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Ecommerce Training Courses: What You Need to Know

Ecommerce Training Courses: What You Need to Know

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Have you always dreamed of starting your own ecommerce business? Well, now there’s no excuse not to! ecommerce training courses are readily available online and they’re designed by experts to teach aspiring entrepreneurs everything they need to know about running a successful ecommerce business. But with the increasing number of these programs proliferating the internet, it’s crucial that online entrepreneurs conduct thorough research of these programs before investing their hard-earned money. One resource that will help is I Buy I Review, which buys training courses and reviews them to determine if they’re legitimate. In this article, we’ll discuss what ecommerce is and why ecommerce training courses are a good investment for online entrepreneurs.

Ecommerce, or electronic commerce, is the buying and selling of goods and services over the internet. It has revolutionized the way businesses operate by allowing them to reach a larger customer base than ever before. In fact, ecommerce sales exceeded $500 billion by 2020! Clearly, ecommerce is a lucrative industry and it’s only going to continue to grow. So, if you’re thinking of launching an ecommerce business, it’s important that you get educated on the basics of ecommerce. That’s where ecommerce training courses come in!

Ecommerce training courses will teach the basics of ecommerce, such as setting up an online store, choosing the right products to sell, and marketing your business. In addition, many ecommerce training courses offer modules on specific aspects of ecommerce, such as dropshipping or Shopify. This means that you can find a course that caters to your specific needs and learn everything you need to know about ecommerce.

Another great reason to take ecommerce training courses is that they can help you avoid common mistakes made by online entrepreneurs. For example, did you know that 52% of businesses fail in the first four years due to poor planning? This is just one of many reasons why ecommerce training courses are essential for anyone looking to start an online business.

One thing to look out for when researching ecommerce training courses is if the program is a scam. Unfortunately, there are many scams online that promise big results but deliver nothing in return. So, how can you spot and avoid these scams?

  • One sign of a scam is if the ecommerce training course asks for an up-front payment. Legitimate ecommerce training courses will not ask for payment until you have completed the course.
  • Another sign of a scam is if the ecommerce training course is vague or does not offer any details about what you will learn. A legitimate ecommerce training course will outline the topics that will be covered in detail.
  • Finally, be wary of ecommerce training courses that promise to make you rich overnight. Any ecommerce training course that makes such promises is likely a scam.

There are three main types of ecommerce: business-to-business (BtoB), business-to-consumer (BtoC), and consumer-to-consumer (CtoC).

Business-to-business ecommerce is when a company sells products or services to other businesses. This type of ecommerce is often used by companies to sell products that are not available through traditional retail channels.

Business-to-consumer ecommerce is when a company sells products or services to consumers. This type of ecommerce is often used by companies to reach new customers or expand their customer base.

Consumer-to-consumer ecommerce is when consumers sell products or services to other consumers. This type of ecommerce is often used by companies to sell products that are not available through traditional retail channels.

There you have it! We’ve discussed what ecommerce is, why ecommerce training courses are a good investment, and how to spot and avoid scams. So, if you’re thinking of launching an ecommerce business, be sure to do your research and take an ecommerce training course!

Review of Nine University

Review of Nine University

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A Review of Nine University

The internet has made it easier than ever for entrepreneurs to create an unlimited number of online businesses. While not all of them achieve wild success, one of the most sure-fire ways to make a sustainable profit is by starting an Amazon FBA business.

An FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) business allows entrepreneurs to sell items through the Amazon Marketplace without worrying about storing products, order fulfillment, or shipping, as that is handled by the Amazon warehouse and its employees.

It is easy to see why running an Amazon FBA business is a top-tier choice for online entrepreneurial endeavors, but there are some strict guidelines and fees that you will need to familiarize yourself with, in addition to recognizing that running an FBA business requires work and determination to truly become successful.

If you intend to start an Amazon FBA business, you will need the knowledge and training necessary to increase your chances for success. It can take a lot of research and experimentation to find the right items to sell without this training.

Is Amazon FBA right for you?

You may be considering becoming your own boss and starting your own FBA business. Continue reading to learn more about what an FBA business is, why you should consider this option, and how you can increase your odds of success.

Is it Expensive to Start an FBA Business?

The cost to start an FBA business can vary greatly depending on the products chosen, the process, and the competitiveness of the market. At a baseline, it does not take much money at all to get started selling with FBA, but be prepared to purchase your inventory up-front and pay for sponsored advertisements on Amazon, as well as other essentials such as professional product photography.

While it is a much more cost-effective way than starting from scratch and trying to build your own customer base, it does require an initial investment.

Part of the Nine University course is guiding you through the product research process to find a product that fits your budget, targets a market with high demand and low competitiveness, as well as walking you through the product selection process to ensure your inventory is high-quality.

Succeeding with an FBA Business

Amazon FBA provides a way for you to store, package and ship products to Amazon shoppers using Amazon’s resources. Once you become a seller with Amazon, you can ship your items to an Amazon fulfillment center, where they are housed until they are purchased. Once purchased, the item is packaged and shipped by an Amazon employee.

Taking the proper steps in the beginning can increase your odds of success with an FBA business. There will always be ups and downs, and it will take a lot of work and dedication to turn your profit into a sustainable income, but it can be done with the help and support of experienced coaches.

One tip you’ll learn from the Nine University course program is that adding new products and getting ahead of trends – with proper product research, of course – will help ensure that you are never dependent on only one or two products.

In addition to multiple products, the “Best Sellers Rank” is a metric that Amazon uses to inform users of the trustworthiness of an individual seller. This metric plays a role not only in individual buyer sales but also in ranking success on the platform.

In other words, a higher rank means more money in your pocket. Nine University teaches you their secrets on how you can improve your Best Sellers Rank on Amazon, helping your business rank higher on the platform no matter the product you sell, so there is no need to start from scratch with each new product.

Nine University is Not Worth the Money

At the end of the day, it is not worth the money.

Nine University’s founders would never claim that taking the course will offer a 100% guarantee of success. The only person who can guarantee the success of any business is the entrepreneur him- or herself. There’s no sense in going in blind.

The Nine University program covers every stage of starting and growing your Amazon FBA business, from how to get set up and find reputable supplies, all the way to how to scale your business once it gets off the ground.

Of course, there is more to Nine University than just its audited program content. Participants will also get access to one-on-one consulting with verified six-figure Amazon FBA coaches and will have an opportunity to participate in a more than 5,000-strong community where they can seek feedback about ideas, collaborate with others, and help to ensure their FBA business’ success.

Nine University courses offer new business owners all the information they need to get their Amazon stores up and running, including mentorship, networking opportunities, and detailed information about how to handle everything from choosing vendors to managing customer relations.

If you were to devote yourself to learning the ins and outs of each of the essential areas of study taught throughout the coursework, you will have all the skills necessary to maximize your chance of success.

One unique thing about Nine University is that you won’t just have a chance to learn about these practices in the coursework, but you will also have the ability to learn from experienced, successful professionals. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and seek clarification about the coursework through 24/7 support and live coaching sessions.

No other program offers the same level of tailored training and advice as Nine University.

Doing Both

Doing Both

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Most PhD programs are pretty intensive, requiring the pursuant to work in some capacity at the school in the department to which they are submitting their PhD candidacy. Many of them maintain student work positions to fund their studies. I am one of those students.

I work during the day at the university as a research assistant professor, which I thought was going to mean I wrote exams, delivered lectures, graded responses, encouraged great students, helped less great students find alternate routes to their goals, etc. But I work in more of a peer advisor capacity and as an obstacle between disgruntled students and their actual professor. I sit in a dark little office doing my research, and pretending to fulfill my on-paper duties of: administrative assistance, peer review and guidance, and other duties as assigned” but this doesn’t take up more than about four hours a day. I spend the other four of these paid hours (think, way below minimum wage with some tuition benefits) doing and writing my research. Then I go straight from school to the damn mall four days a week for my retail shift.

It’s a lot of work. I’m really tired all the time. My social life – besides work-required social events – is limited to a maximum of ten hours per week. I try to run to school every morning to try to maintain some sort of exercise regimen and often there are yoga or pilates classes (student-led) at the student center that I try to drop in on.

I try to explain to people that while my entire life currently revolves around academia, I do not plan to do this long term. The academic lifestyle is very concerned with publish – publish or perish, they say – and this results in lots of scientifically unsound papers getting published just so that academics can maintain their credibility, name-recognition and funding. Over half of new PhDs remain in academia, this number is higher in those studying humanities, but in the sciences we’re somewhat isolated.

I would like to maintain a career in research, but not in an academic setting. I want to work in the pharmaceutical/bio-medical development field but from an ethical standpoint where chemistry can be studied to develop cheaper drug options that are available to more people around the globe. Research and development is a heavily funded pharma initiative, obviously because there’s lots of money to be made in pharmaceuticals. But the money made is based on demand, not the difficult in producing. So I figure, if we make drugs that are astonishingly easy to produce and we sell them for production cost, people will buy enough of it to make up for the lack of mark-up. And then we can collectively come together as a culture and agree that life-saving drugs are a human right regardless of income and people like Martin Shkreli will cease to exist altogether.

The tricky part is to develop inexpensive ways to produce drugs that are already on the market – this is the central topic of my dissertation. I’ve completed 16 credits of my academic course work of a required 20; all have been completed at or above the 500-level of which only four are required; one has been in mathematics and one in natural science for the sake of well-roundedness; and my research coursework has been occurring concurrently so I’ve completed 6 of the required 8 credits.

Once I complete and defend my dissertation, which will fulfill these additional 2 credits, I’ll be ready to get out there and get working. And if I have to spend a year or two in clinical research or pharmaceutical r&d internship work, I’ll do that. I’ll even be willing to work at this personal injury law firm in Biloxi if that’s what it takes!

Bosses

Bosses

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All of my bosses are white, gay men between the ages of 24 and 30. Literally, I have a boss who is TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD. He does the scheduling and payroll etc. He’s lovely and he considers this his career, “I’m a lifer” he stated during my interview as a way to demonstrate that there is growth opportunity in retail. He doesn’t seem to mind my scheduling conflicts and my tendency to bring books and school work in to do in the breakroom whenever I have a break. And he talks to me with a… very specific tone if you know what I mean. “Ohhh hay gurl, what you get up to this weekend?!” like I’m his token black friend. I am.

He’s great. I also have a boss who’s 30 years old, dresses head to toe in our stores attire even outside of work, he’s about forty pounds overweight and says everything with a slow, judgey SASS. He repsonds to near everything with a long, slow, low “Mmmmm hm.” As though he never really believes anything anyone says. He doesn’t really do any managerial tasks but he’s been here for like a decade so I think they just had to promote him. He and 24-year old boss do NOT get along so they never work the same shifts and never overlap – there’s another boss who kinda mediates this divide. It’s hilarious.

I once ran into the 30-year old one at a drag show in the valley, he wasn’t performing in it (which I would have loved!) and I wasn’t really intending to be there so we both kinda pretended not to see one another and carried on with our lives. Although after that and ever since then, he’s been especially cool with me on work matters. He left me a packet about “corporate growth” once and I had to find a gentle way to let him know that this was not a long-term career for me. This was just a means, but that’s condescending to say to someone who is in it for the long haul. So I just thanked him, told him I’d look through it, and it’s been in my junk pile ever since.

Sometimes the greatest thing you can learn from a boss or manager is exactly how not to interact with people so I try to look at my bosses as characters, rather than people, from whom I can learn good things to do and not great things to avoid doing. The former: I’ve learned how important it is as a boss to just treat people like their jobs are not the most important element in their lives. And the latter: I’ve learned to never sleep with my fucking employees. Duh! Both duh!

Attire/Coworkers

Attire/Coworkers

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We’re required to be in properly pressed attire for our shifts, for obvious reasons. I literally have one pair of black slacks and three black button downs for work, I alternate between these for my six shifts a week. If they’re not properly pressed, I bring them to work and steam them, it’s an obvious solution. One day, this girl shows up for work in a creased top, like it had been in plastic packaging, folded, and she took it out and put it on and came to work. This is exactly what had happened, I learned, which is against rules since we’re supposed to wear the (hella cheap and deeply discounted for employees) swag they sell in the store. But apparently Walmart was having a sale on shirts that looked similar, so she went for it.

My boss approaches her to tell her she has to press her shirt. Apparently, neither of them were aware of the damn steamer in the break room and they got into a real loud argument in the middle of the store about the fucking shirt. It was beyond pointless as we were literally surrounded by blouses and steamers, but I try to never get involved in other peoples’ arguments.

Finally, our boss Daniel said, “Girl, please go home, press your shirt, and come back for an evening shift.” And this girl looks him right in the eye, rips her shirt off, storms out of the store in leggings and a bra and presumably made her way through the mall, to the parking garage, to her car, and drove herself home like that.

Part of me still holds her up as a hero, that was a bad ass move. I mean, sure she was unemployed after that and nobody ever saw or heard from her again, but it was a COOL THING to behold!

There was another coworker who offered me a ride home once because she had seem me waiting for my buss the week before after a shift. We made our way out to her toooootaly piece of shit car and got in. She spent the entire ride home trying to convince me that I should “join her team” and help her “move product” and after some digging I realized that this woman was cooking meth in her basement and wanted me to sell it for her. Nah. No.

She looked so typical of someone who would ask you this that it never even dawned on me how perfectly she fit the mold. She was short, fat, had bright red hair that she definitely definitely dyed in her bathtub, her face looked ok – even pretty – from far away but up close she had cystic acne and her teeth were jacked up. She was about 24 years old, had two kids at home, and invited me over for an orgy once. “The mayor will probably be here for this one” she tried to use as a selling point, as though I’d ever fuck the MAYOR!

I had a mantra – this is a means, this is a means, this is a means.

Training

Training

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I spent my entire first day at this store learning, literally, how to steam clothes. Now I know what you’re thinking, who doesn’t know how to steam clothes? The answer to this is primarily young, white, privileged women who never had to do anything for themselves – whose clothes returned from the dry-cleaners steamed and pressed for them. They never had to actually steam their own blouses and so now an entire day of job training is wasted teaching young entitled whote folk how to accomplish simple tasks. And I’m the one who’s lucky to be employed here! Had I known, I would have just made a resume that stated: Alison Jane Taylor – Knows How to Steam Garments!

At the end of the first day, we filled out our W4s and got all of our paperwork in line – I am not lying when I tell you that I was the only person in that room (ok so there were only four of us, but still!) who didn’t call her dad to find out the information.

A lot of the training for this job was steaming garments, folding slacks, hanging things in one location and then later, hanging the same things in another location, speaking with people who kinda don’t really know what they want and trying to convince them that you know exactly what they want. They’re usually pretty open to input, especially when they can’t get their girlfriends on FaceTime and I say something like, “Oooh girl I know exactly what would look bangin’ on you!” For females, you pretty much just have to tell them they look hot. And for males you pretty much just have to act like you’re super into them.

Occasionally there would be dressing room horror shows to clean up, but the job is pretty easy, nobody expects much of me, showing up for a scheduled shift is regarded as heroism for some reason.

Retail Experience

Retail Experience

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When I was growing up on the west side of Chicago, my ma operated one of those “boutiques” that people drive past and wonder, “how do places like that stay in business?” We sold cigarettes, expired canned goods, and kitty litter but somehow my mom kept finding odd ways to stay in business. For a few summers, we just let proper gangsters rent out the back room for “meetings” and they kept the business afloat simply to have a front to work out of. Sometimes we’d host community development meeting and rally preparations in our back room, this would keep us going for a month or two at a time. My mom sold discounted cartons of cigarettes that she bought in Northern Indiana, which seemed to generate a notable income. She hustled.

I’m quite confident that most of our schemes were right on the border of legal, and my mom was a hard-worker but she wasn’t fucking around with any of the illegal gang shit. Sure, she’d let these big wigs gather in the back room, smoke it out, and make plans, but she maintained that we weren’t funding or involved in the plans – we just provided the room.

Some of the other boutiques in the area were selling dime bags out the back and one or two even participated in the gathering and selling of illegal guns – from those gun shows in Indiana. My mom’s brother died real young from gang-related gun violence and she never ever talked about it. But once I did hear a man proposition her for turning these kinds of tricks out the back of our store and she hustled him outta there in a real hurry.

See, my mom was very careful to never really break any laws and I’ll save you the trouble of asking her why: the modern government works harder to keep black folks enslaved (in prison) than it does to protect any members of society, they make our survival skills illegal so that they can inprison us for trying to stay alive, and once we’re in prison, we’re slaves again and American racial balance is restored. Ooohoh she loved giving this speech! And almost every time she delivered it, it got better, she got angrier, and you could just SEE the listener growing convinced.

Never one to shy away from the “angry black woman” vibe, she delivered this speech so many times while I listened from afar that I could deliver it word for word now. And I believe it. I’ve seen enough of America now to know my place. And my place, currently, is in the fucking mall selling work clothes to people with job interviews who will certainly return them after the failed interview.

But when it was time to apply for retail jobs – I have a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and I work in retail while fulfilling my PhD work – I used my ma’s store as retail experience, I used my ma as a reference (we luckily have different last names), and I was told how damn lucky I was by friends and family to have such a respectable job. This is how low the bar is for respectable jobs in my community.