Online Business Survival Is Not An Oxy Moron
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It has more than likely been the dream of just about everyone on the planet to own their own business.
Who hasn't had moment of stress at work, trying to please the boss, or struggling to meet an impossible deadline? Have you thought to yourself, 'if I could just have my online nursery or another type of business and run things my way, life would be so much better?'
That thought probably crossed more people's minds than the old standard 'if I could only win the lottery thought.
So why does it seem so hard to start up your own business? At times it seems an impossible mission, with thoughts of 'where do I start.' Do I want a landscaping shop, tree nursery, or garden center?
While the thought of owning your own business is both tempting and a bit scary, it is still ideal for some people who go forward and give it everything they have to succeed.
One of the easiest ways to start up your own business, in many people's minds anyway, is to forget the face-to-face business setup, an option for an online business. Starting a Business at Your Home.
In theory, it sounds easier than starting a 'normal' business.
If you think about it, when you are starting an online business, you can almost be faceless to the public, which sometimes makes it easier to deal with the everyday trials and tribulations of owning a business.
But is it more accessible to survive in an online business than its face-to-face counterpart?
One would think so because on paper, how could you go wrong? You just put your product or service on a nicely crafted website, publish your site live, then sit back and reap the rewards.
Ah, if life were only that simple. It is a sad thing to say, but you cannot escape people who purposely set out to ruin your business, just for the sake of being a jerk, it would seem, whether you are running an online business or a business in your local community.
It seems there will always be someone ready to knock you back, just when things are going great, and your business is finally taking off.
That happens with the disgruntled customer, who would not be pleased with anything you had to offer them. Those are the type of people who seem to frequent online businesses and stores to find something wrong and have something to complain about.
That happens quite a lot on the auction sites. Auction sites are an excellent place for prospective online business owners to start and get their feet wet in the biz. You get the luxury of setting up your store without all the actual cost it would take to own your store or store website outright.
As easy and profitable as this plan may sound, and don't get me wrong, many people have made a high income with an online store hosted through an auction website. That being said, there are people out there who will find fault with any and everything you do. They almost seem on the attack and will post lousy feedback about your procedures, policies, and ethics faster than you can respond to their questions or concerns. That is, if they give you the luxury of trying to rectify the situation. Sometimes, they will post very bad and hurtful to your business feedback without giving any form of warning to you. It would be up to you, the store owner, to go back and try to get the auction to look at the history of both sides of the transaction to get the negative feedback pulled. That can take weeks, if not longer. There sits your negative feedback for all the world to see.
There is a similar scenario online business owners must face: a better business bureau rating. That seems to be geared one-sided, favoring the consumer, which is all well and fine. The consumer does need protection because there are people out there just ready and waiting to scam the buyer. But that is not always the case. You could offer the most exceptional service or sell the highest quality, nicely priced items out there for all to purchase, and you will always come across someone who has a complaint. Rather than say they had second thoughts about a purchase and wanted their money back. They may say they were 'misled' by your company and felt scammed, call the BBB, file a complaint, and again, there is another unresearched complaint against a business for all the world to see until the situation is rectified. It honestly seems like a one-sided process, where these companies take for granted the old saying 'the customer is always right,' rather than thinking it might be the customer is just a jerk and has nothing better to do than file a false complaint.
If auction site feedback and the misled, the better business bureau is not enough to sway the average person to either get out when they've started up an online business or thoughts of why bother to set up a business. If this is how it will be, there are also these so-called one-sided 'watchdog' sites that are supposed to be helpful to the consumer but are more along the lines of a hate-monger service geared against the online business.
Case in point, there is an online watchdog site geared for people who own online garden centers, which is called garden watchdogs. This site appears to be more pro-slander than pro-truth.
Things are posted on this website that has not been researched; it is just heard, say, seemingly almost made up at times, from the watchdog host, in an almost jerry springer type attempt at mudslinging to the small online business owner. Most, if not all, that is said on this site is just sensationalized written copy, with no research or actual scenarios to back it up.
With the many hindrances out there, just waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting online business owner, you may be thinking, 'is it worth it.'
If you want to own your own business and have the freedom to run things the way you've always dreamed and reap the rewards, of course, it is. Just be aware that there will always be someone out there who will try to crush your dream due to their lack of integrity or imagination. It is easier for them to sit back and crush something someone else is passionate about because they have no passion for focusing on.
