Three Ways to Make your Online Business Unique

Setting yourself apart from the crowd is something that's becoming more and more difficult. With the ever increasing number of online businesses, it seems like everything has already been done and it seems like you will never make yourself stand out to customers. But is this the truth? There are always new ways to identify yourself in relation to your competition, if only you take the time to consider your options. Here are three ways you can make your online business unique - and they will certainly grab the attention of your customers too.

High Quality, High Quality, High Quality

While this seems like something that's a given, you would be surprised at just how many online businesses are selling inferior products. At first glance, their product selection might look appealing, but when the customers receive the items, they realize that they paid much more than they should have. Instead of starting out with a cheaper product (like many new online businesses do) and then upgrading to a high quality product once you have a customer base, start off with the best. This will not only bring in customers that feel quality is important, but it will also establish you as the leader in quality in your market.

Before you even begin to sell your product, be sure to order the items for yourself to see what the customer will be receiving. This is going to help you see whether or not you need to be looking for a new vendor or if you should possibly be selling something else that's more appropriate for your customers.

Choose a Unique Logo or Symbol

When you want to stand out from the rest of the competition, you need to establish yourself as something that can be easily identified. Many companies will accomplish this by choosing a simple logo or a symbol to identify their company - for example, which company do you identify with a set of golden arches? Try to find something that is related to your business or something that is slightly outrageous in order to grab someone's attention. And then be sure that you are incorporating it into everything related to your business - marketing, advertisements, etc.

If you are selling a certain kind of product, try to choose a generic form of the product to be your logo or your symbol. Brainstorm for a bit about what designs might work best for your company and then test them out on your friends and family to see what they think too.

Choose a Certain Price for Everything You Sell

There's a reason why dollar stores are so popular - the prices. If you can, try pricing all of your products with a certain price or price ending. This will create an immediate advertising focus, while also making it easy for your customers to see what you are selling your products for. For example, you might want to sell things that all end in 99 or perhaps you can sell everything for $7, but sell 3 for $7 and then 1 for $7, depending on the actual value of the item.

You might also want to have specific sales in which you price everything the same. This will help you be unique, but won't cause you to overhaul your pricing scheme.

Uniqueness is something that only you can choose, but there are plenty of opportunities to set yourself apart from the crowd. Find the one thing that makes your business different from everyone else and be sure to point it out to your customers. Even if it's not 'new,' it will still help you stay in the minds of your future customers.