OT- Turning a Brick&Morter into, an online business |
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OT- Turning a Brick&Morter into, an online business |
seanery |
Feb 25 2005, 04:34 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
My cousin's side of the family has owned a small business since 1951.
It's a retail shop of sorts. It's very low tech. I was over there today with my brother and we started thinking about what it would take to make the store work online as well as the Brick & Morter. There is no database file of inventory, etc... Other than a domain and a hosting company, what would it take for them to sell their wares online? thanks! |
SirAndy |
Feb 25 2005, 07:41 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,677 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
3 words: inventory, inventory, inventory the single biggest mistake people make when they plan that kind of switch is that they forget to factor in the time and manpower it'll need to switch their inventory over into a database. pictures of each item, weight, dimensions, product descriptions, price, shipping & handling, categorizing all take A LOT of time ... and when you're done, you'll need a person to keep it up to date! shopping carts and webhosting are easy, but ... - does the shopping cart tie into your database well? - does it tie into accounting? trust me, you don't want to replicate all transactions manually into quickbooks. - how are transactions fullfilled? - customer support? - invoicing? - shipping? tied into the database as well? - automatic alerts for stocked items that run low? - how are backorders going to be handled? in essence, there's A LOT more to it than the nice front end website your customers will see. if all the components don't run like a well oiled machine, it'll be a complete nightmare! btdt ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/type.gif) Andy |
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