This is a steep and time consuming learning curve. Up to now, only solution has been to contract or hire an e-commerce expert to perform these tasks, making e-commerce too expensive.

What small business segment really needs is an e-commerce solution that focuses on them — one that takes into account that only limited time and financial resources are available. For these businesses, Feaser eStores are perfect cost- effective solution, bringing e-commerce back into their reach.

FEASER ESTORES

Feaser eStores are “turn-key” online store hosting packages that contain all basic ingredients and meet all technical requirements as outlined earlier in this article. What sets Feaser eStore hosting packages apart from traditional e-commerce hosting packages is that they also lower required personal skills of individual operating eStore. Knowing how to surf Internet and how to do e-mailing is sufficient. Opening your own eStore is a straightforward 3-step process:

1. Select an eStore layout. We offer a wide variety of eStore layouts that we can install for you. Upon your request, we will even add your company logo to layout. We also offer services to design a complete new layout for your eStore. 2. Select a hosting plan. A hosting plan consists of everything needed to make your eStore accessible on Internet. This includes server disk space and an e-mail account. 3. Add your own products. By default, your eStore contains a number of products for example purposes. After you add your own products to your eStore, you can start selling them on Internet right away.

After we receive your request to open an eStore, we will create an eStore hosting account for you on our Internet server and install and configure e-commerce software for you, including online database setup. We take care of technical nitty-gritty work involved to get your eStore up and running and guide you along way.

In support section of our website (http://estores.feaser.com), you can find a wealth of information regarding running your eStore. This includes answers to frequently asked questions and multimedia how-to instructions showing you step-by-step how to use your eStore.

CONCLUSION

What sets eStores apart from conventional e-commerce hosting packages is that they are developed with you, small business owner, in mind. By targeting this specific market, we’ve been able to create complete and full-featured e-commerce hosting packages that are simplified and easy to use. All you need to know is how to use an Internet browser and how to do e-mailing. This makes eStores complete, cost-effective, and easy to use solutions for small and home-based businesses wanting to get started with e-commerce.

For more information on Feaser eStores, you can visit our website at http://estores.feaser.com or contact me at info@feaser.com

About the Author

February, 2004. CAN-SPAM laws, new SPAM filters, and other obstacles conspire to keep Joy Letter readers from opening their emails from me. I study how to follow law and still deliver ezine to those who opt in to receive it. I get less email than I used to in response to articles, and it’s a new world in email-land. Meanwhile, my e-commerce business continues to grow steadily and I now make a viable living from website … oh yeah, and I’m still in debt, which I’m working hard to get out of.

June, 2004. I launch a new website, www.selfhelpsalon.com, which I spend entire winter developing. At last minute, my advisors make me get rid of ‘zany New Age guru’ who was gracing site’s pages, and stick to topic at hand. We do an entire re-design in 10 grueling days, and I still launch on schedule. As usual, advisors were right. (But believe me, zany guru was really fun.)

October, 2004. Still in debt … sigh. Probably will be for a while, but boy have I learned A LOT about how to run a business. I’ve incorporated and become an LLC. Some months I get lots of sales, excited emails from customers, speaking invitations, and great windfalls of all kinds. Other months, I get … less. But isn’t that just like life?

Downsides are that I have ‘Internet Butt’ from being parked in a chair 8-10 hours per day. And I find myself getting up at 5AM to tackle big pile up in office. But still, even after creeping waves of overwhelm, mild attacks of fear, and frequent sense that I don’t know what I’m doing, I STILL feel like I’m on right path.

I’ve learned to build meditation into my day as just about only way I can truly stay grounded while this big, momentous website thing whirls around me. And I’ve learned that I REALLY need to keep kids from answering my business phone. (Would you want to hear “Howmuchjoy.com, may I help you?” from a 10-year old if you were having a technical problem?) I’ve learned that things can change dramatically from one day to next in every regard: site traffic, sales, possibilities, and yes … CEO’s mood.

Most of all, I’ve learned that people actually do want to hear what I have to say. That they actually like what I create. And for that I am eternally grateful. It’s all just evidence of my work’s primary principle: if you’re called to do something, just trust it. The work really will guide you every step of way. To learn more about creating your dreams and living your joy, drop by Suzanne Falter-Barns’ website at howmuchjoy.com. This essay comes from her free ezine, The Joy Letter. Sign up and get our free report, ’25 Guaranteed Time Savers’ at http://www.howmuchjoy.com/joyletter.html To reprint, contact us for permission at info@howmuchjoy.com