I'm thinking of starting an Internet business selling ethnic products on e-bay can anyone advise me??
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You can go to ebay help, also I know a pretty good webdesigner as well. You might can check this out too, well thats if you dont have A website..\n\nhttp://www.blueplanetwebdesign.com/\n\nHe does great designs in all catagories. Fair prices too. I have used this man before in building my website... websites are really great for getting your bussiness out and he does host and does adverts as well.
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try ebay or buying a domain name and starting a web site
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Hi, you can check out these links for buying wholesale products. There are low minimum order values, so it's ideal for ebay start ups. \n\n\nUSA Wholesalers/Dropshippers: http://usatrade.url40.net\nCanada Wholesalers/Dropshippers: http://cndatrade.url40.net\nUK Wholesalers/Dropshippers: http://uktrade.url40.net\nFor all other countries: http://worldwide.url40.net
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Sure if you go into business for yourself. Like doing independent contract work ie graphic design or something. Ebay isn’t a bad idea either you could take on other people’s stuff and take a cut of the profits, good luck!
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Alot of a business depends on the wether or not a product is wanted. If it is on a larger scale basis then you could try contacting some smaller stores to work as a middle-man for you. For something smaller scale you might want to go to yahoo web site builder and setup a web page that will help you sell; but you'd have to be willing to ship overseas. Alot of a business is just knowing the right people.
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If you are planning an e-commerce venture, I suggest you subscribe to the magazine Internet Retailer http://www.internetretailer.com . This magazine gives you strategies used by successful etailers and other tips/case studies that you can apply to your business. They have a Top 400 Top Etailers special edition that you can order that lists the top online sellers and what made them succeed (almost all are "big boys" but you sure can get good ideas).\n\nOne article that I found very useful is "7 Steps to Successful Web Site Development" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol142/website.htm as it takes to you all the decision steps that you need to take when starting an online business. Like any other business, startup period is full of "should I do this" or "should I do that" questions. The article is useful because it helps you think through every step of the way - from why do you want a website to who is your audience to how will you create your website to how you will market your new website.\n\nHere are the steps you need to take when creating your online business:\n\nSTEP 1: Set Your Goals - Why do you want a web site? What is the size of the online market? What are the goals for your website?\n\nSTEP 2: Develop Your Web Site Strategy - Who is your website target audience? What typically appeals to your target audience? How are the other websites (your competition) reaching out to this target audience? How will you measure your performance?\n\nSTEP 3: Set-Up Implementation Plans - What name will you give to your site? How do you envision the design of your web site? How will you create your website? How will you create your content? How will you maintain your website?\n\nSTEP 4: Start the Ball Rolling - Do you have a logo? For e-retailers, do you have the critical components needed to run an e-commerce site? How are you going to host your site?\n\nSTEP 5: Create and Launch Your Web Site - Have you uploaded your site with your chosen web host provider? Are the scripts and application you need for your website functioning well? Have you tested your website? \n\nSTEP 6: Promote Your Web Site and Measure Its Results - Do you have a plan in place to market your website? Do you regularly review your traffic logs and web site performance tracker? How are you going to get sites to link to you? Do you know the search engine keywords that you rank well? If your site is not visible in the search engine results pages for its keywords, what strategies do you intend to do? \n\nSTEP 7: Maintain Your Website and Grow Your Web Business - Continue to find ways to grow your web business. How do you intend to continue your education on web development?
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I don't know - I suppose it depends on what you are going to sell and whether other people are selling a similar item and prices etc. \n\nI sell quite a few quality products on there, just as a hobbie really and it is a great way to make some extra cash.  \n\nIn the long-term though  .. could you rely on this as a main source of income for yourself or your family? and you have not got a pension scheme with it etc. \n\nIt is worth looking into and doing your research.
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I would suggest that you stick to e-bay. More people visit there and you have a higher chance of getting your stuff sold than on etsy.
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I live in New Zealand and use a great company based in Canada called toboc. They have great trade leads from around the world. It is very expensive to join but is worth every cent. If you are not in position to pay out first you can join for free but are limited to how many things you may do within the site.  \n\nIf you want an e-book that has over 400 wholesalers and 700 dropshippers you can go to\nhttp://www.ourcoolbiz.com to get it.\n\nIf you want to start an online store here is a great c'd that will show you how to go from whoa to go. If you can watch a video and click your mouse you can do it it is that simple.\nhttp://www.kiwisdoinit.com\n\nI hope this helps you out. To your success
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Set up an adult webcam.\n\nSeriously?  Clean house and sell used gear on eBay.\n\nYou need a product or service that you can provide faster, cheaper or better than everyone else, or a better way to market an exisiting product you can sell. If you have something in mind, then you can set up a small business. It is probably easier to use Yahoo shops or eBay for a trial period toget used to having an online business.
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The Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web.\n\nTo answer your question, it depends on what you want to do, what you want to achieve with your site, what you can do, and how much resources you have. If you have access to cheap products that you can sell for a significant profit, then an ecommerce business is for you. If you make your own products, then ecommerce is for you. If you are a programmer, you can create a software and offer it for sale on the web. You can also create your own applications and develop your own site's programming. \n\nHere are the main business models you can adopt:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or PowerHomeBiz.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - whether by joining banner ad networks such as Tribal Fusion, BurstMedia or Fastclick and display the banners on their site; or through contextual advertising such as Google Adsense or Intellxt\n\n1. Join an advertising network. Advertising networks are organizations that aggregate Web sites that offer advertising space, and sell banner ads (and other advertising options) across them. Traffic requirement is often a minimum of 5,000 monthly impressions, although many do not accept sites hosted by free page services. \n\nBurst Media http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com\nAdvertising.com. http://www.advertising.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com \n\n2. Participate in contextual advertising networks. Contextual advertising are text ads delivered based on the content of the web page using an automated system. \n\nGoogle Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/... \nYahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/ \nIntellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.ht... \nQuigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm... \nIndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com \nCommission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com/solutions/optimized_ad...\n\n3. Sell advertising for your site directly. This is admittedly a more difficult route for a small business site wanting to earn advertising revenues. But hey, as they say: "no pain, no gain!" \n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere
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You would really have a hard job there.  To find these products you must visit the places that African and Jamaican sellers are.  And they are basically all over the place.  It's like finding a needle in a haystack.  Talk to African people and also Jamaican people.  These are the ones that would know where to go to find their products.
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My cousin has been running an online ebay store for several months now and he loves it !\n\nHe has the freedom to spend all day in his house clothes,  adding stuff to the store, editing his pages. When people buy something he gets a pop up that tells him what just sold !\n\nHe might go out several times a day to mail out packages, sometimes he'll go out just once.\n\nHe loves having his own business and making his own hours.\n\nMy only suggestion is to start out small and build your way up gradually.\n\nThere are plenty of mistakes to be made and you want to make them when your small and have small amounts of money and time invested.\n\nAlso buy some of those books from those ebay Power Sellers, it's not easy to become and stay a power seller, got to realy know what your doin, those people realy know how to make an ebay business work well and will have tons of sound advice.\n\nI realy can't think of any cons, just do alot of research before and during, thats Key !
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If you're interested in building yourself an income online, I may be able to help you.  You can contact me at info@gdifreedom.ws.  I'm doing very well with what I'm doing as a business online and I help others to realize their dreams by becoming a part of my team.  Good luCk bud and hope to hear from you soon.  Bye :  )
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You'd really have to be more specific for any of us to help you.  Like, what kind of products; are they illegal to be sold online; are you the company, needing advice?\n\nPlease fill us in (as much as you can without any trouble).  :)
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1. You can sell products and run an ecommerce website like Newegg or Amazon\n\n2. You can publish information earn by advertising (through contextual advertising like Google Adsense and Yahoo Publishers Network; banner advertising such as Fastclick, Tribal Fusion and Burst Media; or your own ad sales)\n\n3. You can create members-only website and earn money throough monthly or yearly subscriptions such as most adult websites or Economist.com\n\n4. You can sell information products such as downloadable ebooks or CDRoms\n\n5. You can bring buyers and sellers in your portal such as eBay\n\n6. Sell services such as search engine optimization, graphics design, web design, online incorporation, domain broker, etc. \n\nOne article that I found very useful is "7 Steps to Successful Web Site Development" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol142/website.htm  as it takes to you all the decision steps that you need to take when starting an online business. Like any other business, startup period is full of "should I do this" or "should I do that" questions. The article is useful because it helps you think through every step of the way - from why do you want a website to who is your audience to how will you create your website to how you will market your new website.\n\nHere are the steps you need to take when creating your online business:\n\nSTEP 1: Set Your Goals - Why do you want a web site? What is the size of the online market? What are the goals for your website?\n\nSTEP 2: Develop Your Web Site Strategy - Who is your website target audience? What typically appeals to your target audience? How are the other websites (your competition) reaching out to this target audience? How will you measure your performance?\n\nSTEP 3: Set-Up Implementation Plans - What name will you give to your site? How do you envision the design of your web site? How will you create your website? How will you create your content? How will you maintain your website?\n\nSTEP 4: Start the Ball Rolling - Do you have a logo? For e-retailers, do you have the critical components needed to run an e-commerce site? How are you going to host your site?\n\nSTEP 5: Create and Launch Your Web Site - Have you uploaded your site with your chosen web host provider? Are the scripts and application you need for your website functioning well? Have you tested your website? \n\nSTEP 6: Promote Your Web Site and Measure Its Results - Do you have a plan in place to market your website? Do you regularly review your traffic logs and web site performance tracker? How are you going to get sites to link to you? Do you know the search engine keywords that you rank well? If your site is not visible in the search engine results pages for its keywords, what strategies do you intend to do? \n\nSTEP 7: Maintain Your Website and Grow Your Web Business - Continue to find ways to grow your web business. How do you intend to continue your education on web development?
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Why don't you try to give info about your product online by making website and if you also want to sell online i suggest you to try TajByte Business Plan which will give you online website, online store and free shopping cart if you plan to sell online or offline.\n\nSee there website at www.tajbyte.net