Ecommerce businesses are booming. There are an estimated 12 million – 24 million eCommerce sites across the entire globe, with more and more being created every single day. If you’re starting from scratch, here are key steps to tackle, plus we’ll get into a lot more detail below.

1. Research your business idea to come up with a product that will meet a customer need.
2. Validate your product idea by talking to potential customers.
3. Consider how you will sell and ship your product to online customers
4. Source products by procuring inventory or manufacturing your own.
5. Select online selling channels, which may include Amazon, your own website, or both.
6. Build your online storefront and add products.
7. Prepare an ecommerce fulfillment strategy to deliver orders to customers.
8. Attract customers with ecommerce marketing and promotion and other ways to grow your business.