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    US Drop Shipping & State Nexus Thresholds

    I have a new ecommerce store that is primarily aimed at the US market (at least for now) I've created a UK based Ltd that the ecom brand operates under to ensure no personal liability All products are sourced, fulfilled and shipped by drop shipping providers in the US What do I need to know...
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    Invoicing my Ltd from my self-employed job role?

    I'm self-employed (non-vat registered). I've recently created a Ltd for a new business start-up. So far the new Ltd hasn't generated any income as it's in its early stages however I have invested countless hours and around £600 to get it to its current point. Additionally, a developer that...
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    E-books

    I would: stick it on Amazon as a physically printed or Kindle book and/or allow people to order the physical book via a landing page on your own website. That won't 100% stop the book from being shared, but it will reduce the chances as its then not in a freely shareable format. create a...
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    Which Business Type for Startup?

    Thanks for confirming what I already suspected was the right approach. Bemusingly I was literally working on the patchouli product render when you replied - no rest for the wicked on a 3 day weekend. Thanks, I'll give him a look as product liability cover was already on to existing to-do-list...
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    Which Business Type for Startup?

    I'm in the process of launching a small startup business in the aromatherapy niche. The project is on a shoestring budget so I'm watching every penny - it's taken a lot of planning and sourcing but I'm on target! Before everything goes live I'm trying to determine the best business type; I...
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    Payments from USA to UK for a not for profit organisation

    You need to look at something like Wise.com as the conversion rate/fees are considerably less than traditional banks etc. they do business accounts so that would likely be a good starting point.
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    Email provider for a WordPress website?

    You don't need to use the web email client that hosting providers give you - these are generally really basic, rather clunky and not great when your trying to check your emails across multiple devices. Instead setup your email address with whomever you have your hosting with, then go and create...
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    International Claims & Legal Issues

    I recently ended a freelance contract with a client due to the client failing to make payments of outstanding invoices - the company is registered in Iceland and the amount they owe is just shy of £10k. Yesterday, i received a rather poorly amended PDF (via email) claiming that I had infringed...
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    B2B... Wholesale... In the States... Without Holding Stock...?

    Yer it sounds like i'm going to need quite a bit of planning and agreeing of specifics beyond the site build itself. Notably there are a small pool of products in this niche and thankfully i have some form of communication with all of them, so if someone opts to go direct, i can always go to one...
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    B2B... Wholesale... In the States... Without Holding Stock...?

    That sounds what I'm planning to do; create and maintain the relationship with the buyer whilst having the seller ship direct to the buyer (whilst still getting a cut) - do you mind if i reach out to you via PM to gather some more insight as to the specifics of the agreement you had as a basis...
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    B2B... Wholesale... In the States... Without Holding Stock...?

    I’ve identified a niche within the health/medical sector where a potential only B2B solution/website (targeting the US market) could be successful connecting buyers, with sellers, whilst stuck in the middle, facilitating those relationships would be me (taking my cut) via the platform. I’m...
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    Would you hire a Freelance SEO Consultant?

    The industry has changed a lot in the last 10-15 years; i remember that long ago i had a "freelance seo" website (and it was honestly crap) offering my services and i used to get a couple of client enquiries every week (and that was without putting much if any marketing effort in). Oh how times...
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    Advice: Print Materials

    I need to setup a lightbox of sorts (for doing product photos/videos) however unlike a lightbox i want to use a rigid material with a matt finish (to reduce reflections) and a repeating logo printed all over it (so any photo or video will have that branding in the background and underneath the...
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    HSBC Hong Kong to Barclays UK Payment

    What's the best approach for sending money from a HSBC Hong Kong account to a Barclays UK account? The sender is planning on doing the conversion at the HSBC end hence the payment being sent will be GBP (rather than the original USD amount) - presumably sending the payment in the destination...
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    What's the Best Approach: China to ROTW Shipping

    Around 70-80% of sales are US customers. Kitting involves making up the packaging (folding a specially designed box design), placing 3-4 items in the box then shrink wrapping.
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