There are four basic steps to start your e-commerce business.

1: Research E-commerce business type and niche:

The first step would be to research the type of e-commerce business model you want to start. For quick profits, you can start with dropshipping but for the long term, you need to build a brand and sell your own products.

While starting a new e-commerce business it is important that you focus on a specific niche.

2: Create your online store:

You need to register the domain name and start building the online store. Thanks to e-commerce platforms like Shopify, Magento and WooCommece it is easy to build a store online.

3: Attract customers:

After you have built the online store, your main focus would be on increasing your website visitor and converting them into customers. Attracting customers to e-commerce store largely depends on how strong your online marketing strategies are.

You can also advertise your products on Social media & google ads. Partnering up with affiliate marketers also will help you to increase sales.

4: Order fulfillment:

Two reasons why people purchase on Amazon are one great brand presence and second best and quick delivery. You can build a brand presence among your prospective customers but it is hard to replicate the order fulfillment by FBA. To ship your product the way Amazon prime does you need to have good logistic partners and a shipping solution which can automate order fulfillment. You can achieve this by using a shipping solution like StorePep[1]. You can also watch this video on How you can get Amazon Prime-like experience for your eCommerce store using StorePep?
https://youtu.be/MRrMi8IBgfE