If you have something you want to sell, then yes you can have an E-Commerce business. Even if you don\'t have your own product you can still have an E-Commerce business. So how do you sell a product when you don\'t have one? Easy, you simply sell someone else\'s product.

A good example of this is the Amazon stores, they are all E-Commerce stores but a lot of the work is done for you. They will do all of the set up and looking after the payments but you are responsible for the general layout of your store and what products you want to sell.

It will be up to you to promote your business and products, but there is a tremendous support unit that will give you lots of great ideas. If you have never run a business before this is an excellent stepping stone. Once you become comfortable with this type of E-Commerce store then you can always venture out into something a little more daring.

Perhaps you have your own product or service that you would like to sell. The concept of the E-Commerce store like the Amazon one is basically the same, except now you will be doing a lot more of the work and site layout. You will have to start right from the beginning. This means before you even start you need a business plan.

You will have to have a name for your business and you will have to register a name for you site, so you can be identified on the web. it\'s a good idea to pick a name that is applicable to your product or service.

Then you will need to find a web hosting company, particularly one that is well adept in E-Commerce sites. You need a reputable hosting company so you don\'t have a lot of down time of your site because of a faulty or weak server. You may want to consider looking for a web hosting company that offers soft ware packages for you to build your site. These are really fun and very valuable if you have never designed a web site before. They can save you a great deal of money.

Having said that though, there is a great deal of learning and possibly some frustrations in the beginning. If you persevere you will get yourself through each problem. Most of the hosting companies offer support for these programs and great forums.

If you feel that you just don\'t have the time or want to get involved with building your own website there are some great companies (E-Commerce software companies) that would be more than happy to do the job for you. It will cost you considerably more to go this route but it may be worth it if you are quite comfortable working on the net as yet. Either way there is no reason why you can\'t have a very viable E-Commerce business.