Setting up an Ecommerce is a daunting task. Back then, there are only a few choices when you want to setup your Ecommerce site selling something – either you ask a designer to set it up for you which usually costs a bomb or you install program like OSCommerce or Zen Cart yourself.

Installing programs are always the easy part. The most difficult thing is setting it up after the installation. Trust me, i used to install Zen Cart myself and it was not a fun thing to do.

You are probably wondering why am I talking about having your Ecommerce site when there are so many places you can put up your things for sale. One good example is Ebay.

Having your own website be it a blog or ecommerce is one of the things you’d eventually do, for a better online presence. That’s because you do not want to rely solely on Ebay or other online auctions forever. Sure, there are alot of people still making a lot of money with Ebay, but most of them do have their own site.

Selling on Ebay is great for some added exposure. I admit I made this mistake of thinking that I’m comfortable selling on Ebay until i discovered that my life is easier with my own website.

The combination of WordPress as the top platform for blogging combined with powerful Ecommerce plugins made it possible for me to set up CraftyCabin.com.

I’m an internet nerd despite being an IT consultant. That said, internet and IT are two very different things. Please do not mix this up. You can be darn good at your IT job but you can still be an internet noob. That’s me.

So, you can do this too – setting up your own WordPress Ecommerce site. It’s not that difficult, really.

While i’m still making money from eBay for lead generation, I’d really put more effort in selling from my own website.

I’ve just completed my first Ebook about How to Sell Online With Your Own WordPress Ecommerce. Inside I detailed all the steps you need to set up your site using WordPress and my own insider tips on how to optimize it.

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Eventually you will have your own website. Why not now? The sooner you do it, the better. And you know that.

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Facebook has an app that allows you to open an ecommerce storefront called Payvment. Payvment uses a PayPal shopping cart for its app to work with Facebook Pages.

Do you get annoyed by those people tagging you on their product photos? These sellers add random friends, tag them and wish people would order from them?

How irritating! I’d just remove myself from the photo and / or report the photos as spam.

How i wish these sellers would do some research and see how they can really sell professionally online despite not wanting to have a website?

Payvment’s Facebook app gives you everything you need including a full-featured admin area built directly into Facebook to manage your storefront, inventory and sales.

Plus, when you launch your Facebook store, your products can be discovered across every storefront on Facebook. Payvment is the leader in Facebook e-commerce.

Now it is possible that Facebook users can shop and make purchases from your Facebook store without needing to leave Facebook. Payvment transforms your Facebook page from a marketing platform to a sales platform, instantly enabling you to generate more revenue and gain new long term customers.

Here are some sample stores:
Grayce by Molly Sims (Selling in U.S. Dollars)
Yes to Carrots (Selling in U.S. Dollars)
Orglamix Cosmetics (Selling in U.S. Dollars)
Vanity Shoes (Selling in Euros)
Game Intern (Selling in U.S. Dollars)
Claire’s Bowtique (Selling in U.S. Dollars)
Athehof (Taiwan) (Selling in Taiwan New Dollars)

With these, i guess the sellers now should really learn about relationship marketing and see what makes people tick instead of just tag tag and more tags.

Here is the link to Payvment, there are also some awesome videos on how to set up the Facebook storefront. Check it out!

In time when unemployment on the rise, prices on the rise and salary remains, people say that the economy is tough. But now you can look at the bright side with this piece of news because it means more opportunity for you.

EcommerceJunkie mentioned that in overall, online retail sales have totaled $66.9 billion through the first half of 2010, which is also a 9 percent increase over the $61 billion that was reported during the first six months of 2009.

e-commerce sales hit $32.9 billion in the second quarter this year, excluding online travel, auctions, automobiles and large corporate purchases. Stats from comScore.

Driving the strong growth of e-commerce sales thus far in 2010 has largely been upper income households, those with annual incomes of over $100,000. That demographic is spending about 17 percent more online than they did last year.

Well, i guess this is what they say “to try to see something good in a bad situation”. Why don’t you be part of the good news instead of the bad?

If you haven’t got my brand new book “How to Sell Online – With Your Own Website“, check it out now. Over there, i shared with you how i created my ecommerce blog and sell the stuff i used to sell on eBay there. I haven’t been really successful with the new Ebay policy, but having my own site really give me better sales.