Online retail sales in the USA increased by 16 percent to reach $453.5 billion in 2017, compared to in-store sales growth of just 3.4%, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report, proving once again that the future of e-commerce is bright.
Besides the faster growth, an e-commerce business has many inherent advantages over running a traditional brick-and-mortar store, including lower overhead costs, the potential to scale very quickly and the luxury of outsourcing tasks to contractors so you can run a million dollar one-person business.
