Should all businesses sell on-line?
472749
No, for some businesses customer service is essential. The internet removes the personal touch.
1054498
i think so if you can sell something people need at a price that is beneficial to both of you.. \n\n:) I know of people who bring in a lot of money weekly via ebay
459464
They are good for traditional businesses like restaurants and the like. \n\nBut HORRIBLE when it comes to businesses online. They have hardly any clue. Most of those I talked to either do not understand the Web, how one can make money from the Web and totally clueless to marketing a website.\n\nIf your business is OFFLINE - traditional and brick and mortar, they can give you helpful advice.
63585
It depends on whether you are running a e-commerce business or simply just selling products or services e.g. homemade jam, accountant etc..
396754
I have been selling home decor items online for about 6 months, with a friend's help (she does most of the work, I do the books & finances).  We have experienced several frustrating situations: many damage claims with UPS and FedEx, even though we have researched best way to pack our product; ebay has been making many changes to their site, which always affects the listed items in some way; and also the fees incurred to list items and to have a store is really ridiculously high. There is a fee for everything!\nOverall, we have enjoyed it-the shopping for inventory is the best! After 6 months, we are finally beginning to show a profit. We hope to expand to other auction sites soon.  Next will come a "brick & mortar store." My friend  just dreams of having a "real" store!
705863
In Singapore, always assume that the Government will do something like that. You can host your online store anywhere in the world to go around this. Its also faster and cheaper. It is just a simple matter of declaring your income of your online business.
898948
If you are left with this only option then you can adopt this way... I think there are communities present who tend to find short cut of everything...\n\nIf you can obtain the business by increasing the services or price cut or anyother way then why to get into it???\n\nBut if you are competing with the similiar people who also tend to find  the shortcut then there is nothing wrong or unethical to obtain the business in your own way...
437058
It depends on your target audience. I would say through websites/internet but then again, if you're selling to old people, that might not work out very well. That's why big companies like Nike, Apple, McDonald's.. etc have always mixed it up with TV,internet, billboards,.. etc
701988
I think it is very possible.  My business does both.  The key is finding a nitche market.  We are in the wedding business so that is always a large market.  What specifically are you looking to sell?  Product or service?
47098
Sure, lots of online businesses are legit. I run one myself...\n\nWhat about Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Land's End... I can think of a zillion...
349594
no... its ok only for purchasing a product. its not good for the online business... thye will not transfer the money of the seller. i lost USD 5,000!
916186
Look further and think bigger.\n\ne-businesss include Internet Business  and there are other forms of e-business. In short, e-business need not merely be done through Internet. Have you heard about Intranet? Have you heard about teletext (an interactive system which is available via cable TV)?\n\nActually, e-business is those busines which is done via "on-line". Some e-business is done via "private lines" so they are not available on Internet. \n\nAlthough over 90%  of those e-business is done via Internet, some are not. Some banks offer private line connection between their main-frame computer to the customers' office PC computer so that bank transactions and business can be done via the private line between the bank and the customer. A famous example is the "hexagon" system of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which is a e-banking system. Hexagon exists before the Internet become popular.\n\nSome countries still run a "teletext" system with which your houseful top-box - cable TV - is connected with the big computer server, so that you can do transactions via your TV. This is not new, available to some countries at least for 20 years. \n\nInternet Business is actually a new form of e-business only.
1061287
The internet usually doesn't kill businesses.  It should make new oportunities to market a printing business.  Think hard about how you could make your printing skills cooperate with the net.
443602
OK ... after I spend a few minutes legitimately trying to help you, I'm going to go look up "Gulible" in the dictionary ... this has just got to be a joke.\n\nThe most popular sites for on-line sales are E-bay and Craig's List.\n\nYou might, in this case, ensure that you read the details about what you are allowed to sell there ... I think it's all pretty open, but we're talking about live animals here ?\n\nAlso, shipping and insurance can be a hassle.  There is lots of on-line help about how to get started and how to handle shipping and such on both sites.\n\nYou'll also want to establish a PayPal account ... don't use your account ... set up a different one or use his.  PayPal allows users to send their payments to PayPal and PayPal then deposits the funds into your account or you can hold them right there in PayPal like you would a regular account.  Lots of info is available on their site.  To do this, remember that to accept credit card payments administered by PayPal, you'll have to have a PayPal premium account and that costs a little bit each month.  PayPal is safe and secure.\n\nOK, I gotta go look up Gullible now.
223402
If you like easy sales, look at this company.  It is a product that everyone could use.
170704
The terms are used interchangeably but if you want to be picky, e-commerce implies an on-line transaction of some sort.  e-business is the broader term used as a catch all for all business over the net.
732759
how about selling on ebay