Work From Home

[jtparent]

Hi,


did any1 try this website before WorkFromHomeITJobs.com?

[pojo]

I think we should be careful if a website asks for the payment of a registration fee for a service like this. Anyway you may want to see this reply regarding this website.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110828002421AAOuC4k

[LLK]

Two days ago, I came across an ST article on mother doing online businesses from home like selling baby/children products. I wonder how to start/design website for such online business? Anyone can share? :thankyou:

[pojo]

I believe there are people who make a living selling their products on ebay. Anyone doing this may want to share their experiences.


There are also those who sell their products on their blogs. There are a number of websites where you can put up your blogs for free. Maybe someone already doing this can share info.

Last but not least, you can put up your own website, pay someone to do the design and (same or different party) for hosting it.

I am sure there are other viable options which I may not be totally aware of.

[UncleLim]

LLK:

Two days ago, I came across an ST article on mother doing online businesses from home like selling baby/children products. I wonder how to start/design website for such online business? Anyone can share? :thankyou:

LLK, there are ready-made software called Shopping Carts out there for sale. But that would be your Step 2 or 3.

For a start you can start a blog (Blogspot or Wordpress etc) and learn to put your products and info up. And then work on the marketing and logistics.

[concern2]

The question is: What to sell?

[pojo]

I think the more accurate question is: "What is your passion?" If someone’s passion is say collecting something, then the person has a better chance of putting up a blog, wrriting about his or her passion and concurrently sell those items to those visiting the website. Chances of success are therefore much higher.


If you find something to sell just because you can buy it for $5 and sell it for $10, at best you will get a mediocre business since there is essentially very little entry barrier.

[UncleLim]

concern2:

The question is: What to sell?

Decades ago, it was a big big thing to get an \"agency\" or \"distributorship\" for a brand or a range of products. If managed properly, that business relationship can turn out to be very lucrative. People got rich selling a certain brand of watch, or an industrial machine, or a good collection of books. But that has eroded somewhat in recent years. Anyone can go onto the Internet and buy the same product from another country and save money. So the big fat margin for the local distributor is gone.

Most Singaporean businesses are traders. True to our heritage, we continue to buy and sell to this day. But the globalised world of internet portals, cheap shipping, digital payments has diminished the rewards of trading greatly.

So the only way one can get a rewarding profit is to create new products. This includes innovation, design and manufacturing. But too bad our education and upbringing did not give us the chance to be creative, or to have a backyard in which we can do little DIY projects. These are the necessary ingredients for budding inventors and manufacturers of great products.

I have been through this question a million times \"But sell what?\" and I am sure some of you have been down that road too. And the truth is, even when you do succeed despite all these obstacles, you will find your product copied and sold on the market at cut throat prices, thanks to the efficient of Shenzhen factories.

[UncleLim]

pojo:

I think the more accurate question is: \"What is your passion?\" If someone's passion is say collecting something, then the person has a better chance of putting up a blog, wrriting about his or her passion and concurrently sell those items to those visiting the website. Chances of success are therefore much higher.

pojo, you are absolutely passion helps. But strangely while we all think we are unique and special (well, to a degree), we all actually end up looking the same. We take photographs of our children, we blog about our travels and the food we tried at this restaurant or that cafe, we review a new gadget or a piece of furniture. So, in the end, none of us really stand out.

[pojo]

UncleLim:

concern2:

The question is: What to sell?

Decades ago, it was a big big thing to get an \"agency\" or \"distributorship\" for a brand or a range of products. If managed properly, that business relationship can turn out to be very lucrative. People got rich selling a certain brand of watch, or an industrial machine, or a good collection of books. But that has eroded somewhat in recent years. Anyone can go onto the Internet and buy the same product from another country and save money. So the big fat margin for the local distributor is gone.

Most Singaporean businesses are traders. True to our heritage, we continue to buy and sell to this day. But the globalised world of internet portals, cheap shipping, digital payments has diminished the rewards of trading greatly.

So the only way one can get a rewarding profit is to create new products. This includes innovation, design and manufacturing. But too bad our education and upbringing did not give us the chance to be creative, or to have a backyard in which we can do little DIY projects. These are the necessary ingredients for budding inventors and manufacturers of great products.

I have been through this question a million times \"But sell what?\" and I am sure some of you have been down that road too. And the truth is, even when you do succeed despite all these obstacles, you will find your product copied and sold on the market at cut throat prices, thanks to the efficient of Shenzhen factories.

Uncle Lim

You are spot on. In short, it used to be a seller's market. Now it's a buyer's market.