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Author : Stu Wiseman

Web 2.0 has allowed people to easily create their own Ecommerce site online. Barriers to Entry are pretty low which means there is a lot of opportunity out there. It also means there are a lot of people doing it too. In order to be successful you need to do your research. This article is designed to outline the basic steps needed to make your site a success.

Here is an outline of the steps you will take to be successful online:

1. Study

2. Begin Writing Down Ideas

3. In Depth Industry Analysis

4. Pinpoint Your Market

5. Choose Your Product and Niche

6. Find Your Drop Shipping Suppliers

7. Design Your Website

8. Market it like Crazy

9. Use Amazon and eBay

Study

Think about what to sell. What do you like? What are you passionate about? What do you know a lot about?

Write it Down

Put your ideas down on paper. Create a list of any idea you can think of. The more ideas the better.

Discover

Discover, through research, those ideas that are the most promising. Many ideas sound good coming into your mind but on paper they look terrible.

Focus on your Market

Who are you going to market to? What are they looking for? What emerging trends are they beginning to pick up?

Niche and Product

Identify your niche market and the product you specifically want to sell. This will be tentative. You still have the hardest part to deal with – finding suppliers.

Find Drop Ship Suppliers

This is often the hardest part. This is the obstacle that deters most people from executing their idea. Be persistent. If you would rather not spend the time finding individual drop ship suppliers search for drop shipping network and software solutions that connect you with networks of products and suppliers. There a few awesome companies out there that will give you access to millions of products at an extremely low monthly price.

Website

Once you have the suppliers in place you can start to build your website. Remember that a website should be designed to sell and that doesn’t mean it has to be graphically perfect. Focus on being able to convert your web traffic into buyers. Test changes to make sure they increase your conversion rates. There are thousands of places to find information about converting traffic to buyers on your site. Do your homework.

Market your Site

Look into the many blogs and articles written about marketing your internet site. There is a lot of value in understanding how to market your product. After all, an awesome product, a great website, and no marketing plan will get you nowhere fast.

Amazon and eBay

Utilize online marketplaces. Their selling platforms are easy and get tons of traffic everyday. This will be especially useful if you can sell your product cheaper than your competitor.

Stu Wiseman is a member of the Doba team. Though often mistaken as a dropshipper, Doba’s role is actually as a software platform that provides retailers easy access to hundreds of wholesale suppliers offering millions of wholesale products.