Any business in 2026 really needs its own website. Even if it’s just one page, at least people can find you and contact you direct. You can control it. You can design it. You can amend it. No dubious social media advertising all over the page. The hard bit is hosting it. That can get tricky and expensive. Having a human in Essex to guide you around this is a great asset.
Many people who sell products via an online shop do this via, eBay, Amazon, Vinted, Shopify, Depop, Instagram, Facebook marketplace or Etsy. There are others but these are the biggies. Whilst these platforms are great and set the benchmark, there are some serious downsides to putting all your sales through these platforms. Get an online shop and control your selling situation.
Once you’re set up selling and established, these big ecommerce platforms don’t advertise the painful fact of their up to 40%, or in many cases 70% sales and marketing fees. These fees are deducted at source from your money or earnings.
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You can make extra money from an online shop either as: