Getting Started

When starting an online store, one decision you have to make in the very beginning is whether to go with a hosted e-commerce platform (or SaaS platform) or go with self hosting (open-source). Jumpseller is an SaaS solution (hosted e-commerce solution) and in this article we talk about the advantages jumpseller has over open source solutions like Magento, WooCommerce and Prestashop.

There are 5 types of e-commerce platforms to choose from when creating an Online Store. While thinking about which one to go with, consider important factors such as the type of product you want to sell, your target audience, logistics, and suitable payment options.

Having an efficient shipping and fulfillment system is very important to the success or failure of an online store. For example, many shoppers abandoned purchases due to a shipping time that was too long or not provided, or sometimes, shoppers do not like it when extra costs for shipping come up towards the end of the checkout. So, how can one deal with these issues? Evaluate your Business Model, Target Audience, and Region where you operate. Then you have to select the right shipping company.

The design of your online store can be more important than the information you put on it. Because when people visit your store, they decide in the first few seconds if the want to stay or leave. Hence, it is critical to have a design that is both beautiful and efficient, gaining the attention of the visitors and making them keep coming back for more.

Many want to build the next Amazon in a day. They try to sell a wide variety of products online in different categories for different types of customers, each one of them with specific requirements and shopping habits. Even though this might work in a few isolated cases, it is almost impossible to achieve in most.

Starting to sell online has become increasingly necessary for businesses. Stores or small marketers who were struggling to promote their products to a new audience now have access to an online sales channel to do so and also increase their income. This article gives an overview of the alternatives in the universe of payment methods in different regions of the world, highlighting the many ways to do business online in different geographies.

One of the most important reasons for this failure is that people starting a business don’t have the needed mentality to overcome the day-to-day obstacles. There’s a cloud of uncertainty not everyone can deal with. We don’t know if what we’re doing is good, bad or even worse, we can’t identify what’s actually working and what’s not.

Many have a list of goals to achieve each year. I’m sure many of you have had 'starting a digital business or online store' on this list at some point in your lives. Most of the time this desire never leaves the list, it never becomes a reality, many times for justified reasons.

Many people who are not too familiar with the term dropshipping still ask questions like How does Dropshipping work?and How to start a dropshipping business? In simple terms, Dropshipping means selling without keeping a stock. How? Well, In dropshipping when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and ships it directly to the customer.

Need, desire, inspiration? Whatever is your motivation to undertake, this post is dedicated to you. To inspire you, we bring examples of successful women entrepreneurs who dared to invent their way; to motivate you, we show you the advantages of doing your own business and to begin with, we share the options to make it a reality.