Buy Or Sell On The Internet - Part 1

Given the current economic climate many of you may be looking to buy or sell via the internet to supplement your income. In the next few articles I will touch on the key issues with regarding to Buying and Selling on the internet.

Selling Products And Services

Before You Start
Warning! It is good practice to setup a separate email address for selling to ensure your own email does not fill up with queries.  You must ensure your anti-virus software is up to date before attempting to do business on the internet or you may find yourself attacked via your email. Forget what your nephew says about free anti-virus. There is “no free lunch” when it comes to anti-virus software. You can try a fully functional 30 day version of my recommended anti-virus software by downloading it from my website at the following address http://www.reidyonline.com/products2.htm

Do I Need A Website?
It is a common misconception that you need a web presence (website) to successfully sell products on the internet. This may be true if you trying to sell a multiple of products to various customers but for the start up internet seller there is absolutely no need to spend a chunk of money on a website. The truth is your website has little chance of being found by your potential buyer as opposed to the other well known internet selling sites such as eBay. With the changes in social networking you can get yourself a web presence without spending a penny. Setting up a blog to describe or provide an introduction to your business is relatively easy and you can start by visiting my blog http://reidyonline.blogspot.com and click the create Blog button at the top right of the screen. Blogspot belongs to Google but free blogs are not limited to them so look about. Have your friends and family proof your blog before you post it. Remember it’s going on the web.

Free Web Presence Sites

Facebook Linkedin And YouTube
Facebook allows you to advertise on the web but remember you’ll need to collect friends. Posting information to Facebook is simple once you know how and is a process many of you are familiar with. As with your email it is good practice to setup a separate Facebook account for your business venture. I will continue on this topic in next month’s article.