How you start your business will train your customers. If you only sell locally only locals will connect with you and promote your store. Others will learn that you only sell locally and never be back to see you are now selling globally.
Learn shipping before you start.
Don't make the costly mistake of boxing yourself in to a bad situation that cost you time, money, and reputation. The information is available from all companies that provide shipping to know what it will actually cost to send goods around the world.
Don't be afraid to be too busy, you can slow down sales that come too fast by modifying price or limiting quantity. In most cases you will have the opposite problem and need to learn to not make as much off each sale in order to sell more and earn more money.
This all takes time and practice and is why SFI encourages recruitment of experienced online retailers over trying to become one from scratch with no knowledge of how to begin.
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Ship internationally.
How you start your business will train your customers. If you only sell locally only locals will connect with you and promote your store. Others will learn that you only sell locally and never be back to see you are now selling globally.
Learn shipping before you start.
Don't make the costly mistake of boxing yourself in to a bad situation that cost you time, money, and reputation. The information is available from all companies that provide ...more
