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15 Steps to Take Your Brick & Mortar Retail Business Online

Monday June 30, 2008

Are you a main street retailer looking to sell your products over the Web? Don't know where to start?

This 15-step quick start guide is for you.

Here's an ultra-condensed summary:

  1. Get a fast, always-on Internet connection
  2. Register a domain name
  3. Buy a shipping scale
  4. Buy a digital camera
  5. Buy a decent computer (and a big monitor)
  6. Buy a laser printer (and maybe a label printer)
  7. Setup your email address
  8. Create a PayPal account
  9. Get free shipping supplies from USPS and UPS
  10. Create an auction listing at eBay
  11. Get an eBay store subscription
  12. Update your local search listings
  13. Get Web hosting
  14. Hire a Web designer or developer
  15. Build an ecommerce store at your own domain

Read it: 15 Steps to Take Your Brick & Mortar Retail Business Online

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