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5 advantages of selling products and services online

10/12/2018

Games, car parts, electronic books, movies, music, graphic designs and computer applications. Advice, training, experiences. All this or more are digital products that can be sold online.

If you are thinking of selling products online, review these brief tips: it can be the perfect move for your business!

Unlimited stock

Digital products (music, designs, books) have the advantage that they are never "free". If the customer is interested in buying it, you can sell it quickly. But if your product is tangible, you can organize yourself so you do not have to store it in your store, you can manage the purchase by linking customer and manufacturer.

Low costs

Inventory costs can be up to 75% of the price of a retail product. However, if you create a digital product yourself (for example, if you write a book and sell it online), your inventory cost goes down to € 0! There is no doubt that you will reduce significantly the cost of opening your online store.
But trimming the cost of inventory is not the only way to save. Without physical inventory, you also eliminate the shipping, storing and stock management costs. In case you are selling a digital product. If the item is tangible, there will always be a shipping cost.

International market

Digital products do not face obstacles such as shipping or customs restrictions. If you are downloadable products, it does not matter how far your client is: you can reach anyone with Internet access! It is true that for tangible products, we find obstacles such as customs, but facilitate the purchase, knowledge of product details, tracking the shipment, among many other advantages, because national and international orders are very similar.

Flexible work schedule

It is clear that having your own business gives you a lot of freedom. With an online store you can set your own schedule and work whenever and wherever you want. Customer orders are "sent" virtually or sent quickly and automatically. This automation brings us to the next advantage.

Automated system

With tools like   Prestashop   We can configure and ensure that the system works correctly. We configure the store with the needs of each client; If you have a warehouse, if the order has to be managed with the manufacturer, with the distributor, ask for customer satisfaction ...

In conclusion

Doing online should not worry about the stock, you will reduce the inventory, shipping and storage costs. You will reach international markets without problems, you will work whenever and wherever and automated features facilitate the sale