasible option but just like any business, drop-shipping has its advantages and disadvantages. And, perhaps even more importantly, you must have a product or service people want to buy frequently. Think things like toilet paper, or income tax filing as opposed to items people only purchase once or twice in their lifetimes. Once you have a great product, you must ...
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An effective e-commerce platform must have quick load times for both desk top and mobile users, features that are entrepreneur and customer friendly, and speed and SEO optimization. In general, the platforms that cost money to join are better than the free platforms. Selfstartr.com has identified a list of forty-one core features your platform might want to have in order to have a successful ...
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I don’t think you should try to avoid paying money back to a disgruntled customer. There is an old saying that the customer is always right. One disgruntled customer can ruin a reputation that may have taken you years to build. A really disgruntled customer will stop at nothing to bad mouth you and your product(s). They will talk about their unhappiness on social media. They will write ...
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I would vote for Mother Teresa to be the most influential woman in history. She died in 1997 when she was 87 years old. She was famous for ministering to lepers, the homeless and the poor people of Calcutta, India. She became a Catholic nun 1928 and taught school for 17 years.
In 1950 she started a new order, called the Missionaries of Charity, which grew to include over 100 cities ...
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Joseph Stalin, once leader of the Soviet Union either died of a massive heart attack on March 5, 1953, or he may have died from a stroke, caused by high blood pressure. There are conflicting reports. He was reported to have been diagnosed with arteriosclerosis and when his doctor told him to take it easy and calm down, Stalin had him arrested, along with several other doctors.
Autopsy ...
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Queen Isabella I was one of the most influential queens in history. Although she ruled together with her husband, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, it was Queen Isabella who encouraged and sponsored Christopher Columbus’s explorations. It has also been said of Queen Isabella that she was a gentle ruler and freed Native American Indians and slaves that Columbus brought back to Spain from his ...
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Napoleon’s Russian campaign ended in failure because of the Russian weather, poor discipline and disease among the troops which was also partially due to the weather, and Napoleon’s methods. Napoleon’s methods typically focused on completely and utterly destroying his enemy as quickly as he could. This meant Napoleon’s men had to advance rapidly and live off the land ...
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