If I was going to open a store

If I were going to open a store I feel like I would try and open it as an online site first. The main reasoning for this is I can use the money I would have spent on by the location and paying bills on the development of the website and advertising to get my website more well known and user friendly. I also feel that with out the cost of the building i could also hire more people to help with my shipping process then i can get the customer their product on time. The down side to this choice though is that the online business world is getting more and more competitive everyday and it could be harder in the long run to keep customers interested in my online store. Also though i think more and more stores will go online in the future I do not think physical business will ever disappear because in my opinion there will always be people who would buy the product upfront instead of waiting for it. Oh and there are also grocery stores which I never see going out of business because i think the majority of the public will keep shopping at them because they do not want to pay extra or run the risk of someone else getting the food and then when the customer gets it either some of it is gone of has been damaged. 

So in conclusion if i were to open a store it would be online and though I think more businesses will make this transfer i still think the physical stores themselves will still exist.