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There are many reasons that you might want to start your own ecommerce business. Most find the process of building, and maintaining an ecommerce business to be very rewarding.

What most people don’t understand–that you must, if you’re serious–is that building an ecommerce business will require some work, and maintenance on your part. It is not as easy at some people will lead you to believe. Many people think that starting an ecommerce business is very easy, because it seems to them that people that have found success with ecommerce, just got lucky over the years as the internet grew in popularity In most cases, luck has very little to do with online ecommerce success.

Most people that have become successful with an online ecommerce business, have done so after some significant research, and hard work. For many of these individuals, the hard work was enjoyable, and did ease up significantly over time. But there was still work involved. If you are able to accept these things, then maybe starting an ecommerce business will work out well for you.

But you can’t expect an ecommerce business to be something that will let you get rich quick, this is not realistic. The first step to complete when starting on your online business is to make sure that you understand the legal ramifications of running your business. You want to make sure that you’ve got all of your legal bases covered. If you want to be taken seriouslsy by both other business people, and the government, you want to make sure that you’re legitimate. Many people make the mistake of not covering their legal bases, simply because their principle business is an online one.

At the most basic level, you must have verifiable contact information, especially if you’re a new ecommerce business. This information verifies that you are serious, and that you want your customers to be able to reach you, and other matters. The next thing you must do is begin to develop your business website. You will need a portal to sell your products, or market your services. It may seem like designing a website should be simple, but it is not. You want to make sure that you design a site that is appealing for others to use, easy to understand, and attractive.

In comparison, an online store can only show buyers a visual representation – pictures, or at best, videos – of their products. A case study shows that 58.19% of shoppers doubt the reliability of pictures showed in online stores. In addition, online buyers have to risk paying via the Internet, providing sensitive information about themselves such as their name, address, phone number, and credit card number. A myriad of thoughts run through their minds, some of which are commonly these top five:

• Does this website look shady?
• Who runs this website?
• Is it safe to pay through their website?
• What if they run away with my money?
• If I give them my email address, will I be spammed?

When a visitor first reaches your website, it needs to conveys the trust needed for him to even consider the other factors about your product or service. Does your website convey this trust effectively? Online shoppers have different needs as compared to people shopping at brick-and-mortar stores.

In a typical brick-and-mortar store, buyers can see, touch, and even try the physical products. They can see the legitimacy of a store with the owners or employees standing right in front of them. When they make a payment, they receive the correct change and a receipt immediately. All these factors make shopping in brick-and-mortar stores smooth, easy, and worry-free for shoppers. Does your website convey this trust?

ValidSafe™ Trust Seals Boost Customer Trust In You

Today, Internet businesses have become extremely popular and powerful. However, 95% of online businesses fail in their first year. Statistics suggest that approximately 90% of Internet shoppers rather make their purchases from well-known online stores such as Amazon and eBay than from small online shops. Why? Because they are unsure about the validity of unfamiliar businesses and are worried about whether their information can be protected and secured.

So how can you stop customers from walking away from your websites and businesses?

Validating your websites is the solution! Validsafe™ is a website validation company that evaluates your websites following a professional process. We prove your business to be reliable and trustworthy and improve your website image by showing the legitimacy of your company. A ValidSafe™ Trust Seal shows online shoppers your websites have been carefully checked by an independent organization and are definitely safe to transact with. Ultimately, ValidSafe™ helps increase your potential customers and boosts your sales!

ValidSafe™ is exclusively focused on small and medium sized businesses. The ValidSafe™ Trust Seal fits the unique needs of a smaller merchant – offering you a reliable and trustworthy solution from a single source, a personal level of service and a great price.

Your ValidSafe™ Trust Seal links to an ValidSafe™ certificate on our servers, allowing online shoppers to instantly verify your business’s trustworthiness and subsequently increase conversion.

• Proves your website is reliable, trustworthy, dependable, and safe
• Tells customers that they can trust online transactions on your website
• Increases your website’s trustworthiness against other competitors
• Is updated daily with the current date shown on your seal
• Comes in 4 versions with 3 sizes each to choose from
• Install in just 30 seconds, with no technical knowledge needed

ValidSafe’s mission is to promote trust and confidence on the Internet through the ValidSafe™ Trust Seal.

Don’t pay exorbitant fees to vendors providing an inferior feature set, and don’t lose even more customers by not capturing their confidence and trust. Our trust seals have been tested with Internet buyers to ensure that you will get maximum conversions.

Sign up and let consumers know they can trust you more than other businesses when it comes to online privacy and website validation.

Increase Online Conversions With Trust Seals

ValidSafe™ adheres to strict program standards that verifies a website’s address and phone information, confirms its validity and trustworthiness, and allow these websites to display our trust seals.

With the ValidSafe™ Trust Seals that display your name, address and phone number, buyers will know that your website has been verified by ValidSafe™, that you follow privacy and security practices, and that you are a verified person that will respond to any issues that they have.

Mouse-over the sample seals to see the full seal details.