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THE INTERNET: A NEW BREED OF ENTREPRENEURS
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The internet has changed the way people buy
and sell things. Instead of having to go to
a mall or a store, people can go online,
look around for merchants selling the item
they want, pay online and receive their
items in a day or two. On the other hand,
sellers don’t have to stress themselves over
business permits and clearances. Everything
can be done from home, and the returns are
just as good, if not better, compared with a
business that is run from an actual store.
All an entrepreneur needs is a good
web design company to put
up a website and he or she can begin
selling.
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There are many success stories of online
entrepreneurship, with companies like Ebay
or Amazon. A customer cannot think of buying
an iPod or a vintage Balenciaga bag without
thinking: “Will I be able to find this
online?” The signs of the growing
popularity of e-commerce are only too
evident in consumer behaviour.
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Of course, to power online entrepreneurs’
businesses, they will need a
web design company that
will create and launch their websites for
them, since practically 100% of their
business is done online or through digital
transactions. If entrepreneurs in the past
worked with an accountant, a cashier and MS
Excel, today’s internet entrepreneurs work
with PayPal, FedEx and secure payment
set-ups to provide the best online shopping
experience for their customers.
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Online entrepreneurs have many things going
for them in this new industry. First, the
traditional
supplier-middleman-retailer-consumer chain
is broken and each online entrepreneur will
have direct communication with suppliers,
cutting down time and cost. In effect,
competition with traditional businesses is
lessened. Now all online entrepreneurs have
to do is to work with their
web design company or
optimization team to ensure that they are
ranking high in search lists and that the
website will be enticing enough to browse
through.
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Online entrepreneurs also have the luxury of
providing customers discounted prices and a
wider array of choices because they can
directly order from the supplier and get the
inventory quicker. The time it takes for
customers to receive their orders is
shorter, which generally increases a
business’s sales---customers have a shorter
amount of time to change their minds about
the items they ordered.
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Not everything is as easy as it sounds,
though. An online entrepreneur can get the
best web design company out
there, and he can hire the best sales
people, but the business cannot succeed
without customer loyalty. Virtual loyalty is
difficult with the vast array of vendors
available and the ease in which a customer
can go from one vendor to the next. This
also means that customers expect a higher
level of customer service and quality.
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The success of an online business all boils
down to its people. From the creative team
that keeps the website up and running, to
the suppliers who must commit to ship on
time, every time, all these people become
your most valuable business assets and help
you succeed as an online entrepreneur.
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