Did you shop online? Have you thought to start a business online? one of the famous business right now is an online business. Business a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood (Merriam – Webster Dictionary) so it is an activity of making money or making for a living. So, Online Business also means a livelihood through social media or on the internet.
Because it is online, social media is also involved. Social media does not always talk about commenting, sharing, reacting and chatting but then it is also about making money and business. Through social media, we can access what they sell internationally, it’s like a bridge form local to international. Many teenagers prefer to shop online than to buy in a mall because honestly, we become lazy when they tend to stay in our home than to go to the malls and we are not worried because all we have to do are to shop online using our own cellphones. Nowadays, many people are very successful in their online business yet there are many times that their business starting to get down but still they manage to fix, get up and continue selling. It’s because you cannot face-to-face your customer you have to put trust, that’s the major issue. There are many successful online shops that we have right now.
Well, it is not easy to sell online because there are a lot of people who would discriminate you and would ignore it. Some people prefer to buy in a mall than to an online shop because when you buy anything online, don’t expect that it’s the same in the picture and in the actual object but then it’s not. It’s most of the online seller’s problem, that’s why some people don’t take orders online. Online Business gives us freedom of choice to choose from what do we like. The cost of products online has a big difference from those in supermarkets or malls. Through these social media, we can reach different countries through the connections that we got. Mostly online business have their shipping fee a free,
Thus, social media is indeed very useful to us. it’s not just about posting pictures and videos for fun but also there are a lot of things that we can do in social media, from leisure to business. Even though there are some disadvantages to it. We cannot forget the fact that it can help us with our studies, the information that we want to learn and of course on how to handle the circumstances that the social media gave to us. But remember to be responsible for using social media. Through the Internet, business owners and employees can connect with customers and other community members more easily than before.
If you want your online business to thrive, you have to be a realist.

