It sounds like you have plenty of skills to get started now. There's no need to keep re-training in different areas when you have experience to get started today. My suggestion would be to pick a niche and try and become the go-to guy in that particular niche. Let's say, for example, you are in...
I'm surprised other people are giving you concrete answers as it is impossible to say. How much have you invested in building the current ROR based system? Are the developers happy to code with both or are they simply steering you towards the technology they know? Magento is a great platform....
Several years ago, I manufactured product and stumbled upon a website called RangeMe. I assume there are others like it. With this platform, I could post my products and their wholesale cost and margins. Then, retailers and distributors could see my products and choose whether or not to engage ...
MOQs MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) is not a new concept; it has a high success rate and various implementations the most common being regulatory agency restrictions, which have to do with import/exports, good sold etc. Additionally, no manufacturer can sell at cost (no markup) and remain in busi...
It's possible to launch an ecommerce site for less than $1,000, depending on the features you need for your business to succeed. Since there are many different aspects of an online store, you can pick and choose exactly what you need and only pay for those items. Additinally, It is depend on whe...
You could potentially try to get a good amount of products on your marketplace through your friends and family as a start. Also make sure that you go city by city so that way you can focus on one city and once you are doing great there you have the credibility and the experience to move to a new ...
Regarding US taxation of internet sales. Since you are a foreign entity or person (in regard to the US), and there is an income tax treaty between Canada and the US, you will not be liable for US federal income tax on internet sales unless you have a “permanent establishment” in the US with which...
The only 2 companies I have heard of that could do something like this are: 1-Airship: they have automated all the processes of dispatching, logistics, customer support, credit analyses, order fulfillment, etc on the backend. In the front end you just built your own e commerce website. It is plu...
If you have something that outperforms SEO or PPC for generating sales, then you have something special on your hands. SEO, Email Marketing, and Paid Search generally dominate online marketing as it relates to driving sales. This is true across most, but not all verticals. It is generally the c...
Here are some answers for you that I believe will help you. 1. You should implement a long term and short term strategy right at the beginning. What I mean is that there are essential parts to your marketing like SEO and content marketing that you need to implement right in the beginning, but ...