Why You Should Start Your Online Business vs Offline Business - Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of the Making Money Onlineyou want it, everytime, all the time! Staff motivation,
sequel.office politics, medical leave, sick leave and all that
Reason 4 - True Mobility, Portabilityheadache! Plus i haven't even started comparing the
Many of you would not even be thinking about thiscost benefits. Don't get me wrong. I am not stating that
before you start a business, but you actually should;manpower can be completely replaced with systems.
about the true mobility and portability of your business.That would be ludicrous. What I am stating is that a
i.e. How easy is it to take your business somewherecertain degree(if not all, depending on your type of
regionally different and still continue operating exactlybusiness) of your backend admin operations can be
the way it is?taken care by your systems. With ready made scripts,
Think about this, you have a wonderful retail shopoutsourced development houses and freelance
space that is churning you millions a year. However,developers, even the costs would favour your
your child is attending college which is very far away.preference for such setups.
Or you have an aging parent who is bed-ridden andReason 6 - Home Setup, Global Business
how you wish to be around them? How lovely would itThis is where the true power of internet and its beauty
be if you could move the store to where you wouldtakes centre stage. You can spend your entire efforts
love to be, not lose your customers, maintain yoursetting up your online business from your home, your
costs and keep em all the way they are? With anbasement or like some success stories, from your
online business, you can do exactly that. Whether youuniversity campus. Once your business has been
are relocating or even migrating to another part of thelaunched and the website is out in the public, it has a
world entirely, your online business can continue runningtruly global out reach. When I had setup my first online
exactly the way it has been. After all, all that youwebhosting business, I had received orders from
would need is an internet connection and a computer.Turkey, Pakistan, Spain and even Madagascar(pardon
Truly, which other business medium can allow you tomy ignorance, I never knew such a country existed
do so?until then). That was when I realized I have a truly
From Mumbai to Mexico, Madrid to Malaysia, travel allglobal business in my hands and the sheer proliferation
that lovely Mother Earth has to offer you; all while yourand abundance of audience and lack of regional
store is still open and raking business for you.barriers that made awe-struck. Never mind me, think
of eBay, Google and many other successful online
Reason 5 - Backend vs BACK End.businesses that had a very humble beginning. Would
Ok, i know that title doesn't really make sense. Thewe dare question their success now?
over-zealous writer in me took over for a second!Let's face it. Don't we read about reports and come
Actually, what it means is that the Backend of youracross stores and even malls that close down due to
online store is nothing like the BACK End of yourlack of traffic or some other communal activities that
offline store. Surely the BACK End where your staff ishappen around them that cause that? Wouldn't it be
seating would make sense in the title now? Umm,such a lift of pressure and provide sheer motivation if
nevermind! The beauty of an online business is that theyou knew that your store has a potential of the whole
entire system can be setup, programmed, customizedworld coming to it? Imagine that for a moment; billions
and working like a well-oiled engine, 24 hours a day, 7of eyeballs are checking your store out and your cash
days a week and i have to complete it, 365 days amachine going ka-ching all the time! Hallelujah!
year.If I still haven't convinced you enough of why you
Now, imagine that same setup, with your staff in placeshould start an online business against an offline
for your systems. I come from an operational capacitybusiness, well, I am not going to give up as yet. Stay
in my working experience and we know how difficult ittuned for my last and final sequel to this exciting and
is to get the most out of your staff, exactly the wayever important topic.