tips from ecommerce merchants?

Good – write a business plan

1. Secure your domain
2. Secure your domain
3. Secure your transactions
4. Secure your transactions
5. Find your distribution channels (how, when, on what terms the shipment of the products will be made)
6. How will you get your money?
7. How will you finance your idea and when will you have reached “Break Even”?
8. Logistics (storage etc.)
9. Marketing (where are you going to advertize until people know who you are and what you are selling.
10. Legal stuff (terms and conditions of transactions etc.) – check with a lawyer on that coz it may laws vary from country to country.

Is it enough?

The easiest way to get a merchant account that is FREE to setup and use is to sign-up to a PAYPAL account at or.

The company is owned by eBay and it’s free to setup and free to have an account..the only fees you pay is when someone buys from you…and they have the lowest fees on the net.

It connects to your bank account and you’ll be able to accept credit card orders from all over the world and withdraw the funds to your bank account.

PayPal is the preferred method of payment on eBay, on the net and has over 100 MILLION members worldwide. Many WELL-KNOWN companies in Australia have a Paypal account – just check it out:

If you’re going to sell online, you should use PayPal..there are no monthly fees, no setup fees so you have nothing to lose..just go to their website and read all about it and browse other stores at their website that currenlty use PayPal.

Honestly, there’s no better way to get a FREE merchant account than to use PayPal.

We can perhaps do some business together if you like the idea of first importing some indian stuff from india through me and attempt to either sell it on line, or in the open market, or both.

If interested revert on

Choose a URL (uniform resource locator) that’s witty, catches attention and more importantly, relevant to your company name, product or business