People who sell products and services online fall into two basic categories: Products and Services. For example, products include everything from food to everyday items like clothing, shoes, household goods, equipment, and pet supplies, and the list goes on. In contrast, services include Online coaching, fitness training, telemedicine, consulting, technical support, and more.
LEARN ABOUT LOCAL FOOD DELIVERY AND ONLINE FULFILLMENT SERVICES
You can connect with local delivery and fulfillment services. You can simplify order collection and delivery tracking using Excel, Google Sheets, or Airtable to build a fast database.
Local delivery and fulfillment services include DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats. These services handle food orders and delivery. Alternatively, you can look at integrated POS (point of sale) solutions like Chow Now, Toast, or TouchBistro, which connect with delivery services.
PRODUCT DELIVERY AND SHIPPING
The most popular choices for online shipping include;
UPS
USPS
Fed Ex
WordPress websites make it a snap to integrate these popular shipping services. If you don’t have a WordPress website, a popular 3rd-party shipping service is shipstation.com. Alternatively, there are 3rd third-party online shopping website providers: Shopify, Wix, Square, and BigCommerce.
ALTERNATIVES FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS
If you sell time instead of products, you need a way for customers to book appointments on your website. Tools like Jobber cater to specific industries. Other tools, like vCita, are more general-purpose. If you use Office 365, you could use the built-in Microsoft Bookings app.
Other service providers, such as HVAC technicians or landscapers, need to be on-site to do their work. Because clients don’t need to be physically present, they can use virtual meetings instead. Therefore, use tools like Skype, Google Hangouts, or Microsoft Teams. Because they all have dial-in options, customers do not have to use a separate app.
SERVICE PROVIDERS OFFERING DIGITAL PRODUCTS
Digital products are another option for service providers. In other words, these small businesses are content creators. For example, they are packaging information into on-demand videos, courses, podcasts, and eBooks.
Using a plugin like Easy Digital Downloads, you can do this on a WordPress site. Or you could use a standalone service like Gumroad to embed the digital product on your website.
VIRTUAL CLASSES & ONLINE COURSES
Virtual classes & online courses are great for fitness studios and other training-based businesses. Plenty of WordPress solutions can help you build membership sites like these.
Popular course-based WordPress plugins include LearnDash, LifterLMS, and Sensei for WooCommerce. For more flexibility, check out Restrict Content Pro, Memberful, and WP Complete.
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