My Experience Starting An Online Storefront
Ever since I got a flyer in the mail about opening an online storefront 6 months ago, it's all I wanted to do.
The only problem is other than browsing the Internet I didn't really know how to do anything online, especially as far as making money goes.
So I went to the seminar about opening an online storefront.
After speeding through the carpool lane to get their (yes I was alone) for the 9am seminar, I had to wait an hour with a nametag and a bunch of strangers.
After the 9 hour seminar, which included people bothering me personally, a credit check, and the nastiest tv dinner airplane food lunch I've ever eaten, I found out it would cost me $6,000 - $12,000 to join with them! So I decided to take the little bit that I'd learned in the seminar and apply it to opening an online store myself.
So I looked around online for information and found out I wasn't just a flew clicks away from opening a store.
I found out about things like drop shipping, merchant accounts, payment gateways, domains, SSL certificates, newsletters, autoresponders, web design.
I found a few places that really helped out like this site: EzineArticles, and Your Own Online Storfront.
com.
So for about $50 and a lot of hours reading articles, I found out everything that $6,000 company wanted to show me.
Now, 6 months later and a lot really smarter, but more importantly more experienced, I run a jewelry store and a clothing store.
I try to help out newcomers as much as I can, when I have time.
That's why I'm writing this article.
I want people to know that maybe you can put a storefront up pretty quickly, and maybe it's fun thinking about all the things you'll sell, but it does take hard work to be successful, especially if you want it to be your only source of income.
If you have a job, take it slow and spend time researching it before you jump head-in.
If you want to pay to find out how, find a place like I found that will show you everything, so you're not spending money here and there hoping to learn more, before you end up having spent $1,000 or more with little to show.
And don't get discouraged.
Remember why you started.
Maybe you were a little naive at first, but you did things for all the right reasons, and those goals can still be obtained, except now you know the hard work it will take.
And it's a cliche I know, but anything worth doing is not easy.
Anyway that's my two cents, and most people plug their stores at this point but I'm not going to.
Good luck
The only problem is other than browsing the Internet I didn't really know how to do anything online, especially as far as making money goes.
So I went to the seminar about opening an online storefront.
After speeding through the carpool lane to get their (yes I was alone) for the 9am seminar, I had to wait an hour with a nametag and a bunch of strangers.
After the 9 hour seminar, which included people bothering me personally, a credit check, and the nastiest tv dinner airplane food lunch I've ever eaten, I found out it would cost me $6,000 - $12,000 to join with them! So I decided to take the little bit that I'd learned in the seminar and apply it to opening an online store myself.
So I looked around online for information and found out I wasn't just a flew clicks away from opening a store.
I found out about things like drop shipping, merchant accounts, payment gateways, domains, SSL certificates, newsletters, autoresponders, web design.
I found a few places that really helped out like this site: EzineArticles, and Your Own Online Storfront.
com.
So for about $50 and a lot of hours reading articles, I found out everything that $6,000 company wanted to show me.
Now, 6 months later and a lot really smarter, but more importantly more experienced, I run a jewelry store and a clothing store.
I try to help out newcomers as much as I can, when I have time.
That's why I'm writing this article.
I want people to know that maybe you can put a storefront up pretty quickly, and maybe it's fun thinking about all the things you'll sell, but it does take hard work to be successful, especially if you want it to be your only source of income.
If you have a job, take it slow and spend time researching it before you jump head-in.
If you want to pay to find out how, find a place like I found that will show you everything, so you're not spending money here and there hoping to learn more, before you end up having spent $1,000 or more with little to show.
And don't get discouraged.
Remember why you started.
Maybe you were a little naive at first, but you did things for all the right reasons, and those goals can still be obtained, except now you know the hard work it will take.
And it's a cliche I know, but anything worth doing is not easy.
Anyway that's my two cents, and most people plug their stores at this point but I'm not going to.
Good luck
