The worldwide e-commerce sales are expected to grow to $4 trillion by 2020! In 2016, in the US alone, e-commerce retailers made $322.17 billion in sales revenue. There are many more benefits of e-commerce. In this article, you'll learn e-commerce advantages and disadvantages so that you can decide for yourself if this is the right business type for you. These advantages of online business will help you stay excited and motivated throughout your e-commerce journey.

1. E-commerce Advantage: Lower Cost

One of the e-commerce benefits is that it has a lower startup cost. Physical retail stores have to pay up to thousands of dollars to rent one of their store locations monthly. Also, they have several upfront costs such as store signs, store design, buying inventory, sales equipment, and more. Physical retail stores also have to pay staff to work and run each location. They may also need to hire security staff depending on the product value in the store.

However, with WebsiteForge annual costs for your e-commerce website can be as low as $1,188, cheap even when you compare to Shopify at $3,192 annually!  The WebsiteForge package is packed with Enterprise level features that don't cost you extra!  We're not here to nickel and dime ya, we want to help you succeed in your online venture.  Offering things like Free site reviews annually, free updates and upgrades that are automatically added for you to utilize, free assistance (Remote Hands and Unlimited FREE support) and so much more!

2. E-commerce Advantage: 24/7 Potential Income

One of the best advantages of having an e-commerce website is that it is always open for business! With your Facebook ads, you can attract someone at 11 p.m. or 4 a.m... Or like most WebsiteForge customers you can rank well organically and attract business for FREE from the search engines.   Most physical location stores are open between 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. By being available at all hours, you can attract people who would normally pick up a product in stores, if the store were open. You can also attract those who may have odd work schedules or who don't have time to shop in-person. For a customer to order at night, you don't need to have employees working the night shift to ensure all orders get processed. You'll never need to hire a security guard either!

3. E-commerce Advantage: Sell Internationally

Next on the list of e-commerce benefits is that a new brand can sell to customers around the world easily. You have the ability to discover your audience whether they're in the U.K., South America, or neighboring countries. If you choose to dropship from Inventory Source which has a variety of manufacturers to choose from or perhaps you want to push your product out to a variety of places online, you can do that with the Go Data Feed Integration.  Both options available from WebsiteForge, giving our customers another advantage.

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