FEW TIPS BEFORE STARTING ONLINE BUSINESS
Chose suitable Online Platform, Website
or Application
Before selling your product to
online understand your products’ related best online platform, Website or
Application. You need to understand online selling platform’s market and its
merits and demerits. For every product there are many different types of online
platform available for selling. Like for clothes there are so many different
online selling platforms available. Clothes manufacturer company also have
their own selling online platform for getting better revenue and safe from
market fraud or duplicate product selling. For food there are so many online
selling website available so as grocery, gym equipment, automobile spare parts,
Electronic items and accessories, make up and cosmetics. Every different type
of product have their different type of online selling platform, some of the
online platform is like multi product selling type like in that platform you
can sell you grocery and also sell your electronic accessories as well. It is
good or bad its depend on how good that website or online platform arrange or
manage their seller, customers, server, website’s traffic, solve the problem of
customers or sellers, contacts with users and market condition. If you want to
sell you product to these types of online selling platform its good but every
types of online platforms have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Like if you sell your own manufacture Keyboard to that website which is only use for electronic items selling so you have advantage like your keyboard stay at front list when someone search keyboard to that online platform, but if you sell your own manufacture keyboard to that type of online selling platform which is accept selling all type of items like home appliances, Grocery items, Automobile accessories, Gym equipment, clothes. So when someone want to buy keyboard from that online platform or website, app so there will be many difficulties like people distract by other types of items available in that online platform and may be your keyboard could not find by that customer due to traffic available on that online platform or because so many items available in that platform. But some multi type of items selling online platform have advantages like if it is famous among people and also provide good service to buyer as well as buyer or customer so people definitely chose that platform so do you chose. But these advantages only depend upon how that online platform gives service to the customer or which types of feature available in that. Seller want user friendly, easy understanding, get good revenue, good service, quick contact, wide range of use, best service, 24×7 service, good acceptance of quantity of products. Buyer choose the online platform by their market popularity, service, easy return policy, user friendly, quick contact to the seller, good service and good product.
Understand Service Charge
If you choose your selling platform make sure service charge would be minimum, if any buyer don’t like your product and they send it back so there will minimum charge upon you. Online platform also charge you some amount on basis of per order, per day order, per month order, return charge, festival charge, offers, delivery charge, shipment charge, website using charge, penalty charge, maximum use charge, minimum use charge, faults charge. Some of the online platform charge you if you sell your product above predefined limit, your daily payment report goes above predefined limit, if any condition you could not manage to sell your product above minimum limit (selling below predefined limit), your daily payment report not go above predefined minimum limit (payment report goes below minimum limit. In many online platform this condition known as penalty charge. Penalty charge also consider as per day, per month, or per year. If your account health goes below minimum limit they also charge you as predefined amount. Your product selling account depend on your selling products ration on per day, return order, buyer complaint, late shipment, exchange of product, delay order, lose boxing. Account health is very important factor for you. If your account health is good buyer can find your product easily in many listing. If your account health is good website owner will not charge you that will be very helpful for you. Account health also depends upon your review, feedback and customer response. With every ending of shipment customer write feedback about your service on the basis of you fast your service, tracking order, Safe shipment, and delivery done in between given time not before that time period and not after that period.
After few day customers able to write review about your product how good it is. If customer likes your product they will write positive review so that will be helpful for your account health and improve account reliability. If your product is not like it describe in details or you sent a low quality product so they might be write a negative review or do replacement, in that condition it will be very harmful for your account health and account reliability. Every online platform has its own time of period for write a review.
Delivery
or Shipment charge
Every online platform charge on your delivery product percentage wise, like they take delivery charge in between 20 to 30 percentages on selling amount. Every online platform has different charge ratio, on some of platform it take more or some of platform charge less compare to other, but mostly high profile online selling platform charge you more because in return you get good service and set platform for business. Delivery charge also depends upon shipment weights, shipment weight, shipment condition, shipment material, shipment type, shipment quality, shipment value. For understanding delivery charge, your selling amount of product is 100 $ than you have to pay charge to the online platform with comparing 20 % than you have to pay 20 $ for shipment, if your selling product weight goes above free weight limit than you have pay to the online platform to 5 % so you have to pay almost 5 % to the online platform so your final revenue will be 75 $ after all the charge.
Business
queries
If you have any query than contact to service provider of online platform before selling your product, because when you understand all their terms and condition than it will be very helpful for your business. Also discuss your doubt related to different types of product and different charges. If you have any query related to future expansion than discuss to service provider of that online platform, website or application.
Stay tuned with
For stay updates you have to stay
tuned with your co partner also call as service provider of online platform. Discuss
your every problem related to customer to them, because they give you better
idea about for your business. If you have any complaint about selected online
platform than contact them and them your difficulties and recommendation. If
you were not aware about your service charge than contact them and discuss
about service charge. If they charge you more than predefined condition and
limits than you have to complaint them about you situation. If your customer
give you negative feedback or negative review because of online platform’s
fault or websites traffic or late shipment so it will directly affect your
account health. If you stay tuned with service provider than you can discuss
this condition and they will improve their service next time.
This guide is helpful for anyone who want to start their e-commerce store. It covers many aspects of e-commerce business thoroughly. Thank you for sharing this. Online Selling Platforms South Africa
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