Start online shop in 2025

Start online shop – is it a good idea?

Starting online shop shop aka E-commerce platform in 2025 might be a good idea, a lot of us have an idea of launching something. We get so caught up in our own worlds that we often forget and simply put under the rug our vision to start something.

I was sitting with a couple buddies of mine couple of days ago, we’re in the process of starting a new commerce business and we’re jotting down obligations, notes, stuff we need before we get the show on the road.

In those moments, I was thinking about you and made me realise one thing. Vast majority of us give up cause we don’t have proper support to see something till the end. Vast majority of us, wish we only have at least one person to back us up or work with us.

I’ll be honest with you. Time goes, there’s no right time certain things happen they just do, with that being said…

Starting a business is difficult, challenging. I believe every single being should start their own business at some point in their lives.

Having your own business, something that you think about at night, talk with your friends, speak about on events is what makes it more appealing. I believe it’ll makes us a better parent, better co-worker, better boss, better friend, more self-aware.

If we had a business idea that we’re thinking about right now at this very moment accomplished, how proud and ambitious would we feel to keep moving forward?

Why are we offering this? ( Personal Angle )

Some of us want to start a pet clothing business, Some of us had this idea almost a year ago. Over the course of time, we’ve tried googling although with no success. We’ve had to do everything ourselves. Find suppliers, find products, record videos, write blog. Do courses to understand how technology works. OVERWHELMING.

It doesn’t have to be.

Maypact is a done for you service. We offer the most friendly business approach you’ll truly ever receive. Our mission is to help small to medium size businesses scale with our innovative platforms. Platforms with who you’ll receive our support in all aspects. Recording videos, looking for suppliers, finding companies to assist in production. Creating a color palette, creating a logo and more.

We’re offering you a online shop and a partner which will make your business not-overwhelming. I as a founder of Maypact have been there, for that reason I am offering my help to you. There are so many business models out there and I’ve researched all of them. That’s why I made a decision to help others kick-start their ideas cause I want them to succeed. I want you to make that end goal, your vision accomplished. Your ideas matter and I’m putting myself out there with you to scale and grow together.

I know it sucks when you have no-one to turn to and you spend weeks googling and nothing to reap at the end of that journey.

My vision with this model is to scale and grow together. Reality is if you do not succeed, We’ll both bleed funds. My system only works if business I’m working with are growing.

My system is circular. I’m re-investing funds gained into improving and adding to the websites I craft.

Why should you have your own online shop aka E-commerce website? ( Business Angle )

Think about this:

It’s pretty exciting thinking about your new online shop, right?

I know that online shops have various suppliers today. Whether someone’s business is in drop-shipping, crafting, outsourcing, or other I’ve planned ahead of time to be ready for any and all business models. To stand behind my words, I’ll assist you in locating suppliers for products which you wish to produce.

If you’re thinking about adding supplier network with affiliate structure, my Affiliate website is coming soon! Which will be an add-on for your online shop aka E-Commerce website which will work with any and all websites you build using Maypact.

With our HCF we’re ready to tackle your challenges and aid you in scaling your online shop further and farther.

Our early adopters, a Netherland company Aprifume is more than satisfied with how their online shop turned out and they have already started selling their brand new perfume there!

Not too far from them; another company GardenLiving is also on the verge to migrate to our online shop aka E-Commerce website and scale farther their drop-shipping business.

What is HCF?

HFC is referred as High Converting Features. Those are features which are globally recognized as techniques which are led to higher purchase rate, higher interest in user experience and similar interactions.

Some of those when it comes to our online shop are:

What are the costs for your online shop?

Costs can be many, starting from actually opening a business, regardless where you are from, if you want to open a business in United Kingdom, we would recommend our own accountant Griffith Accountants.

Business registration cost:

Starting the business would be around £300.00 and in that price you would get:

• Business registration in London as a non-resident ( £100.00 – £200.00 )
• Business physical address ( Usually included in the registration price )
• Wise Business bank account ( Worth EUR 50.00 one time fee )
• ICO registration ( £40.00 – one time free )
• XERO accounting software license
• And some other benefits which you most likely will not use

As for the other costs, we mentioned previously our own accountant which can help you out for both accounting as well as bookkeeping, for the exact price you would need to contact them directly, but I assume it’ll be roughly around £100.00/month to have accounting with bookkeeping.

Website Cost:

This part varies a lot, if you decide to take Shopify route, you could pull it off to pay think £20ish a month if you would build the website your self, if you want for someone to build it for you you can look at costs anywhere from £500.00 up to £10.000 and more.

It really comes down to how much of a custom website and branding you are looking for.

If you would like us to build a store for you, it would come up to a rough price of £4.000,00 where you would not move a muscle in terms of creating a website. We entirely take care of development and desing.

We also go step further to see how can we best assist you with inventory system as well as other important business logistics.

We also can add services such as automation onto the website where you would receive a digest of all the activity in a way to help you pack the orders correctly.

We can automatically handle refunds, all kinds of emails in order for you to fully focus on growing the business rather focus on button placement, has someone received an email et cetera.

Taxes cost:

This might be the most scary section of this blog cause when you hear tax you run. Well that happens when you are not sure what you are doing.

We are grateful to also say that as far for the website aspect we take care of your Legal pages, GDPR compliance or other compliance you may need depending on your country, and your accountant will take care of your business taxes.

For United Kingdom you can count I believe anywhere around 19% for your corporation tax but again, I’ll leave that off to an accountant to walk you through.

One key advice is do not try to skim the system. Be legal, pay all taxes which are required and you will sleep well, if you need to take one point out of this blog; please cover all your expenses which are legally required so you can keep your business operational without a worry.

Website fees:

All websites Maypact builds are 0% fee based which means you take home 100% of the income. Unlimited earning potential and best of it is that you get Maypact to work alongside for your growth as a truly dedicated partner for your online shop but also for all other project ideas which you may have.

There is also a possibility for our startup price to be lowered if a business proposes a percentage monthly payouts; however please for this reach out to us directly so we can see what we can do for you.

Marketing

Brand message

It’s utmost important for you to solve one specific issue. I was talking with my brothers 30 or so minutes ago and they both said in a plain sentence the reason why X and Y businesses are on the throne is because they solve ONE specific issue.

It may sound insane mainly as how can you be profitable by solving one issue?

Pretty simple; we are all fed up everything on a daily basis that it’s more than important for a service to make a relief on our daily lives.

Take a look at Moodi blends they solve one specific issue. Procrastination drinks -> Power drink, their whole message evolves around giving you the productivity you need through a single drink.

Many brands are on the same lines as Moodie and they are on the throne with the right message they can move forward to promote their product with ease, well almost with ease.

Be relatable

It’s cool to be famous but in order to be famous you first need to be relatable. Having an ad how cool it is to drive a ferarri is nice but what percentage of your audience drives that car?

Promote an ad which has an aspect an average human goes through, like waking up early for work and the temptation we have to put a snooze on the alarm.

When we do put a snooze, we risk not only missing work but chores we need in the morning like shower, breakfast, picking clothing without a rush and so on.

When you press SNOOZE you risk at missing the morning your desperately need. Now, when you pack this issue up well people will relate and that means they will share your message with others.

So other can RELATE as well.

Currently you can see our starting from price on our Pricing page; however, please keep in mind that a custom e-commerce website might have a different starting from price.

Conclusion

This post will most likely receive an update in the months to come, for the time being it should be good enough to give you guidance on the next step.

That’s all from me *Stefan for the time being. Don’t overthink much, reap benefit from investing in your next online shop aka e-commerce idea, don’t let it sit for another year. Let’s work together and make some proud decisions and memories.

Maypact goes by a motto, “Good people know good people”. If you came across this blog and you might have an idea who can benefit from this, feel free to share the article or send their email directly to us, we’ll do the rest.

If you’re wondering how can you start online appointment business in 2024, here’s the link to your blog post. – Update in progress

Trust in Maypact.