Friday, May 31, 2013

Friday, May 3, 2013

The Online Store Experience

Its been about a month now since my last post. The delay is due to the amount of time it takes to start a web business, and to add products.  It is quite exciting though to have thousands of products at ones disposal.  My website Fourthquatersports.com, uses ZenCart for the shopping cart.  I was highly recommended this from my friend, but he is a cheap skate like myself.  ZenCart is free, but requires much work, and a high learning curve.  When a question arises though, the good news is most everything can be googled or investigated on youtube.  There have been days that I've given up on Zen Cart and was seconds away from switching to Big Commerce.  Big Commerce can cost a store anywhere from $39 to $179 a month, depending upon how many products you have.  However, seeing that I haven't made any money yet, I keep coming back to ZenCart.  
 It takes me anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes to get just one product posted.  Im up to 100 now, a huge milestone.  Here are some products. http://fourthquartersports.com/gym-duffel-bags-c-19_38/gym-bagogio-big-dome-duffel-bag-p-17. I'm a huge fan of <h3>Ogio bags</h3>.  They are heavy duty and last a long time.  My boy keeps asking me "why do you like <h3>OGIO duffle bags</h3> so much? Lets move on, and get some other products up."  Or check out some <h3>hoodies and warmups</h3> that we sell. http://fourthquartersports.com/hoodies-c-2_63_83/hoodie-heavyweight-color-block-sweatshirt-adult-and-youth-5250-p-97http://fourthquartersports.com/warmups-c-2_63_82/warmups-drive-pullover-3720-p-101





Having an online store is quite fun.  At times I want to quit, do the the amount of time required, but I keep plugging away.  Fortunately I have a job, so I don't have the stress of having to make money, but within the next year fourthquartersports should have 1500 products available ranging from <h3>team uniforms, athletic warmups, and apparel, and all sorts of sporting and outdoor gear</h3>.  By the way the Lehi Heat is on a 9 game winning streak.  Its all due to the offense called the <h3>read and react</h3>http://betterbasketball.com/read-react-offense/?gclid=CPiUnPL2-rYCFYZaMgodQ1UAjA.  Check it out, its really hard to stop, and keeps the kids moving.