1.Cost Effective: all right, so it is downright cheap! You will not find any other business that is so inexpensive to start up as an online business. You can spend (literally) millions of dollars starting a brick-and-mortar business, but for an Internet site you can literally get started for a few dollars! By carefully watching my costs and purchases, I was pleased to determine that my first year in e-Commerce cost less than $300 and I had my first sale in first month!

2.Reduce Order Fulfillment Costs: handling orders for your products by phone or mail can be very expensive and time-consuming. Handling orders via a website is more efficient, costs less and is fast and accurate. You can further reduce your costs, time and risks if you secure services of an online payment processing center.

3.Your Catalog is Always Current: if you have ever struggled with updating a product catalog and then shipping it to your customers or as part of a marketing campaign, then you will love online catalog! You can easily update and make changes to your catalog and immediately post it for your customers.

4.Say Goodbye to High Printing and Mailing Costs: Because your customers can download an electronic copy of your catalog or other materials, printing and mailing costs become ancient history. You may still want to print some materials, but your costs will be far less than if you were using professional printing or mailing services.

5.Reduced Staffing Costs: with a website there is no need for a lot of manpower and associated high costs.

6.Service 24 – 7: while you are sleeping, vacationing, or off having fun, your website is still fully functional, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This brings all new meaning to term “passive” income!

Having a website is great but, if site doesn't have any traffic, then what good is it really doing for you? Here are some features that you can add to your site to generate more traffic and more stickiness for your site.

1. You should add a blog to your website. Blogs are a fast and easy way to add content to your site. Why is that important? Search engines love content. A frequently updated blog will attract search engine spiders and will get your site indexed quickly. You should try to post blog entries at least a couple of times per day.

2. Add a message board to your web site. This helps your site to develop its own little community. People will visit your web site to ask questions and answer other people's questions.

3. Add a directory of web site links to your web site. People will visit your web site to find related web site links for topic they're interested in. As an added bonus, links are also content for search engine spiders.

4. Add an article section to your web site. People will visit your web site to read and learn new info related to their interests. And this also will provide content for search engines.