I am starting an online shopping site any tips?

[IneedINFO]

I have product. But before I start surfing around for site hosting and domain space what is the best service to turn to? Keep in mind I am on a budget, I would like to have shopping carts be able to post video, and even have bronze, silver, and gold memberships for my customers. Big dreams, but any info will help

[Erratichill638]

OK here we go this will be the longest answer ever in the history of answers !

best service you need that provides all the tools you need is bravenet.com

full service website you can create multiple pages and get hosting from them and domain service !

even an e mail form that provides senders ip address a forum to have customers post thier testimonials or complaints about your site and your service !

MOST important aspect is advertisng and relentless advertsing like ocean waves carshing on the beach every day !

I call it the A. T. M. method

A dvertisng + T raffic = M oney

YOU need traffic to YOUR site and need to learn how to write great ads this is all done thru testing ad headlines and text of body in the ads you write

many places to advertise free IF YOU craigslist DO NOT post E mail address ONLY give link to site with phone number !

with support contact on website !

This will remove spam 100% only customers or possible customers can e mail you

in other words YOU have them join 1st before they can ask questions NO spammer will ever join any website !

all this stuff of course is handeled by the e mail form from bravenet installed on the webpage you want !

YOU can even get a chat room from brave net to use on your website they have 25 tools FREE to use

I also recommend you pay the fee to get the BBB logo installed people feel safe when they see that you are a member of the BBB or Better InertNet Business bureau


I think YOU can get the domain at Godaddy and use bravenet for hosting

then use blogger.com which is free to create blogs about all your products make lots of blogs with each product or group of products on them they all get listed in google just keep updating the date of the blog post every month or weekly


THEN you need to know KEYWORDS to use when writing your website keywords that people serch for that will point to your website or products !

even your website url can be a key word and you can create free short redirect URL's to YOUR store all compromised of keywords

EX: your main website URL ladieshandbagscheap dot whatver mensandladiesclothing dot whatever

then you use the free URL redirect services with short keywords

ladiesbags .tinyurl . com or whatever redirect url shortener you use even the free blogs you make the url's can be all keywords

EX: ladiesjewelrybyme. blogspot . com

all these blogs will be pointing to YOUR website thus giving you more links and higher search engine rankings all FREE traffic

also use all the social networks you can to promote your site

hey it's FREE advertsing

twitter , facebook, you tube if you have cam create videos

then you can monetize your site by getting any of the free publisher accounts and add the script for ads to show and when visitors click an ad you make a few cents

i prefer the inline text ads that are just double underlined words on your pages that people will clcik on when thier mouse passes over them best one to use is kotera you can actually tell visitors to mouse over the linked words for more information !

and that should do it

Good luck with your venture

[nicelumber839]

You can do it directly, or through online..

1- You must have the yellow pages as wholesaler for your product with phone number..
- business cards and you have to go around your area, etc.. businesses, and start make some homework..
- meet local businesses, and try to find their needs, and offer them your product, and see how , why, and when they will be able to start buying from you..
- slow steps, yet steady, you have to gain their trust .

2.You can go to this website first ,

http://www.toptenwholesale.com

There are some clear categories of every kinds of suppliers and a searching bar ,you can enter the product and the area then you can get a list of suppliers in your area.You can also go to some similar type websites ,Craigslist ,kijiji .

And I can offer you several clothing wholesale websites I often go to

http://www.amazon.com
http://www.alibaba.com
http://www.ebsilk.com
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.bestbuy.com
http://www.lightinthebox.com

Hope you will make a great business!