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| Web Storefronts for Small Businesses 02/14/01 |
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02/14/01 Web Storefronts for Small BusinessesDo many of your clients seek help in starting an online business? Or are they looking to market their existing business through a web site? Developing an e-commerce web site is a considerable task, fraught with technical challenges as well as being a time and money investment. There are many e-storefront services out there that promise to get your business online quickly and function for free. They offer complete solutions- offering design (in the form of templates), catalog creation, ordering, transaction capabilities and limited promotional web site tools/services. Essentially, web storefront services give you a way to quickly develop a commerce-enabled online presence for your small business. The web sites that result are simple, but go a long way for small businesses interested in venturing onto the web. In this newsletter, you will find the three popular web storefront services below, followed by a customized SBDCNET comparison of the same three services:
This chart compares Bigstep.com, Yahoo Store and FreeMerchant by cost, support, merchant account pricing, site promotion, e-mail services, web site analysis tools, product database uploading, invoicing, tax/shipping calculators, and basic usability of each service's documentation. More Information about web storefronts:
Contact UsSBDCNETUTSA Institute for Economic Development University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. Durango Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78207 http://sbdcnet.org/ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 800.689.1912 SBDCNet Team
Gloria Allen
Guillermo Barreto-Vega
Judith Johnson Co-Editors: Carolyn Ellis & Judith Johnson Please email us or call us at 1-800-689-1912 if you have any questions. Feel free to pass this on to other SBDC Business Advisors. If you are not currently subscribed to SBDCNET Connections, sign up on our website under "SBDCNET E-Newsletter." This U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Grant is funded by the SBA. SBAs funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions, or services. All SBA funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. |
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