Starting a new online business and need suggestions

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I've been around for years providing services of different kinds but I never run an online business site like ecommerce or freelance sites. My experience is limited in running blogs, forums, and moneymaking sites.

There are already a number of freelance sites with different levels of success and failures. I am planning to create a similar business but on a specific skills only. It's been a year already that I've been researching and collecting related market data and I think it's time to start the project now.

My question is, aside from preparing the budget for a custom script, what are the other things that I need to prepare.

I already have a list of things that I need to prepare but maybe some members here can add something on my list. I planned this already for more than a year and I am making sure everything is settled and well-prepared before I start.

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  • If you want to compete with Fiverr and Elance, you better bring your big guns.

    These sites might cater to the little guy... but I promise you have they MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars in their pocket to counter everything you try to do. Plus they have amazing name recognition already.

    It's better to make a VERY VERY solid niche freelance website first and take hold of the market that way.
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    • No, my plan is the first site of its kind and there will be no competition. It will not sell services like those found in freelance sites
  • What will it sell exactly?
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    • I'm sorry but it is not good to reveal at the moment. It's a specific service but there is no organized site yet that offer a similar service. Some warriors will benefit as well in the future. At the moment, I can only see people who are offering/needing this service in forums.
  • Lol. I've just joined up with someone else with almost the EXACT same idea. Although you may think there is no competition, I'm sure you'll find that there is...a LOT.
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    • I said there are other people who are offering this service but there is no real organized site that do this. Of course all businesses have competition but as I said, it's been a year that I am collecting data about this project.
  • If so is the case then besides the custom script you need a marketing budget. A wso offering your service or posting an ad on the warriors for hire section won't be a bad idea and you need to do it once every week to gain a momentum. Around $80 a month on wf and if you are going for other forums then cost will increase as per their fee
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  • Why would you ask for suggestions if you aren't able to give enough information to get suggestions?
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    • The subject is all about starting an online business and not a specific business.
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    Starting a new online business and need suggestions

    I've been around for years providing services of different kinds but I never run an online business site like ecommerce or freelance sites. My experience is limited in running blogs, forums, and moneymaking sites. There are already a number of freelance sites with different levels of success and failures. I am planning to create a similar business but on a specific skills only. It's been a year already that I've been researching and collecting related market data and I think it's time to start the project now.