online business

I am someone that has never sold anything online and dont know where to start. But lets say that I wanted to see if my idea could sell. Lets say that I wanted to sell stump grinder teeth online and wanted to see if my idea would be successful, how could I go about doing market research? Is...

Hello, I just happen to stumble to this forum and found it interesting. I am new so not sure if this is the correct place, but I will try and see. I have been on Etsy for 3 years and sold over 3k items. I started with custom Snapchat geofilters and printable invitation. I have recently switch...

Hello I have seen some company websites that offer Google For Jobs as a service. The companies charge a monthly fee of e.g. 29€, some even more. I want to understand what exactly the service is and how it works in the backend. My research so far has shown that you can get a Google For Jobs...

What's up you guys. This is my first post, so here goes nothing. I'm currently in the middle of starting a SAAS company. I've never done this before, but I'm not letting that stop me. One of the resources that I have been using to figure out what steps I should be taking is an article that I...

My first product failed and I lost a lot of money on it. Now I’m looking back at what went wrong to make sure I don’t make the same mistakes for the new business I’m starting. Well, all I really had to do was a CENTS analysis and it became clear very fast! First Business (Amazon FBA Product)...

The days are over to make an easy quick $ online. Putting a cheap product on amazon and eBay or drop shipping it isn't so easy anymore like these gurus will tell you. Competition is rising, and businesses are getting stricter. Of course, you can make money online quite easily, however, the real...

Hi, I received quite a few pm's lately of wannabe entrepreneurs looking to start their first online venture. Here's the most simple business model I found, after few decades of internet marketing. The key to making money through your eCommerce store is building up your email list and then...

Entrepreneurship for me is quite lonely at times. I had always been hesitant to trust new people and most times remain independent. (Like if you're anti-social). I had always wanted to have a group of friends that were also entrepreneurs, that shared the same interests. I had a business partner...

INTRO Hi everyone After reading a lot of progress/execution threads on here, I have decided to start my own. Here's a brief introduction: - 22 years old - Live in Scotland - Have a 1 year old son - Have started a digital marketing agency - We offer social media management, SEO, reputation...

Hello, I own a physical store selling consumer electronics(TVs, refrigerators, etc. - India). It is quite clear that business is changing and integrating online business with offline in meaningful ways is the way to go. I'm just struggling to understand how to valuably integrate the online...

Hey guys, just joined this awesome community and wanted to give a quick introduction. Personal background: I'm Christophe, turned 25 years old and graduated Bio-Engineering at University in Belgium. Went traveling in South-East Asia for 3 months prior to looking for a job. Have found an...

I compiled a list of communities about digital marketing, social media management or any other form of online entrepreneurship (naturally, FastLane is in it). This list was started for my own personal needs, but I soon realized it would be a useful resource to anyone interested in building a...

Ok let’s get started. I’ve been a member of this forum as far back as I can remember. High school in-fact (2011). And I’m happy to say that there's a reason I’m still here - the principles and frameworks I’ve learned here have molded me. Shoutout MJ. Now, there’s a dichotomy in me saying this...

Hi Everyone - I am now based in Malta from the UK and just threw myself into a new country. However I am in a 9-5 and building a website online to bring in a residual income. Yet I am not seeing as much progress - not sure if the market really wants it..well they clearly do i have competitors...

"You're very determined, that will get you places" This is what my Mum said when I was about 5 as she watched complete a model that I'd tried to assemble and failed about 7 times previously. I felt pleased I'd completed the model and that I'd be called determined which I thought must be a good...

So now B&M stores in my country(India) have started feeling the heat from online players like Amazon and Flipkart. Most of them are unwilling to change and are content to grumble. How do I add value to the customer's lives? As it stands, customers go online to shop(especially for cameras and...

Hi guys, Loooong time lurker here, and I've decided I’m going to share some of my progress. Last year I started building a SaaS (software as a service) product. Essentially this means you pay a monthly subscription to access the online tool. For people new to SaaS, this about any online...

Hi. Long time reader, first time poster. I'm inspired just reading the forum categories when looking for where to post this. I'm working a standard 9-5 and determined to not be. Lots of web design and technology experience to trying to make money from that. My friend runs a small business and...

I have a few ideas in mind for Ecommerce physical products. Curious what you all think as to what the most current and latest effective methods to validate and test a product/market need. I feel landing pages might piss people off / feel spammy when they find out you don't have stock and ask...

Hi, I think this is a good moment to start posting about my progress. I will try to write a weekly update if I'm not busy. By now I won't post any links to my stuff because I don't want to look like I'm self-promoting, but if you tell me that this is OK I'll put some so you can tell me what...