E-COMMERCE INITIATIVE

WWW.MAINEGOODS.COM

Maine Goods

The Business

Market goods produced in Maine Selling these goods to various

crowds throughout the globe Create a name for Maine based

goods production, and bring back pride of American made products

Creating a solid reputation and maintain an attractive web domain

Mission To create a successful online

business that not only creates a solid living for us, but expands the market of goods produced in Maine

To involve Maine based goods producers in online marketing and make their products available with no location boundaries

Equipment We use quality equipment from servers to personal

computers to run our online business We remain flexible for expansion and understand

potential website traffic With the right mixture of components, our website

will function smoothly and allow easy browsing, and easy transactions

With a advanced shopping cart and customer accounts, items can be added to the shopping cart and saved under a given account

Future logins will bring up the customers account and shopping cart with previous items selected

Target Market

People of all ages will have interest in products, but older generation people may find products more intriguing

Appearance The website includes solid colors

and themes. The site is sophisticated but is designed to be user friendly no matter the age, race and gender of the potential customer

Consistent colors such as shades of blue are utilized and artistic photos displaying Maine can appear throughout the website

Planning

Once established, the website will be the marketplace for the goods we will sell

The amount of products we will sell will fluctuate, changing as new products are produced and old ones die out

Our inventory will reflect the current good being produced showing trends production

Shipping Method

Using UPS, our products can be sold anywhere in the world

We insure fast shipping times so the customer has a minimal waiting period

Customer Service

We treat each customer fairly with consistent prices and we insure satisfaction

We only sell products that are tested by for quality, durability, and function

We offer fair return policies and great customer to business communication opportunities

Summary Creating and maintaining a user-friendly

website that markets quality local goods to the rest of the world

Increase confidence in those looking to make their art a career

Strengthen the Maine economy by creating a successful business by putting products in the hands of the customer, and money in the hand of the producer

Bring back pride of USA made products Create a successful business for years to

come

Maine Goods

www.mainegoods.com