Which products ans services are best to make online business successful?

[NCrypted]

Normal products like Gadgets, Clothes, Shoes etc.. items store competition is very high. I am planning to start new online business which gives me surety of success. So please share your experience & knowledge to suggest me best products and services for online business.

[WHUK-Stan]

Ideally with reference to hosting solution, you should be looking for is an eCommerce hosting solution which we offer. It's an affordable choice which can be availed at a mere price of £29.99 per year. With this service we offer Softaculous which is a one-click installer which allows you to install eCommerce softwares for free such as Magento, OsCommerce etc.

Fyi. our servers are hosted in a Tier IV datacenter near London therefore you can expect the maximum uptime for your web store.

[Wayne]

Normal products like Gadgets, Clothes, Shoes etc.. items store competition is very high. I am planning to start new online business which gives me surety of success. So please share your experience & knowledge to suggest me best products and services for online business.

There are almost all kind of products available online. And if you are new you would have competition everywhere. You should think of products that you can source and have good knowledge about so you would be able to sell those in a better manner and over time would be able to provide a better service than your competitors which would make you stand out of the crowd.

[brobert]

My friend runs a online store for products like accessories, books, some particular clothes like jackets, hats, Halloween costumes, etc. It works really well. The idea here is to focus on multiple products rather than just one single product. Gadgets are a good idea but be advised that you would need to invest a good amount. If it ever damages in shipment then you will need to bare the costs for it. So you could start with low priced products to begin with and then expand as required.

[davedj]

You could sell something that is readily available in your city- Unique clothes, accessories, preserved food etc. There are a lot of people out there who would order any unique stuff not available in their own city. You could also deliver stuff on orders. The key here is to sell products that are unique at reasonable prices. Start with a few products and then once your store is popular, just add products to your store

[neoanderson120]

If you want to start an online store, you probably already have an idea for a product that you will be selling. Consider the shipment costs and also if you are going to sell a wide variety of products or do you plan to specialize by selling books or t-shirts? Don't just jump into selling a certain product line until you've looked at the websites you'll be competing with. Focus on the area you'll be marketing your products to and then check the other competitors available in that market.

[Helina]

We started with a online store of bedsheets. In the beginning we got just few requests however later we started offering blankets, towels and other household stuff where the demand started increasing. We paid heavy shipment charges and then later decided to open up a local store in our own area. The site is still up and we still get some random requests for bulk orders. We didn't really consider a lot of factors before starting the online store. Shipment, area to focus, what to keep and what not to keep, etc. It is better to plan carefully and get the complete information of the market place you'll be selling to.

[Rachael]

It’s always good to have a website that is fully functional. It’s very good that you have started a local store. As you operate in an eCommerce industry, the first priority is making sure that the website is hosted on a powerful hosting platform that perfectly supports the functioning of the website. Even id most of your business is run through the local store, you can’t afford to have any downtime for your website. Apart from the hosting server, a good website design and a simple navigation is also crucial so that people feel convenient while placing any orders on your website.

[WHUK-Stan]

Similar to how you have a physical store in a real world, you have an eStore for the Internet World. So, ideally you must ensure that the eStore is updated with the products with its complete description. Though even if you fail to consider certain aspects of it in the beginning, you can anyways do it now.

There are certain factors that are important while building an eStore, ie. security, ease of communications, user-friendly website design, product information (images, videos, text) etc. A web developer should be able to help you with the later while we can help you with the server and it's security.

[William Mackay]

If you are keen on setting up the online shop, the most important aspect is delivering the best customer experience. Also, support for multiple payment gateways is crucial. Make sure that the online store website has the perfect layout and an easy navigation so that people can immediately find what they are looking for on your website.

[WHUK-Stan]

Well said William. I agree to your point on customer satisfaction, no business can be run successfully without the delivery of good customer satisfaction. Therefore, you must find your ways of delighting your customers and ensuring repeat business.

Depending upon the niche of products/services you sell, you can find loads of information about customer satisfaction over the Internet. You can short-list a couple of those and get going by offering the best experience to your customers.

[KevinT]

The offers and discounts that you run also make a huge difference in terms of driving online sales. You can run a simple rewards program where people will get some discount after referring a friend / relative who is interested in buying your products / services. Make sure that you run offers for the prominent occasions like thanksgiving, Easter, new year, Christmas etc. Have distinct coupon codes for the offers and promote them through various websites. This will help your business promotions for going viral and reaching out to many people.