February 8th, 2010 
iHomeBiz
Virtual shops are one of forms of business through Internet.
The prospect to become the owner of shop in which it is not necessary to pay rent, utilities to reflect attacks of all inspections and all the day to spend behind a counter, of course, inspires.
Really, direct sale of production through Internet – the most attractive direction of use of Internet-technologies. However it is not necessary to forget that this electronic business essentially differs from trade in the real world.
The buyer in Internet has the much bigger information, he has more possibilities for a choice among competitors, and he is less polite with the seller, than at live contact. Therefore, here it is extremely important not only as your site looks, but also how is submitted the information on it. The maintenance, style, trust atmosphere on a site and, certainly, faultless service – all it will demand efforts and work.
Before to create a site for sale of your production, properly consider, what market guides you. Then analyze, how many percent from users of Internet make your potential buyers. And it is final, it is important to be defined you are guided by what buyer – retail or wholesale.
If for you is important wholesale then on a site you should make special section where the special information for wholesalers will be presented: wholesale prices and discounts, goods presence in a warehouse, service kinds, delivery possibility, the schedule of receipt of new goods, ways and payment terms.
Certainly, the structure and the maintenance of your site depend on character of your business and production, which you sell. But in general view on a Web site of your virtual shop the following should be obligatory:
· The name of your firm or a Web-site;
· The electronic catalogue of goods and services;
· The price-list;
· The form for the order of goods;
· The information on ways of payment;
· The form for inquiry of the additional information;
· Requisites of your firm: the address, phone, a fax, and an e-mail address;
· The form for registration of visitors;
· References to other Web sites;
· The information for support of dealers and distributors;
· The information on novelties;
· Analytical materials and reviews.
If your virtual shop is created as the independent enterprise where you are an intermediary between buyers in Internet and the supplier of goods, so at the beginning manage the minimum expenses for creation of a Web site and advertising of your virtual shop. It is a quite good way to check up experimentally viability of your project.
Sale of the goods and services through Internet is good for many kinds of business: successfully sell books, compact discs, video films, the software, any information, computers and accessories, tourist services, the real estate and even food items though this kind of goods is least preferable to sales in Internet.
In case you are looking for new online business opportunities – go to this web site. This is the place where you can see different online business opportunities and choose the ones that fit you better.
And a final piece of advice – today the online technologies give you a really unique chance to choose exactly what you need at the best terms which are available on the market. Strange, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real practice it means that you must use all the tools of today to get the information that you need.
Search Google or other search engines. Visit social networks and have a look on the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and participate in the discussion. All this will help you to build up a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real opportunity to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.
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