Comments for 19 mistakes online businesses make at http://www.dare.co.in , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.dare.co.in Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:08:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-2213 Thanks for an eye opening article. The myths regarding internet and e-commerce are there from time immorial and they have to be addressed with real facts. You have done the right thing. Although, I'm in the Banking computerisation catering to Regional Rural Banks and co-operative Banks, I was still not aware of certain facts (I was assuming freewares reduces cost). I wish in future you focus on right strategies of doing internet business especially payment channel econonics for small businesses. - Ashish Kolarkar Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:36:23 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-2113 Very thought provoking article. I run a leather store and am exploring to go online now. I want to know the complete process involved, and also an appx indication of the cost in setting up an online portal. Can you please help. Where can I get this information? Regards Sumi - Sumi Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:48:57 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-1383 Sir, I differ from most of the points given by you. Post working in Hotels and Offline Travel companies I started my first website (online initiative) http://www.BestGoaDeals.com about 4 years back. From first month we broke even and there has been almost 200 % jump in revenues every year on this one website. Besides these we did launch 1 website on Goa tourism aspect every 3 months and each of these sites besides recovering costs have given substantial profits.....guess Online field for Specialist Travel companies there is huge potential and have better chances of growth and survival over the Offline Travel Companies. - Vivek Satoskar Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:28:59 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-1006 Hello, I am a regular reader of DARE magazine and regularly I post my comments. Thanks a lot for wnoderful article. I have one query, when you said Adsense is not the only way to earn money then what are the other ways that are really helpful? Please let us know - Ankur Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:17:08 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-1000 Awesome article! Gives a lot of insight to anybody (novice or experienced) planning to start an online business. I would definitely agree that building an online presence and selling online are two different things and they follow each other. To buy-sell online you need to have an online presence and you need to be continuously evaluating it. From the customers perspective, he needs to have an uninterrupted experience when he comes at your website. He should not feel out of place or out of sync. What I mean here is that there would be negligible number of people who would type in your websites address in their browsers and come to your site. Most of the customers would be coming through some advertising/promotional/social networking channel. Keeping up the content in sync with these channels and managing them adds up to the cost/time/resources that you need to invest. For sure, a good and workable website needs a lot of thought, planning and vision. Keep up the good work! - Mohit Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:32:54 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-930 Sir I am presently working in a consumer electronics MNC in sales and marketing profile and I do have plan to set up a website about the usability rating of the various consumer electroncs goods its not also on the paper as of now because I am confused about approching the business plan I would be thankful if you kindly guide me over this regards debarshi - Debarshi Datta Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:18:11 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-670 Pramod, The article says at the very beginning.."These are for those who are planning to do business – as in sell or buy goods or services, including advertising -and not for those who just want a presence online". But you do make some interesting points... How many are looking at being the next big e-commerce site? You will be surprised by the number who are :). I have a folder full of emails from people intend on setting up the next big e-commerce site asking for advice or coverage. Those with a small product or service -- they probably need paypal. Not many Indian small businesses have paypal integration. Part of the reason is that if you want to use paypal to pay in Indian rupees, you can't. ( https://www.paypal.com/in/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/mc/mc_intro-outside ). So, the transaction will attract foreign currency surcharges on both ends - the buyer and the seller. Infact payment gateway integration is one of the biggest problems faced by Indian small businesses in doing online commerce - Krishna Kumar Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:19:46 +0100 http://www.dare.co.in/strategy/business-essentials/19-mistakes-online-businesses-make.htm#comment-668 Dear Sir, I totally agree to all the points, however my argument is that your points are relevant if one is considering to open the next eBay or homeshop18. Yes we would end up committing all the 19 mistakes. On the other hand how many are actually looking at the next big site or a eCommerce site? Consider the companies I call Fortune 5 million - they need basic visibility. They have a small product or service to offer. They need some basic stats. They need PayPal (probably) to manage the transactions. Once in a year basic (even a css change) face lift. It's OK to have the site hosted on shared servers. They yet would do more business by a click than by a brick. While i agree to the 19 points, i feel it's not too practical when it comes to the "Bottom of the Pyramid". regards, Pramod - pramod Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:14:34 +0100