How to start an online business from home (a short guide)
Now the world has become a global village because of the internet and social media platforms. In this era, it is easy to promote your products and services as compared to the past where brick and mortar store was a must requirement to start a business. Especially it has become a lot easier for women entrepreneurs to start their businesses online.
Online business comes with the biggest advantage of saving cost and building brand awareness quickly with organic and paid traffic.
To start any business you need an idea. What to sell? Once you solve this puzzle then the question comes who to sell?
Check trends:
Trends matter a lot in online business. If you are going to start an online business you really need to check what’s trendy right now. It is not a difficult task. Just go to Google trends and search for your idea over there.
Business idea recommendation:
Custom products are a forever trend. Especially when it comes to surprising someone or giving a gift. How lovely if you gift a shirt with their favorite character on it. Or you gift a cushion that has a picture on it. Everyone has their own choices and interests.
It would be a great idea to start a custom designing business. Does it sound like something really difficult to do? You will find how simple it is to start your own online custom designing business with an investment between $1000–1500 only.
All you need is a machine that can automatically print custom shirts, mugs, and bottles by just giving instructions to it. For this purpose sublimation printer is the most effective printer that produces vibrant colors and neat designs on products.
A sublimation printer is a printer that produces high-quality prints on a sheet of paper, then those prints can be easily transferred to hard materials like fabric, ceramic, polyester, and MDF with a heat press. The main difference between a sublimation printer and an inkjet printer is they use special sublimation ink to produce prints. You can print any design in just a couple of minutes. And boom.
A good sublimation printer will cost you $300–600. There is some best sublimation printer available in the market for beginners as well.
Once you make a decision about the business idea then select a business name.
Business name:
Select a catchy name for your brand, you get business name ideas from business name generator sites. Once the name is selected, focus on building social media presence. Create Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and youtube page. And start uploading content on it.
Content:
You can easily create banners, and social media posts using Canva. Canva is a designing platform where already so many templates are available; you can simply do some editing on the templates and download them. Not just content, you can also design the logo of your brand.
Website:
Once you made some sales through social media, build your business website. It will cost you around $100–150. A catchy website will attract people’s attention. Make sure to do some SEO on the website so it ranked better on Google and the website is visible to potential clients.
Plain products to sublimate:
Buy some plain white shirts, sublimation mugs, and bottles to apply custom prints on them. This is how you give a great start.
Conclusion:
This quick short guide is for beginners and women looking to earn money online and want to start an online business, especially those who don’t want to read long paragraphs. In case you need any help or guidance, let me know.
