Business expanding advice needed!!! Please!?
Hi.my name is David,im 17 years old and need Some advice about my business.I currently am a verified seller on eBay and have a shop,sales are quite slow at the moment but it’s the month I’ve been told,so I don’t mind.I relise it will pick up,anyway,I’ve bought a large amount of stock which should arrive soon,my eBay store is. http://stores.ebay.ie/One-Stop-Smile-Shop?_rdc=1
So,I feel I have expanded enough with the eBay for the moment and all I need to to keep products up to date.I’m writing this question to ask advice on setting my own site up,it would be called. Www.onestopsmileshop.ie. ,I’ve talked to a designer and I’ve talked hon down to a price of €140 including the e-commence shopping cart and I add the product myself which I have no problem doing,I just wanted to ask is this a good venture,I relise a site would be fairly costly at the start with domain name and building,but I think the lack of fees and listing products for free would help me progress,also,besides word of mouth,how could I Market my new site.I already plan to include a note that I can offer cheaper prices due to no fees on my site and the website link.,and am considering google add-words,yet I don’t gully understand this concept yet in full.I also have a Facebook follower page for my business in which I would also show my new site,hope some people can give me some advice,much appriciated,thanks all
Well, I would say hold off on creating your own store for now. I know it seems as if you would save money by cutting out the eBay fees but think of all the cost involved in marketing your own online store. I can tell you from experience that AdWords can be quite expensive and depending on the site it can have a low rate of return. I would focus on growing your business on eBay first, maybe start a blog to market and brand your store. You want to get a large base of customers you can transfer over to your own store. The facebook fan page is a great idea, keep growing that list. Also, I wouldn’t pay a designer there are many other options available, do a search on magento stores and bigcommerce. You can create your own store with a cart without hiring a designer and paying a premium.
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