I have a blog that is about 4 months old. I get around 30-50 visitors everyday. It has been growing slowly but growing nonetheless. I do have ads on my blog and insert affiliate links from time to time. But also want to open a ecommerce store. I'm not sure if I should just add one to my blog or start a stand alone ecommerce site.<br />
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I feel like my readers are starting to read because of what I have to say and not for what I have to sell. I don't want to scare them off.<br />
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It would cost more money to create and run an ecommerce site but I also would not alienate my readers and could always cross promote on the blog. I just don't want to do too much "in your face" selling.<br />
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I also know that the ecommerce store would be lots of work - but at the same time it could also appeal to non blog readers as well.<br />
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My niche (top secret) is also small. For the three major keywords there is something like 2000 - 2500 searches for it a day. This is not huge so I'm not sure if having a full on store would be worth it.<br />
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The economy also has me worried because I hear that folks just aren't spending anymore.<br />
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What would be the better choice? Blog with store or store alone?<br />
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Thank you!!!<br />
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I feel like my readers are starting to read because of what I have to say and not for what I have to sell. I don't want to scare them off.<br />
<br />
It would cost more money to create and run an ecommerce site but I also would not alienate my readers and could always cross promote on the blog. I just don't want to do too much "in your face" selling.<br />
<br />
I also know that the ecommerce store would be lots of work - but at the same time it could also appeal to non blog readers as well.<br />
<br />
My niche (top secret) is also small. For the three major keywords there is something like 2000 - 2500 searches for it a day. This is not huge so I'm not sure if having a full on store would be worth it.<br />
<br />
The economy also has me worried because I hear that folks just aren't spending anymore.<br />
<br />
What would be the better choice? Blog with store or store alone?<br />
<br />
Thank you!!!<br />