http://www.southbeachsurfer.com/blog/how-much-to-start-a-small-online-retail-business/ A Consumer Click Exchange Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:23:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.southbeachsurfer.com/blog/how-much-to-start-a-small-online-retail-business/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Jade S Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:18:44 +0000 http://www.southbeachsurfer.com/blog/how-much-to-start-a-small-online-retail-business/#comment-45 I run 5 websites (none in retail though). I can say that this is a hard question to answer. Clearly, overstock.com will cost more to run than joesglass.com. I personally use bluehost.com for hosting, so my monthly expense is under $10 for all 5 sites (non-retail though...). I see anywhere from 8k to 20k visitors monthly with no speed issues. You should probably look into some e-commerece software solutions like this: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ecommerce/ It looks like their starter package is about $40/month, and its scalable in case your business grows unexpectedly. I run 5 websites (none in retail though). I can say that this is a hard question to answer. Clearly, overstock.com will cost more to run than joesglass.com. I personally use bluehost.com for hosting, so my monthly expense is under $10 for all 5 sites (non-retail though…). I see anywhere from 8k to 20k visitors monthly with no speed issues. You should probably look into some e-commerece software solutions like this:
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ecommerce/
It looks like their starter package is about $40/month, and its scalable in case your business grows unexpectedly.

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