i need insight on my website project, ecommerce for small business owner

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i need insight on my website project, E Commerce for small business.
here is my idea:
i will travel around finding small niche business in my region. after i find the business, and turn out they are not in the web yet, i will propose my system to them.

the system itself would be casual E Commerce system where you put products/services and sell them on web. At the backend, i want clear separation between me as owner of the system (as marketer) and the small business owner (SBO) as seller.
i want 2 different price applied at products and services, which is my price (marketing price, the one people see on website), and the actual SBO price.
i want to provide the SBO with casual seller backend and dashboard where he can see orders and all their related information.
i want SBO to be informed via mobile/email when dealing with orders (new order, inventory run out, etc).
i want to be able to see all selling related metrics (revenue, profit, total order, inventory, etc) according to my price.
i want SBO to be able to see all selling related metrics (revenue, profit, total order, inventory, etc) according to SBO price.
im planning to be very passive here. after i finish planting my system to SBO and teaching them the How-To, i will back off. i tried to be as automated as possible. my price is an increasing percentage from the actual SBO price. all activities related to order and shipping is done by SBO.

its basically marketplace system right? similar to amazon, ebay, Qoo10, rakuten, but on smaller scale.

can i do all of that in wordpress by utilize all necessary plugins and themes with very minimal amount of coding?
what im i missing in my idea?

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author FreeMeal
    People are going to ask you why they should use you instead of Amazon or ebay. What are you going to tell them?
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    • Profile picture of the author momogitiramisu
      Originally Posted by FreeMeal View Post

      People are going to ask you why they should use you instead of Amazon or ebay. What are you going to tell them?
      amazon and ebay do not operate (can buy but cannot/hardly sell) in my country. i aim people who still doing business traditionally, not yet understand the urge of internet presence.
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  • Profile picture of the author rr1455
    What is your budget? Roger
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    Roger Rohrs (skype: Scottsdale.video)

    http://www.apibestinclass.com

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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      ok start with this https://wordpress.org/plugins/wc-vendors/ All you would do is reverse the commission per sale. 90% goes to the lister 10% goes to you ( as an example )

      Just a bit of fore warning... there is going to be nothing passive about this project. sure you are not going to have to ship etc etc. but promotion of the site, getting more and more retailors etc.. will be mind numbing.

      Bottom line is the more you sell on your site, the more you will make. You need to think of this as an affiliate site of sorts.. and you are the affiliate!
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      Success is an ACT not an idea
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      • Profile picture of the author momogitiramisu
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        ok start with this https://wordpress.org/plugins/wc-vendors/ All you would do is reverse the commission per sale. 90% goes to the lister 10% goes to you ( as an example )

        Just a bit of fore warning... there is going to be nothing passive about this project. sure you are not going to have to ship etc etc. but promotion of the site, getting more and more retailors etc.. will be mind numbing.

        Bottom line is the more you sell on your site, the more you will make. You need to think of this as an affiliate site of sorts.. and you are the affiliate!
        yes i will do most of internet marketing. what i mean 'passive' here is not doing physical activity related to order and shipping.

        i don't mind being busy on internet.
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    • Profile picture of the author momogitiramisu
      Originally Posted by rr1455 View Post

      What is your budget? Roger
      between $1000-$2000.
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  • Profile picture of the author EmilyMace
    Yeah, thats right. People are going to ask you why they should use you instead of Amazon or ebay? You have to put something really interesting on your site that is not available on Amazon or ebay.
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  • Profile picture of the author rr1455
    Here is an example of ecommerce we can do:Home - Boutique If you want the products put in it cost a bit more. This site was done for under $250.00. I hope this give you some ideas.
    Roger
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    Roger Rohrs (skype: Scottsdale.video)

    http://www.apibestinclass.com

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    • Profile picture of the author momogitiramisu
      Originally Posted by rr1455 View Post

      Here is an example of ecommerce we can do:Home - Boutique If you want the products put in it cost a bit more. This site was done for under $250.00. I hope this give you some ideas.
      Roger
      my plan is to create 1 template website, duplicate and customize it to each of my partner.
      i want my partner have unique website domain.
      i dont want to put all my partner in one marketplace like amazon or ebay.
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