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As the requests what I do and how I do it are getting some more I’ve decided to start this new thread. The old joschi crossroads thread is used for my personal development as this thread will be used for my current business idea and execution. I will answer any questions as good as I can :). Any feedback would be highly appreciated so please tell me your thoughts and concerns, tell my wye my business is predestinated to fail or to success, tell me what I didn’t consider. Also tell me what you like or any questions that are related and my help you with your business.

What I am doing:

I am building a managed ecommerce Solution. Basically its nothing to fancy, I only have to program some small hacks as everything is based on worpress, woocommerce and many other related extensions.

The benefits for my customers are:

Central updates and backups
disaster recovery
use of own ssl certificates
professional server infrastructure
they only pay a monthly subscription
they don’t have to buy any plugins or services
tested plugins
200 Designs or own designs
support on any question regarding how to do something with the system or “how can I questionsâ€
social marketing covered with some automatisation
list products on ebay
use drop shipping
Many more features…

Where I am building this service:
Currently I am building this service for Germany. Later on I would like to extend it to Austria and Switzerland. In the next steps I will cover the UK and US
As it is quite common for Germany that people don’t like to do anything themselves I will offer the following upsells via 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party or my services: SEO, copywriting, marketing, product care and some more.

Who are my customers:
People who like word press but don’t like the technical hassle.
Entrepreneurs who need a shop system.
Offline businesses in Germany who want (need) a good Website (as an example: Home this is the homepage of my local mechanic lol)
Someone who want to sell something online and don’t want to spend big money on useless systems
people who need some amount of support and want their back covered when it comes to technical stuff.
Small and middle business.

What I’ve learned so far:
Most thinks don’t work as expected, I have to adapt finetune and change the plan a little all the time.
Sometimes it is technical stuff sometimes other. For example: I had 2 friends who liked the idea and told me they want to work with me on this. That was 2 weeks ago… Nearly nothing happened… NEVER rely on anyone except yourself on doing stuff for your business (it’s another thing if you pay this person) most people only work for money, not for equity.
DO IT YOUR SELVE TILL YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY SOMEONE
You will come to a point where you have to spend some money. It’s a fact. Most people are scared of this. Deal with it.

Challenges to overcome:

Do all the work alone after my 9-5 ;)
Many legal stuff and issues in Germany. Besides that I will do it.
By the way, even if the system is completely in German language the Backend is completely English. So if someone wants to Beta test it in round about 4 weeks write me a message.

Questions? Ask!
Patrick

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