If you want to dropship products online or buy in bulk and then dispatch them yourself you are going to need your own website. If you don't have any knowledge of how to set up and maintain a website then an ecommerce solution is ideal for you.
Ecommerce solutions are low-cost and mean you can be trading online very quickly.
What Is An Ecommerce Solution?
An ecommerce solution is where you pay a monthly fee and you have access to the back-end of your shop where you manage products/categories/customers and so on. An ecommerce solution is ideal for people who have almost zero knowledge of setting up and running a website.
What Are The Positives?
You don't have to worry about the installation of the shopping cart script or how to design your website or anything like that. This is done by the ecommerce solution provider. Different ecommerce solution providers allow you to chose your website template, these are normally very professional meaning your website can look professional very easily.
What Are The Negatives?
Long-term it costs more. For an ecommerce solution you could be paying £10 per month (many charge more than this, some slightly less) whereas if you take option 2 of setting everything up yourself you would only need to pay monthly for hosting, even good quality UK hosting can cost only around £5.00 per month which is half the cost of the ecommerce solution.
Cost & Providers
The cost of ecommerce solutions varies between providers and the size of website you need. If you are in the UK then Daily.co.uk provide 3 different 'eShop packages' costing between £8.99 and £39.99 per month. Daily are a big company and provide a very professional service.
More Info
If you sell products online we recommend you regularly read this ecommerce blog which is packed with unique content and great blog posts so you can learn even more about ecommerce solutions.
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