Internet-Retailer.com Hand-Holds Aspiring Online Retailers to Unlock e-Commerce Riches

A free, comprehensive guide provides a step-by-step approach to setting up an Internet retail / e-commerce business, from planning, market research and development to marketing and fulfillment. The guide provides immensely valuable tips that can be used by other Internet entrepreneurs and small-business owners to successfully leverage various Internet-based techniques to monetize their websites and maximize online revenue opportunities.

Essex, United Kingdom (PRWEB) August 21, 2006 -- For all those aspiring entrepreneurs dreaming of replicating the success of millionaire Internet retailers, but don’t know how and where to get started, help is just a click away.

Internet-Retailer.com ( www.internet-retailer.com ), a comprehensive, completely free-to-access guide, provides a thorough blue-print for successfully setting up and running an e-commerce business.

Internet-Retailer.com is written and managed by people with significant experience in setting up and running extremely successful Internet retail/e-commerce ventures. The website is a treasure-trove of information, written in a simple, "easy to understand and act" format that should quickly guide the entrepreneur to realizing the e-commerce dream.

"The prospects in B2C e-commerce are phenomenal. Forrester Research is predicting total online spending in the UK alone to hit about 76 billion by 2011, with over 32 million online shoppers. This presents an excellent opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses to cash in on the continuing growth of e-commerce by identifying the right niche markets and products to sell via the Internet," says Steve Smith of Internet-Retailer.com. "e have attempted to share the knowledge and experience we have gained in successfully running our own Internet businesses. This guide is a really a labour of love and I’d be happy to see others benefit from the tips that we have compiled."

The Internet-Retailer.com site is designed to be a step-by-step guide to setting up an online retail/ e-commerce business. It provides sections on how to do everything from identifying high-potential niche markets to target, carrying out competitive analysis, product sourcing and vendor selection, e-commerce website development, online marketing and order fulfillment. Moreover, the website features elaborate details on various aspects of online marketing and website traffic monetization techniques which will be useful to website owners who are not in the e-commerce business. For example, the information and resources provided on search engine optimization ( SEO ) and PPC marketing can be used by any website owner who wants to attract traffic. The guide also covers relatively newer methods such as effectively using community forums and blogs for cost-effective marketing.

"While there is lots of information available in the public domain, it is important for somebody starting out to get step-by-step, actionable guidance. This guide will hopefully provide that," says Steve. "Experienced e-commerce website owners and other Internet marketing-based businesses are also encouraged to use the guide as I am sure there is something of value for them as well. Moreover, we’d welcome inputs from such people based on their own successes and challenges to continue to enhance this guide."

The Internet-Retailer.com guide is available for free access at www.internet-retailer.com. Those who prefer to read it in an e-book format can purchase it for $24.99 only and download it instantly.

Media Contacts
Steve Smith
Tel No: 44 ( 0 )1268 786673
Web: www.internet-retailer.com

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