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Title: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: ranchito on March 23, 2017, 03:28

Someone can tell me what would be the legal issues to take into account and the expenses to sell in a site my own work.
Own site, not another site
thanks :)

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: unnonimus on March 23, 2017, 16:10

you can buy the software for around $150, and pay $30 per month for hosting.

selling videos requires far more disk space and is more expensive. the best deal I found is 4TB server for $55 (dedispec).

cms account is the software I bought. it works but at the time I would say was minimal.

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: angelawaye on March 23, 2017, 16:37

3dcart is a pretty good one...

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: ranchito on March 24, 2017, 04:21

Thank you, but I was referring to legal issues more than anything, that I should pay.
Taxation, etc.

And if I want to add other sellers, should I pay something extra?

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: dirkr on March 24, 2017, 04:28

The biggest legal issue is posting very unspecific questions and then relying on answers from anonymous posters on a public forum.

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on March 24, 2017, 06:01

What dirkr said. There's far too many potential issues for anyone to give you definitive answers, and it will also rely heavily on where you are based, whether you sell stuff for other people, and who you sell to. There may be things like VAT, sales tax and withholding taxes that might come in to play... and depending on your location, the rules are going to vary considerably when it comes to you paying taxes. You might be able to register as self-employed, you might have to register as a business, if you're in most European countries you'll have to register for VAT, charge it and then remit it to the correct department etc etc.

Nothing wrong with asking for a bit of advice here, but you should just take the answers as opinions and anecdotal evidence to give you a rough idea of what may or may not be involved... avoid taking them as gospel.

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: sarah2 on March 25, 2017, 12:20

 Depends where you are...
Here:
vat
accountant
national insurance contributions of minimum 2400€ year even if you sell nothing...
tekkie costs too maybe if you are not a mega boffin...
:(

Title: Re: Legal issues to have a site of stock ?
Post by: ShadySue on March 25, 2017, 12:31

As well as all of the above, possible legal issues or fake issues, with models or locations, possible legal issues with end users/abusers/thieves.