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1 – Product or service

If you don't have your own product or service to market, you can market other people's products, either via affiliate programs, dropshippers, or network marketing programs. Once you've found a top quality product or service to market, you're ready to get started!

2 – Shopping Cart software

To sell products online, you will need some kind of shopping cart software, to facilitate online ordering and order processing. I recommend Oscommerce - It is free, very flexible, and feature-filled.

3 – Online Payments

To sell online, you'll need a way to accept online payments. The easiest way to do this is via Paypal. However, Paypal is not the most convenient for your customers – it's better for them if you get a merchant account and accept credit cards.

4 – Communications

Even in ecommerce, communication with your customers is very important. At the bare minimum, you should have an email address and physical address for your customers to contact you at. Ideally, you should also have a toll-free number.

5 – Webhosting

Of course, you'll need a server to host your website and software on. There are many reputable hosts that offer everything you'll need for under ten dollars. Use a web host rating website to find a good host.

6 – Marketing

Many small business owners fail at one of the most important points – marketing. If you don't properly market your website, you won't make any sales, and your business will fail. The key is to utilize marketing methods which are effective and profitable for your business. Experiment to find what works best, but here are a few tried and true methods to start with: pay per click marketing, search engine optimization, article marketing, shopping comparison websites, email marketing, and joint ventures.
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I used to work for him when he opened his first restaurant. It's been a tradition in my family to own small businesses or at least to try. My dad ran a small construction company, my uncle ran a furniture store, but times were so lean that neither of them had any work for me. I was in highschool, and there wasn't much for me to do but follow the mind-numbing American tradition of flipping burgers that summer, until John called me.

At the time, he showed off, pretending he had charmed the money to start the business out of a bunch of wealthy investors. Now I know that he probably just got a small business license, but I was so taken by his finesse growing up, that I believed him. The first month of work was just getting the shack he rented up to health code. There were birds nesting in the walls and rats in the floor, but finally it was sparkling clean and ready for business.

The first week, nothing worked out. Opening day was deserted, the fryer broke, the power even went out once for six hours! It seemed our small business had a small run. All summer we spent just trying to get the place on its feet. Finally, I had to go back to school.

So what worked for John? Plain old persistence. He worked day and night, flyered the town, sent out circulars, and made connections everywhere he went. There was never a big breakfast but rather, a series of little ones which added up to success. He was featured once in the entertainment section of the local newspaper. He sponsored a little league team, and found his place soon patronized not only by them, but by several of their rivals every week after practice. Soon he was opening up a second restaurant on the other side of town, and then a third. It took him years of hard work, and twice he almost went under. But he's always told me that hard work just made the success that much sweeter.
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