These methods are: (1) using a free blog, (2) open an online store in the mall, (3) open stalls buying and selling forum, (4) utilizing social networking sites, and, (5) using a business directory.
Because the Internet is growing rapidly, the amount and form of Internet-based services and applications that can be used as a place online sales also increased.
Understanding your own online store in the beginning is often understood as a shop window displaying merchandise in a separate web site. But now the online store, among others, there is already integrated with a number of social media.
What are other ways to open the online store? Here is a list:
1. Facebook Pages
Now these people can shop online at Facebook directly. Transactions that occur, ranging from choosing the goods until payment, the buyer made without the need to go from the Facebook page.
To open an online store (store fronts) on Facebook Pages are now more simple because many applications are available. One of the free is given Payment. Examples and tutorials in the Indonesian language can be read here.
2. YouTube Channel
Now this digital age, so in addition to text and graphics, your product can also be presented on video. Ever thought of selling products on the video sharing site?
It is said that French Connection is the first to open a web shop on YouTube. Their stores are for fashion products. You can see how it looks here.
Like Facebook, YouTube users are also very large. One of video’s French Connection – I Am The Magic Dress – as already seen
67 298 times since October 20, 2011.
3. Google + Pages
New features from Google + even though it’s not like Facebook Pages which can be used to make integrated online shop, but with a little creativity it could be to display merchandise.
+ Benefits of Google Pages, but good on the Google search engine, also has facilities Hangouts that can be used for live support via video chat. You must have a Google account first in order to use Google + Pages.
In Indonesia, Google + has not been so popular, but it would not hurt if “invest time” in there because a lot of statistics that a number of research institutions indicates the number of users continues to grow.
So, do not miss the train!