moonchild
VIP Contributor
Odering products online is not a new thing anymore, people can go online and order whatever they want and have it delivered to them, now where It gets tricky is, some shipping methods especially, from other countries tend to take much time compared to when you use a third party shipping company.
To start a shipping company, it's important to have a picker directly from the country you intend to ship from this will make everything easier for you.
1) Register the business: You have to register your business to be able to operate in the shipping industry, registration doesn't take time as everything is done online nowadays.
2) Get Vendors: The next line of action should be getting vendors to test out your services, this can be done by talking to vendors that you know and convincing them to try your services, these will give you first set of customers and from there network effect will kick in and you'll get more customers in due time.
3) Advertise Your Services: This cannot be left out because you always need more customers, due to the complexity of the online world today visibility is an issue and you need more eyeballs on your product.
To start a shipping company, it's important to have a picker directly from the country you intend to ship from this will make everything easier for you.
1) Register the business: You have to register your business to be able to operate in the shipping industry, registration doesn't take time as everything is done online nowadays.
2) Get Vendors: The next line of action should be getting vendors to test out your services, this can be done by talking to vendors that you know and convincing them to try your services, these will give you first set of customers and from there network effect will kick in and you'll get more customers in due time.
3) Advertise Your Services: This cannot be left out because you always need more customers, due to the complexity of the online world today visibility is an issue and you need more eyeballs on your product.