Tuesday, September 1, 2009

4 Basic Methods To Start Your Own Ecommerce Business

By Darren Watts

You probably know someone who sells on ebay or has an ecommerce website that they make money from. You may have even thought to yourself, ?How can I get started with a business on the internet?. There are 4 general ways to start on the internet.

#1- Auction sites (ebay, amazon, craigslist) ? Auction sites are one of the easiest ways to get started on the internet. Many people make money selling things from home on auction sites. This does turn into, for some people, a full business selling new products on auction sites. If you want to make it to that point on an auction site, it will take a bit more time and learning on your part.

#2 ? Template driven websites(3xpweb) ? The next easiest option to make money online is to get into a template website. Most people do not understand how to build an ecommerce website, but they would like one. A solution for these people is to get into a template website where they make some choices (products, look and feel from predesigned templates, etc) and then the company that they are working with builds it for them.

#3 ? CMS (Droopal, Bluevoda, Joomla) ? CMS is an acronym for content management system. This method of building a website is probably the most used method used in ecommerce websites today. CMS offers a lot of flexibility to the user, giving them more control over their website without having to know how to implement website code. However, it gives even more flexibility to those who can use some website code. That is what makes it so popular.

#4 ? Build it from scratch ? Warning, this one requires a lot of knowledge that most people do not have. Only the people who understand all kinds of code and love to build something from the ground up will use this one. This is only for the real geeky, hardcore webmasters. If you have to ask more about this one, it is not for you. There you have it, the 4 general ways that you can build and ecommerce business.

That is essentially the 4 basic methods you can use to build an ecommerce business on the internet. There are plenty of methods within each of these 4 basic methods that you will need to choose from, but start by making a choice of which of these is best for you. If you are new to internet business and feeling overwhelmed at doing it, but would really like to get into, then I would recommend that you either start with auction sites (ebay, amazon, craigslist) or a template website (3xpweb).

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