Opportunities for Doing Business on the Web

Opportunity 2: World Market

It's amazing how many people are blind to the second business opportunity the Internet offers -- a world market. Not long ago a medium-size company told me, "The boss insists that we need to prevent people from other countries from ordering on our new site. We just don't do much international business, and it's a pain to ship outside the country."

I gritted my teeth and tried to smile.

A huge market segment is out there of foreign people that cannot find particular services or products in their local area, so ordering online is often a cost-effective way of gettting their product or service.

If you're quick enough you have the opportunity to make some of them your customers.

The Internet provides any small business, anywhere in the world, the opportunity to be a global company! People now shop a global directory on the Web and let the best site win.

Of course, some products don't lend themselves to a global market. Take fish, for example. Can you imagine delivery of a fresh salmon to your door? Gross!

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