Why You Should Be Online

In 2006 alone, over $100 billion worth of e-commerce sales took place. Over 50 million consumers shop online. Some studies show that online shopping has increased by as much as 50% over the last year.

Only 3% of small businesses currently sell their products and services online. Where is your competition? The same study also determined that 42% of small businesses believe e-commerce would have no impact on their business. With these figures, it appears that your competition is not selling online. How much more of an advantage would you have by going online?

We are going into cyberspace and your business needs to follow if you plan on making any kind of future sales. Using the Internet to do your selling, does not mean that you have to become cold or uncaring about your customers. If anything, it will relieve you of the stress involved in not making enough profit to cover your expenses.