How much to start a small online retail business?
Billy K asked:
Please ONLY answer if you HAVE an online business. Basically, I just need to know what an average monthly price should be for a website that can support a business and have enough bandwidth without causing slow usage. Also, if you have any suggestions for where I should host my domain that would be great. Lastly, if you have started and online retail business please share some tips which could help my effort.
Please ONLY answer if you HAVE an online business. Basically, I just need to know what an average monthly price should be for a website that can support a business and have enough bandwidth without causing slow usage. Also, if you have any suggestions for where I should host my domain that would be great. Lastly, if you have started and online retail business please share some tips which could help my effort.
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I run 5 websites (none in retail though). I can say that this is a hard question to answer. Clearly, overstock.com will cost more to run than joesglass.com. I personally use bluehost.com for hosting, so my monthly expense is under $10 for all 5 sites (non-retail though…). I see anywhere from 8k to 20k visitors monthly with no speed issues. You should probably look into some e-commerece software solutions like this:
It looks like their starter package is about $40/month, and its scalable in case your business grows unexpectedly.
When considering a business online, the most important factors for you are going to be up time and customer service. I have run 5 websites for the last 6 years and I have never failed using HostGator. They are very reliable and provide really good customer service. The price is hard to beat also. For what you want to do, you are looking at about 10 bucks a month with hostgator.