- ISBN13: 9780762742462
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
All the information you need to get online and selling, from creating a winning website to writing a business plan, software choices, security issues, taking credit cards, taxes and record keeping, marketing your business, legal matters, and how to grow your business. … More >>
How to Start a Home-Based Online Retail Business
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#1 by A. Ekaterina on April 16, 2010 - 12:02 pm
I’m disappointed of this business guide, the worst I’ve ever bought. Very general description of the idea to have an on-line business… but not about the business itself. I’m dissatisfied and don’t advise this guide to a personne who is seriously interested in online retail shop.
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by S. Nagpal on April 16, 2010 - 12:09 pm
It’s a great book in the sense it has many live examples. But some of these may not be applicable in your situation.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by concrete on April 16, 2010 - 1:51 pm
I am still listening. I got the audio version.
I consider it really slow and full of self advertising.
He could easily explain everrything he did in 10 chapter in only one chapter. If you have a lot of time, get this book. If you are looking for a writer to go to the point right away, look elsewhere.
The writer wrote this book to get people to visit his website.
The good: I learned a lot. He gives good recommendations as far as who you should hire to do everything to start your business.
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by C. Rose on April 16, 2010 - 4:21 pm
This book was very helpful for me when I first started my online business. Sure, its not going to tell you exactly what to do, but it will point you in the right direction. You will find basic information on licenses and taxes, starting a website, time management and so on. I do think this book is a little dated though. The author started his web business during the very beginning of the world wide web going mainstream, and so he wasn’t up against thousands of other people who were trying to do the exact same thing. In a lot of ways, I think he had it so much easier in the mid ’90s than we do today.
You will need to find additional and updated information eventually – especially for marketing your business, but this book will give you a good, basic start.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by Caitlin Williams on April 16, 2010 - 4:25 pm
Jeremy Shepherd has written a very helpful guide for those who want to get started with an internet business. It is comprehensive without being redundant, It lays a foundation of all the major requirements to be successful in your venture. This includes much more than designing a web page and sticking a shopping cart on it. This is not a “home business for fools” book; it always assumes you are serious and willing to work harder than you may think, but it is very well written and easily understood. Starting with a good strong self assessment of your skills and strengths, he then guides you through the essentials of good business practices, including the special needs of going online. The book contains many useful sidebars and examples of his major points. He has made a point of sharing many of the tricks of the trade, so you can not only avoid the pitfalls of each aspect of your business, but get a leg up, much like having a real teacher who shares his personal experience generously. If you want a real business behind your website, you need this book as your basic text.
Rating: 5 / 5