How do you start a web-based business? Part 3
To get the full advantage of a eCommerce website you need to be able to process payments in real-time. This means using PayPal (or similar) or accepting credit cards directly through your website; using a payment gateway.
How do you start a web-based business? Part 2
A business plan is more than a mission statement or a description of your business. Even if you put this down on one piece of paper a business plan outlines all the potential issues and concerns of your new venture and helps determine its feasibility.
How do you start a web-based business?
Creating an online store can be a difficult and confusing. There are no tricks and like any business it requires planning to be successful. If you want to enter this market smoothly you must find out what you need to do before you have to do it.
eCommerce 101
eCommerce, or Electronic Commerce, is the exchange of goods and services over the Internet. It is one of the most important business process improvements since the invention of the telephone. eCommerce allows people to buy and sell to one another anywhere on the planet at any time of the day or night.