In February 2004, Ryan and his father received an invitation to attend a Stores Online seminar. They attended and soon became interested in the StoresOnline software and marketing material. Ryan had some experience with building Web sites for his music band, but was intrigued by StoresOnline's marketing material and by the Store Builder's functionality and ease of use with regard to constructing a site.

"The way StoresOnline's software is integrated with the marketing system, I thought it would be really good and much easier for me to do," Ryan says.

After attending the workshop, Ryan's father purchased StoresOnline Web site licenses and explained to Ryan how he could make a profitable business at relatively low cost. In fact, the cost of the StoresOnline package was a drop in a bucket compared to the money his father was shelling out for his brother's private college tuition.

Before Ryan got his StoresOnline site up and running, it was important to him that his site be professional and perfect. To achieve a professional appearance for his Web site, Ryan received help and training from the StoresOnline Customer Service team, who he says were "very helpful."

Because Ryan wanted perfection before going live on the Internet, his site took a couple of months to build and fine-tune before he published it in May 2004.

Ryan had already sold screen-printing kits on EBay, with sales averaging USD $500-600 per month. Once he began to market his kits with professional pictures, he saw his sales jump to $10,000 per month. Then, after his StoresOnline site was up on the Internet and running well, he began to realize sales averaging $16,000 per month, a $6,000 increase. In fact, sales continued to rise to where they now average around $70,000 per month.

The revenue generated by his Web site allowed Ryan to quit his window-washing job and focus on the demands of selling screen-printing kits and supplies. Not only has the success of his site created a new job for himself, but Ryan has also hired three additional employees to help out with his thriving business.

Ryan attributes his success to the training he received from the StoresOnline seminar, workshop, and Customer Service team.

"I've learned everyday since the seminar on, and I continue learning everyday. ¿ The coaching that StoresOnline provided was very intuitive and taught me a lot. It provided extra tips that helped our Web site gain more hits and more sales," Ryan says. "Because of doing it myself [building and maintaining his site], and being out in the field working, I've learned so much more in the last seven months than I ever learned in two years of college business classes."

To those considering whether to sign on with StoresOnline, Ryan says he would definitely suggest it.

"It is very easy to use-easy to get hits and draw people to your Web site," he says. "StoresOnline has a lot of training and coaching available, plus customer service. I think it has helped my business grow tremendously. I would recommend going with them. Of course, it takes a lot of hard work, but you got to keep your pedal to the metal as they say."

And putting the pedal to the metal is exactly what Ryan is continuing to do. Ryan's next site will be devoted to providing t-shirts on a wholesale level, allowing interested customers to purchase all of their screen-printing supplies and t-shirts from his sites.

Visit Ryan's screen-printing Web site at http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com

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