Two Sisters Successfully Tap Into Overlooked Online Market

Nancy Wilson and Mary Collier www.ReadyStripOutlet.com

Meet Mary Collier and Nancy Wilson, two unassuming sisters from Michigan who knew a good market when they saw one.

The two sisters own and operate www.ReadyStripOutlet.com, a Web site powered by StoresOnline and devoted solely to the Ready-Strip product line of paint removers and lead paint encapsulants. They say their customers are mostly housewives, although they do sell to some professional contractors.

Since opening for business, www.ReadyStripOutlet.com has been successful for both the sisters and the supplying company. On average, the site pulls in 90 sales per week. In about a year and a half, the site has sold more than USD $200,000 worth of products.

Corporate Software Developer Praises StoresOnline's Software Platform

Kor Koopman www.waveleisure.com

Ever since Kor Koopman, managing director and software design engineer for a South African company, was introduced to StoresOnline at an Internet Marketing Conference, he can't stop talking about the StoresOnline software.

"Coming from an environment where I have actually developed software, it is quite a substantial package that StoresOnline has developed. I think the StoresOnline software package is absolutely fabulous," he says.

Kor, who is married and has two children, has a master's degree in Information Technology and is currently busy earning a doctorate in the same field. He has also managed his own business. While working as a functional design engineer and managing director for a company, he specialized in designing software that people with no computer skills could understand and use.

College Freshman Now a Step Ahead Thanks to Online Shoe Stores.

Brian Castleman http://www.shoeshackonline.com/

Bryan Castleman grew up on a farm in western Tennessee and is in business with his dad. His dad wanted to own a business selling shoes. He first tried selling men's and women's shoes, but the business didn't do very well. He then decided to sell boots. He began selling them to the employees of utility companies, such as Comcast and Verizon.

Bryan's dad built a warehouse and an office for the business on their family farm. He started sending out fliers and mailers to potential customers in 1985. He did okay, but his wife still had to work outside the home to make ends meet for their family. In 1994, he created an Internet website, but didn't make any sales and had very little traffic. He removed his website in 1999, and then put it back online in 2001.

Young Entrepreneur Profits From Rising e-Commerce Sales

Ryan Moor www.silkscreeningsupplies.com

Ryan Moor, a 23 year old from Vancouver Washington, has been involved in running his own business since he was 16. Because he could set his own hours and make good money, he endured hard, cold work, as he washed windows, pressure washed in the summer, and put up Christmas lights during the holidays.

However, since attending a StoresOnline seminar and workshop, Ryan has ventured into a profitable online business providing screen-printing kits and supplies.

In February 2004, Ryan and his father received an invitation to attend a StoresOnline seminar. They attended and soon became interested in the StoresOnline software and marketing material. Ryan had some experience with building Web sites for his music band, but was intrigued by StoresOnline's marketing material and by the Store Builder's functionality and ease of use with regard to constructing a site.

Seasoned Web Marketer and Developer Builds on Success with StoresOnline.

Peter Erickson http://www.allworkgloves.com/

Peter Erickson of Massachusetts started in the industrial and safety supply business 26 years ago. He, along with his wife Gina and a few other family members, built the business from the ground up, learning about all of the product lines and key players in the industry as they went. After 18 years in the business, he sold this business to another company to pursue other ventures.

Peter had always wanted to go full-time into commercial software and business development. He became a lead developer and director of Information Technology for a few different companies, one being a major player in the financial fulfillment and travel marketing arena. He later left this company as the .Net boom, combined with the downturn in the financial and travel business after 9-11, caused him to lay off 80 percent of his staff.

Judo Martial Arts Instructor Combines Love For Sport With e-Commerce Opportunity

Russ Little www.judogis.com www.hairforsale.com www.cyberperm.com

Recently married, Russ Little of St. Louis plans to spend plenty of time at home with his wife and expected baby as he enjoys the success of his StoresOnline Web sites.

"I want to spend a couple of hours in the morning with the baby as her mother goes to school, or whatever else she [chooses]," Russ says.
But working from home has not always been an option for Russ. In fact, at times he was away from home 20 weeks out of the year making a living. But since his two Web sites are turning into his primary source of income, things are about to change.

Ever since Russ was young, he worked within the family business selling hair and beauty supplies. This upbringing instilled within him a desire to be self-employed-to be his own boss in charge of his own destiny. So in February 2004, when he received an invitation to a StoresOnline conference detailing Internet marketing strategies, he decided to attend.

StoresOnline's Easy, Do-It-Yourself Maintenance Capabilities Help Online Furniture Merchant "Trounce the Market".

James Harris http://www.catlitterfurniture.com/

James Harris was born to be an entrepreneur.

Even though James was a field supervisor for RadioShack in Eastern Los Angeles, with a background in inventory, warehouse, and operations, he always had ideas for new businesses that he and his wife, Virginia, could run on the side. He and Virginia opened a delivery laundry service called "Laundry King." It went well, but Virginia had to drop out of the business when she got pregnant and could no longer pursue the business.

Later, the couple started a couples getaway business entitled "Weekends to Remember." Their aim was to provide fun, romantic weekend trips for couples. Unfortunately, the business was not profitable due to the high promotional costs of the travel industry.

From Hot Sauce to Safety Items, Superior Technology and Service Help Entrepreneur Grow Business

Craig Gunderson www.allsafetyproducts.biz

What first impressed Craig Gunderson about StoresOnline was its million-dollar data center. An IT professional for 20 years, Craig understood the importance of having a secure, reliable hosting platform on which to establish a new online business.

But what Craig was also pleased to find was the ease with which StoresOnline allowed him to build-and even rebuild when necessary-his own e-commerce Web site.

Craig discovered StoresOnline while he was searching the Internet for hosting providers. He contacted the company and was invited to attend a StoresOnline workshop. At the workshop, he was impressed with StoresOnline's technology solutions-particularly its hosting platform.

Driven Entrepreneur Discovers the Roadmap to Online Success.

Diana and Michael Blair www.mapbooks4u.com

Diana Blair has always been a busy woman.

Diana lives in Nuevo, California with her husband, Mike, and their children. They have chosen to live in the country (15 years now!), but that means Mike has to commute two hours each way to his job. Even with their kids, Diana has always found ways of helping out the family financially. For six years she mowed lawns and did landscaping, eventually having five employees. She ran a licensed daycare business for nearly ten years. And for the past two years she even helped a friend build a business with hopes that it would someday becoming a career for her. She worked for $5 per hour and paid her own employment taxes. But when that career opportunity never materialized, Diana quit and began to look for other options.

Focus, Commitment, and Sound Marketing Principles are Key to Online Success, says Former Wall Street Banker .

James Lane http://www.allamericanwatches.com/

James Lane is very animated-and very entertaining. A native of the UK, CitiGroup brought him to New York to work in banking. Then one day his Wall Street job dried up. He had never had an entrepreneurial experience before, but decided then and there it was time for him to be in more control of his own life. At a StoresOnline presentation, he remembers the presenter saying, "The difference between those who dream of being in business and those who are in business is that those who are in business finally chose one day to start." That simple statement spurred him on.

"That speaker changed my life," James says. "I have friends who have dreamed of being in business for 20 years. And they even laughed at me for trying what I'm doing. But there they are all still drawing a paycheck and I have three businesses online."

Brick and Mortar Retail Owners Achieve Rapid Success Selling Products Online.

John McNutt www.storesonline.com/site/547047

Debbie Yuhas and John McNutt are "transferred Yankees" who live in Richmond, Virginia. They have been married for 28 years and have two children. John and Debbie have always been interested in working for themselves and, due to a changing work environment, decided to purchase a retail business in 1985. As with many businesses in their startup period, the retail business did not produce sufficient profits to be their only source of income, so they decided that Debbie would run the business full-time while John would work as an employee for an insurance and investment company. Ten years later, in 1995, their retail business had grown so that John could finally join Debbie on a full-time basis.

Effort Plus Good Product, Price, and Website are Key to Online Success

Richard Zikmundovsky http://www.toner-world.com.au/ http://www.wholesaletoner.com.au/

Born in South Africa and now an Australian resident, Richard Zikmundovsky, recognizes the Internet as his avenue for reaching customers. So when he read in the local newspaper about an Internet marketing strategy seminar, he decided he would go and learn a few things.

After the StoresOnline preview, Richard decided to purchase the software package right away.
"It made perfect sense to me," he says. "I came out to the workshop very confident that my Internet site would work."

At the workshop, Richard was impressed with the StoresOnline software utility.

"The product was a very good product from first appearance," he says. With the "Internet being a global sales tool, I thought, that is where the world is going, and that is where my shoppers would eventual be in the next decade or so, and that is where I wanted to position myself."

Former Trucker Leaves the Road and Finds Success on the Information Superhighway.

Gerald West drove trucks for 30 years near Indiana. Five years ago he bought his first computer-hoping to open his own expediting company. Unfortunately, rising fuel costs meant the business never really got off the ground.

Gerald's computer sat for three years, rarely being used except to read an occasional email. Then one day Gerald looked at it and thought, "I've never owned anything that didn't earn its own keep. Either that computer is going to start earning me money, or it is going out by the curb." He immediately began looking for some sort of computer-based business. He briefly got involved with some self-proclaimed Internet "Gurus"-but those efforts went nowhere. He then tried some web-based multi-level marketing companies, but that didn't work either.

Then his life changed.

Long-Time Commuter Gives Up Drive For Profitable At-Home Business

Scott Bushong www.bestgrowlights.com www.roboganza.com

After 30 years of commuting as a contract programmer, Scott Bushong is ready to quit the hour-and-a-half drive and do some online retail sales.

In February 2002 Scott received an invitation in the mail to a free StoresOnline Internet Marketing Conference. He attended the seminar and then attended the all-day workshop hosted several days later, after which he purchased three StoresOnline website licenses, an online processor package, and a Links4trade package.

Scott then proceeded to do a lot of research on the Internet to discover whether he could find a product comparable to or cheaper than the StoresOnline software package.

"I went online to price out other builders and found out that StoresOnline was priced very competitively." In one case, "a 10-page site had a price tag of what one license cost me, and currently one of my sites is 100-plus pages."

StoresOnline Helps Amino Acid Distributor Spread Healing

David Stout www.bodiesrestandmotion.com http://www.thebettervitamin.com/ www.supernutrientcorporationusa.com

When David Stout, vice president of SuperNutrient Corporation, attended a StoresOnline seminar, he found what he'd been looking for.

SuperNutrient Corporation, a producer of a patented amino acid formula, has generally worked with medical practitioners, physicians, and doctors to distribute their product. In the past this method worked extremely well. In fact, it worked so well that many people began to tell their friends and families about the benefits of the amino acid product given them by their practitioners. This word-of-mouth publicity led to many interested referrals calling and ordering the product over the phone.

The overwhelming demand for the product led David to attend the StoresOnline preview and all-day workshop in March 2002. He was looking for a method to satisfy the increasing demand for his company's patented product. After attending the workshop, he was satisfied that "Storesonline seemed like a good fit."

Brick and Mortar Store Owner Reaps Success and Lower Operating Costs With New e-Commerce Business

Dave Nyswonger www.LeopoldScopes.com

"While looking to start a business with low operating overhead, Dave Nyswonger of Portland TN found a solution in e-commerce.

In July 2002 Dave was distributing satellites, cell phones, pagers, etc., through a brick and mortar store in Tennessee. However, he was looking for another business that was not as labor intensive as his current company. So when he received an invitation to a StoresOnline preview presenting Internet marketing strategies, he went.

After attending the preview and the following all-day workshop, Dave was impressed with the prospect of starting an Internet retail store.

Online Merchant's Proactive Approach to Business Yields Rapid Results.

Donald Wyatt www.travelvideostore.com www.discountscooterstore.com

Donald Wyatt left Florida and moved to Omaha, Nebraska to work for a computer services company that specializes in supporting banks. Then one day he lost his position there. He was forced into a period of self-evaluation, wondering, "what should I do with my life?" He was in an area he didn't love and was considering whether or not he should go back to work for someone else, or "create my own destiny and do something I wanted." Donald wasn't afraid of trying to open a business for himself. He had already run another business for a few years and had started a computer consulting business while in college pursuing a degree in international business and marketing.

About that time, Donald received an invitation in the mail to a StoresOnline Internet preview meeting. "It looked interesting," he says simply. He accepted the invitation and went to the preview because he had a basic interest in the Internet. He knew the Internet can "take the little guy and put them on equal terms with the big companies." When invited to attend and go to a full-day training workshop, Donald again accepted so he could gather more information. Donald had missed the workshop in his local city, but he was so motivated that he drove three hours to Kansas City to catch the next workshop session.