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New year resolutions for online sellers!!!

The online sellers will have many dreams about earning a steady income through online selling. The online selling is a good way to earn a steady income or as a source of secondary income. These are some of the resolutions which can make online selling a good source of income. The online sellers should never get disappointed in the early stages of starting the business as it takes time to get orders or to get settled in the business. One way to  improve online selling is to be  constantly visible online. As there would be millions of online sellers, choosing ways like writing a blog about the products or the website would make the products and the website visible online.  The other way to improve online sales is to choose  a simple design while designing the website. Importance should be given to the quality of the pictures. Care should be taken that the website opens up fast and there are no delays in opening the pictures and other information. Maintaining good relation wi

How can E-market places engage online sellers in online Business?

There are instances when an online seller registers in E-market places like Amazon, EBay,  Snapdeal etc. and then they lose interest or they don't upload products after registering. Normally 30% of the online sellers who register are not actively involved in the selling process which is in a way loss to the E-market places. These are some of the problem areas and how these problem areas can be dealt: A seller who decides to sell in E-market place has to go through some procedures to register in the E-market and sell the products. Some sellers who go through half the way find the procedure to be tough and they may need some one who can help them in the registration process. So the best thing to deal with such cases is to have a team who can constantly pursue the sellers to finish the registration process. The sellers after finishing the registration process get struck when uploading photos and the data. This can  be dealt  by E-market places by having some people allocate

How to avoid losses in online selling/E-tailing in times of Natural Disaster

Online business is no different when it comes to dealing with natural disasters. In the offline business its comparatively easy to deal with natural disaster. The reason being the additional and important factor in online business which is shipment from seller to buyer. Shipment plays an important role in online selling/E-tailing as many of the major E-market places have a condition that the delivery of the ordered products should be done in a minimum amount of time like 1-2 days in case of domestic shipping and 1 week - 10 days in case of international shipping. The rating of seller and that way the rating of the website depends on the shipment time. When natural disasters like storm, heavy rains etc. struck then definitely there will be an effect on online business. The shipment can't be done if all sorts of transportation come to a stand still. The E-market places will be responsible for the late delivery of the products. In some cases the order may get cancelled au

Increasing interest towards online home made food!!!

As more and more people are becoming health conscious, the home made food is becoming more and more popular. People who are health conscious and have no time to spend on cooking prefer to order home made food online and it is easy to order through various websites and apps.  The increasing interest in home made food has made many people leave their jobs and start an online home made food catering business. People who are passionate in cooking have got a chance to expose their skills outside by starting their own online home made food catering service. Especially homemakers who are good in cooking are getting a chance to showcase their skill to the outside world by catering online home made food ordering services. Seeing the interest for home made food even many tech companies and many other major companies are having tie ups with online home made catering services. This has given a a new dimension to the home made food catering service. This a good trend that is beneficial

How to do secure online shopping?

E-tailing/Online selling is increasing exponentially over years. People are much interested in buying online.  With increase in online buying there are some adverse factors which makes online buying a bitter experience or which reduces the interest in online buying for some people. Online Robbery or online theft is one among the reasons for some of the people loosing interest in online buying. Almost 25-30% of online buyers are suffering from online theft. There are many ways in which online theft can be avoided or reduced. Most of the people use credit cards to buy online. Securing or not sharing the pin number with others is an important thing to do. While using online transfers for buying online,  the password and other banking details which need not be revealed should never be revealed and if any doubt arises about the details being asked, then it is better not to shop in that E-market place. Being careful about the phishing mails,phishing websites and download links wh

Will Chinese 'Baidu' have its influence on India's online Selling/E-tailing?

Search engines play an important role in increasing the popularity or visibility of an E-market place/ website.There are many search engines like yahoo, Bing. But Google is a very popular search engine till now and from past 17 years the usage of Google  has grown exponentially. Any website or E-market place uses S earch Engine Optimisation  techniques to improve its visibility in Google. Online selling/E-tailing indirectly depends on the Google search engine visibility. This scenario has now changed in China because of Baidu. Baidu is a search engine which is started 13 years ago in China and  now Baidu has overtaken Google in China.  Google is used in China, but Baidu has overtaken the No.1 position by 70-80% of internet users using Baidu. This makes the China's Baidu more popular than Google in China.  The websites/E-market places in China have to design their E-market places/websites so that it is more visible in Baidu. Till now China has proved its potential in th

Is it profitable to do online selling in India ? - The Pots of Gold at the (Indian) Rainbows End .

About 40 minutes, that is all it has taken for 95000, Mi3 Xiaomi Mobiles to be sold  in India through Flipkart in six flash sales.  This shows the future of e-commerce in India – Says The Economic Times.  Online sellers! the future of e-commerce in India is Pots of Gold at the Rainbows End.  In my blog - Oh!   It all started with the Barter System , I  wrote about the selling trends of 50’s till 90's  where- in  one  important link I omitted to mention in  between the online selling of present day world  and the old time way of selling.  That is the Mail Order Business.  The advertisements in print media  converted into a sale by Mail Order Business.  In the 60’s till the year 1970 the selling through Value  Payable Post has been considered as the important link to the present day online selling. Here is a brief history of evolution of Indian online market (e-market) for your view – Online Sellers. In the year

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