Commerce & retail
Handmade and Etsy Shop
Product classification, labeling rules by category, real cost pricing, and building a list off the platform.
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Commerce & retail business guides
Compare the work, customers, operating requirements, and documents behind each business. Choose the model you can credibly deliver before choosing equipment or branding.
Commerce & retail
Print on Demand Shop
What you may not print, design clearance, thin-margin pricing, and owning a niche.
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TikTok Shop
Seller verification, product clearance, unit economics, content and affiliate operations, fulfillment, returns, records, and account health.
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Amazon FBA and Wholesale Selling
You buy real products at wholesale from brands and authorised distributors, ship them into Amazon's fulfillment network, and Amazon stores, picks, packs, ships and handles returns while you keep the margin.
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Dropshipping Store
A dropshipping store is an online retail business: you take the order, charge the customer, and a third-party supplier ships the goods straight to the buyer, so you never hold inventory.
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Two businesses in the same category can have very different labor needs, collection times, licensing burdens, and repeat-customer patterns. Use the business viability worksheet to compare your own assumptions.