“Just stick at it, there’s good times and bad times, stick at it and work hard and you’ll get through it” Brendan from Homeline Furniture

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Brendan from Homeline Furniture was started by his father by creating a bricks and mortar store in 1991 in County Tipperary, Ireland and evolving into the world of eCommerce multi selling covering your house needs from top to bottom.

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“There’s potential for online selling to work in Ireland, we’re still studying and advertising“

“Having a bricks and mortar store behind a website is great as people can see the physical product”

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“If you’re going to do something, do it, and do it right” Roisin from FRCathcart

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Roisin from FRCathcart is a special person I helped way back set up their now booming eCommerce website, and have massively progressed since then and I hope will continue to do so! The FRCathcart business started 40 years ago as a brick and mortar store in Northern Ireland and they supply everything from home and garden to hardware and building supplies. The store mainly sold building supplies until the credit crunch occurred, so as a family business they decided to diversify what they offered and delved into more a of a lifestyle store.

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Some thoughts from the interview

“We started using brochures, but we realised we needed an online presence”

“We find our customers are more educated than they were 5 years ago, the internet is great for that”

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“If you love something, then I think you can make it work, I think you really can” Helen from Lente Designs

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Ecommerce business Lente Designs has been running for over 6 years by herself with casual staff over busy periods, Lente Designs started very slowly running 3 days a week. The couple not happy with their day to day jobs decided to plunge into making their own business. Taking a risk and taking out money on their credit card and buying fabrics to make their own designs for the niche market of iPad & tablet covers, designed by themselves along with help Lente Designs aims to provide quality cases for a little cost as possible.

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Some thoughts from the interview

“If you love something, then I think you can make it work, I think you really can“

“The first year is really horrible, it’s really exciting yet it’s really horrible, it’s really hard work”

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“If you don’t include everything into your matrix, you will find it very hard to make any money” Andrew from Engineers Mate LTD

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Andrew runs Engineers Mate with 3 other directors, starting in 2011 the eCommerce business is relatively new, they have 2 branches; one in Dudley and one in Halford, they also have 2 trade counters as well as trading on multi-channel platforms such as eBay, Amazon and their own website. Starting with their first order on 28th August 2012 they planned for the business to be completely online on their website, but then delved into eBay and Amazon to expand their eCommerce dominance.

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Some thoughts from the interview

“The potential hasn’t been reached [Amazon], but we know the potential is there”

“The more you do sell and the more revenue that goes through PayPal 25% is dropped”

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