Online Auction Sites are Great Places to start Selling
So you decided to start a small online business. Most
entrepreneurs can't wait to get their online business started
and begin to rake in the cash. Entrepreneurs interested in an
online business usually pick between two major revenue streams-
auction sites such as EBay, Bidville and Amazon's Marketplace
and an independently owned website.
There are many positives and a few negatives to both of these
revenue streams. However, for many entrepreneurs with little or
no web development experience auction sites such as EBay are the
perfect venue to get there feet wet selling online. Here are
some of the positives of starting a business online using
auctions sites:
* Extremely basic computer experience needed. Most people know
the basics of surfing the internet, but not much else. Auction
sites are the perfect place to list their items for sale. It is
extremely user friendly, just name your product with a title,
add a picture, description and list the price. There is no
computer programming knowledge needed. All of the well known
auctions sites are point and click * Automatic traffic. With an
independent website, you must worry about drawing traffic.
Auction sites like EBay have millions of visitors ready and
willing to buy your items for sale. Whatever you have for sale
from the most common mp3 player to some of the rarest items can
be found on EBay.
* Easy payment options. Most auction sites allow sellers to use
a variety of web based payment services. The most common of
course being Pay pal. Lesser known payment services are Western
Union and Storm pay. There are millions of buyers and sellers
that have web based payment accounts. This allows the seller to
receive payments from the buyer fast, secure and efficiently. No
more waiting for weeks for a money order to arrive in the mail.
So if you're thinking of starting an online business and have
relatively little experience with computing, your best solution
would be to look into selling your items on an auction site.
Happy Selling!