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."

As time passed, Scott gained an even greater appreciation for the StoresOnline software package he purchased.

"Lots of people sell websites with templates that are much cheaper, but you are not going to get the bang for the buck. [StoresOnline] is well worth the money."

And Scott got a lot of bang for his buck. Shortly after purchasing the package, he researched some possibilities for online retail products and came back with the resolve to provide greenhouse supplies.

"It seemed like a fairly underrepresented market, so I jumped into that," he says. Achieving six-digit sales revenue did not happen overnight, though. Scott spent the next couple of months after the seminar building his site. About a month later, he had his first sale. Over the past two and a half years, he has slowly increased his sales to the level they are at today.

While building his first site, Scott quickly learned how to use the StoresOnline software.

"The Store Builder is easy to pick up; I printed off the tutorials and walked myself through the steps," he says. "Once you know how to do the basic stuff, it is really easy to do."

Now after building three different Web sites, Scott says the "StoresOnline platform is a Cadillac; I can build into my site just about anything I want."

Another bang for the buck Scott enjoys is the superior customer support he's received.

"Support is very good," he says.

StoresOnline's 24/7 Customer Support Live Chat fits Scott's lifestyle, as he sometimes works during movies and in the middle of the night. All he has to do is get online and pose his questions to the Customer Service team.

Scott says one of the best parts of beginning his own retail Web site has been his newfound interest in working for himself:

"This is a kick," he says. "I've been totally bored and worn out from working for somebody else. I like this. If I were to talk with someone thirty years junior to me, I'd say 'Do it now man.'"

Scott's Web sites can be found here

http://www.bestgrowlights.com

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