This week I felt like a total tech newb. Building a website and having
that website accept credit card payments and copying html and a small bit of
coding...let's just say it was hard (for me). That and every time I see a new
website theme I want to change it - thus erasing the work that I have already
done and then trying to push on and do more feels like I'm not progressing as
fast as I should be. Talking with my fellow classmates, I learned that there
are so many different host sites, and templates, and just businesses in general
that allow you do what you thought there really was only one way of doing. That
opened up all sorts of possibilities for me.
I also
had my first minor set-back this week. I built my business plan around the idea
that the large manufacturers would sell me just the large sizes; this was a
false reality. Because of that, now I'm wondering if I should just have a
"normal" shoe store. It might be a little bit easier to tackle for my
first web-based business. Hopefully by the end I will have mastered the skills
a little bit and have a better idea for the next brilliant idea.
The past
part that I wanted to blog about was my little side project. Instead of just
ordering shoes from somewhere, I also wanted to go to the big box stores and
buy shoes and have them on inventory. I recognize that there would be more of a
risk there since I'm using capital, but I think that it could still work. The
other shoes I still think I'm going to use a drop-shipper for. Then the
questions comes up, do I then only offer shoes, or do I build a brand and offer
other types of clothing and/or accessories?
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