Sensible Topic on line busiiness

mrs cb has a small gift business we post a lot of things but she was wanting to try increase grow . do you think the using the internet platform is worth while to a very small concern :Wave:

yes it is . there are minimal overheads and huge market . domain and hosting can be had for about £50 per year and that's a good host
plenty of online shop packages out there. most of these will need database and tweaking
the one downfall on online sales is the return process has changed and you need to pay return postage

Hmm, yes but. Promoting your own on-line store can be both time-consuming and expensive. Personally, I would try a toe in the water first using relatively inexpensive options. I'll dig out a link.

Take a look at some of these first:

Alternatives to eBay | Other Online Selling Venues & Auction Sites

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https://www.zen-cart.com/
Creating Online Stores Worldwide | osCommerce

free shop software and plenty of support as said by hh its time consuming at first but once all set up its easy to add new products and so on
shipping rates can be set by weight and supplier .

all you have to lose is some time and a little beer money

turner brown said:

yes it is . there are minimal overheads and huge market . domain and hosting can be had for about £50 per year and that's a good host
plenty of online shop packages out there. most of these will need database and tweaking
the one downfall on online sales is the return process has changed and you need to pay return postage

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Sorry to butt in but do you have any more info / links regarding this Turner please.

its covered in the distance selling regulations that where changed june last year . i can't find the pdf but a google search should bring up what you need

Thankyou for all the input . Some good reading there. I want her to slow down a little but she is stubborn. So I'm guessing she will run with one of them

what about an ebay shop? Post links to your own website too for very little (a little naughty though)

Tried eBay didn't work out was a nightmare

I suggest Facebook page the power in that page can be amazing but you have to keep updating daily we have 2 businesses and both promoted on facebook to great effect you can reach out to 10000s minimal effort and cost

I second this. My friend has a car detailing company and was struggling. We started advertising on the car groups, etc on facebook and his business grew well. I think its more about targeting the right people.

pctech said:

I suggest Facebook page the power in that page can be amazing but you have to keep updating daily we have 2 businesses and both promoted on facebook to great effect you can reach out to 10000s minimal effort and cost

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countryboy said:

mrs cb has a small gift business we post a lot of things but she was wanting to try increase grow . do you think the using the internet platform is worth while to a very small concern :Wave:

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How did you get on with this? FWIW I use a site called Webs.com. You 'build' your site using their free, easy to use site builder (no programming experience necessary), they also have a 'shop' facility (which I don't use) and it looks OK. If you are happy with it, for a small fee they remove third party adverts.