Chapter 20

Ten Ways to Prepare to Go Live

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using apps to your best advantage

Bullet Managing your expectations and planning ahead

Bullet Getting your stock levels right

Bullet Going live!

In any business, it’s important to go into it with your eyes wide open. Just because things may start slow, it doesn’t mean they’ll always be slow. I can’t tell you the number of businesses that I have worked with that started from the humblest of beginnings, sometimes losing money, to eventually become household names turning over tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars.

In this, my final chapter, I talk about managing your expectations and preparing to go live with your online store. I remind you of some important checks you need to make so you’re sure you’ve covered all your bases. I also show you how to push the button and make your store live, setting it off into the wilderness that is cyberspace.

Remember Failing to plan is planning to fail!

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