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Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business

  
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Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
04-28-2006, 09:25 AM,
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Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
Not all business plans are viable, and not all online businesses will succeed...

Quote:At some point, most e-commerce business owners face the pain of answering the question 'Should I continue on, or should I throw in the towel?'

The decision is usually either a rational or an emotional one, but both can be valid. Such rational decisions normally have to do with money. Emotional decisions tend to involve matters of the heart. Here are some real-life examples that illustrate the thinking process involved in making this tough decision...

How Much Money and Do You Really Want it Badly Enough?
In both of these true examples, the companies could have continued on to make money. In one case, not enough. In the other, it wasn't worth it.

Knowing when it's time to quit has much to do with knowing the feasibility of making as much as you need to make, or whether your heart is even in it....

full article: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/solutions...hp/3602086
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Re: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
Thanks, Mandy. Just posted the link to the article you referenced on that thread. Smile
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Re: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
Quote:Not all business plans are viable

Attempting to do business with no business plan is even worse than having a nonviable business plan.   
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Re: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
[quote author=maggie777 link=topic=3543.msg17595#msg17595 date=1152822846]

Attempting to do business with no business plan is even worse than having a nonviable business plan.   
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Ebay wants you to SHUT UP goth fairy girl! Ebay makes millions from folks who have late night infomercial dreams and no business plans.
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i>
-KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006

<i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i>
-Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008

Some people have it like that, others don’t. I do.
-Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008.

How does an auction site get buyers?
-question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008

How do I get sales?
-question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009.

I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers
are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information

-owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009
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Re: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
Infomercials and eBay's own heavy marketing both bring lots of people without any plan to eBay who are convinced they'll automatically make money by signing up.  It's common to hear someone say "I want to open a store.  Should I open a basic or feature store?...oh, and by the way, what should I sell and where should I buy it?".
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Time to throw in the towel when you are your own worse boss.

I threw in the towel over a year ago when I wasn't making what I wanted to be making and was busting my butt to try to make it work.  I so desperately wanted to work from home and be home for my kids.  Even when I was home, I was working and the kids were only getting my partial attention.

I now am working for "da man" and I love it.  I work set hours and I am compensated well.  I get to be with grow ups during the day and my kids get a happy mom at night.

I have an itch once and awhile to start it all up back again but then payday comes and that itch is scratched.
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Re: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
What's a business plan?  [Image: scratchhead.gif]

I thought it was when I was going to the bathroom.  :blinkie:
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[quote author=maggie777 link=topic=3543.msg17595#msg17595 date=1152822846]

Attempting to do business with no business plan is even worse than having a nonviable business plan.   
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I have to agree with this statement.
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07-21-2006, 10:44 AM,
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Re: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
[quote author=xppman link=topic=3543.msg17609#msg17609 date=1152841756]
What's a business plan?  [Image: scratchhead.gif]

I thought it was when I was going to the bathroom.  :blinkie:
[/quote]I have to agree with this statement.
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RE: Deciding When It's Time To Throw in the Towel and Close Your Online Business
Attempting to purchase from hardly any small business technique will be even worse compared to having a nonviable small business technique.
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