do many people buy online?
I was looking into selling my own printed clothing online, I know that ebay is a good idea (opening a shop for my own designs)- how sucessful will this endevour be or should I just stick with shop sales and cut out the hastle?
In other words do many people shop online really?
Oh yes, more and more people are buying online.
Here’s the Bureau of Census statistics on ecommerce http://www.census.gov/econ/estats/2009/2009reportfinal.pdf — in 2009, ecommerce accounted for $145 billion in sales
One way is to use eBay as a test market whether your products will sell. Also do etsy.com if your item qualifies. This way you can see:
– whether there’s a demand for your products
– what kind of sales copy or product description you need to write (note the kind of questions ebay users ask you)
– use ebay to practice taking good pictures of your products, in multiple angles
Once you see there seems to be a demand you can then open your own website. But it should not be an either/or situation — even if you have a website, explore as many opportunities to sell your products. Sell it on ebay, Amazon, etsy, shop sales, etc — the more venues you sell, the better
EBay is a great platform. I shop on line all the time.
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Oh yes, more and more people are buying online.
Here’s the Bureau of Census statistics on ecommerce http://www.census.gov/econ/estats/2009/2009reportfinal.pdf — in 2009, ecommerce accounted for $145 billion in sales
One way is to use eBay as a test market whether your products will sell. Also do etsy.com if your item qualifies. This way you can see:
– whether there’s a demand for your products
– what kind of sales copy or product description you need to write (note the kind of questions ebay users ask you)
– use ebay to practice taking good pictures of your products, in multiple angles
Once you see there seems to be a demand you can then open your own website. But it should not be an either/or situation — even if you have a website, explore as many opportunities to sell your products. Sell it on ebay, Amazon, etsy, shop sales, etc — the more venues you sell, the better
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