New Business - Point of Sale?

[JMR]

I am looking into the possibility of importing a product for resale to consumers in Ireland.
The approach I would be taking is the placement of product literature in a relatively small number of locations where the prospective customer gathers.
I do not have sales premises so the obvious method for completing the sale is to direct the customer to a website......

How easy / difficult / expensive is it to setup a relatively basic website which includes payment facility (paypal etc)?

On the delivery side, how does this work?
Do I make arrangements with a logistics company that on different days I could be delivering different numbers, if any?
Do they supply the boxes or do I source them elsewhere?

Thanks

 

[bluemac]

Easy to set up a site, lots of online of the shelf web solutions including Ebay and Paypal for payments..

for your own website using an off the shelf package, I would have a minimum of €1000 plus the payment gateway costs, cant help on delivery.. most proper use post to start with..

 

[onq]

Most online companies seem to favour delivery to their office first, then local delivery. I'm sure there's a very good reason for this, probably control of the market and mark-up. But this opens up your company to the expenses of a holding premises, payment of rates, transportation deadlines, etc.