Real costs, platform choices, and honest guidance for starting and running an online store in Australia. Shopify vs WooCommerce, payment processing fees, and what e-commerce actually involves for a small business.
The ACCC swept 2,000+ retail sites and didn't like what it found. What your online store legally owes customers, the pages you need, and where to get help.
About 70% of carts get abandoned. Here's what a small Australian store can realistically do about it — fixes, emails, the legal side, and where automation fits.
BNPL costs merchants roughly three times what card payments do. Here's the honest maths, what you get for it, and the one question that settles the decision.
The platform subscription is the cost everyone knows. Here are the nine nobody mentions — apps, processing, shipping, and the meter that runs while you build.
The ads say two hours. The truth is a few honest weeks. Here's the full path to starting an online store in Australia — costs, legals, shipping and all.
From 1 October 2026, adding a surcharge to eftpos, Visa and Mastercard payments is banned. What's changing, who's affected, and what to fix before the deadline.
Google Shopping isn't just ads — free product listings exist, and most stores should be in them. What's involved, what trips people up, and when ads make sense.
Store SEO isn't website SEO with more pages. The product description trap, the category pages nobody optimises, and the technical bits that quietly matter.
Shopify's Australian plans start at $56 a month — but that's not what you'll pay. The real numbers: plans, payment rates, app costs and a worked example.
Shopify vs WooCommerce compared properly for Australian small business — real AUD costs both ways, transaction fees across platforms, and an honest recommendation.
Usually, yes — and you shouldn't rebuild a website that's working just to sell things. The light options, the proper bolt-ons, and how to pick the right size.
Plenty of service businesses ask for an online store when what they need is a Book Now button. The difference, the cost gap, and the test that settles it.
eBay's free selling tier changed the maths but not the answer. What marketplaces cost in 2026, what you give up, and how Australian sellers should use both.
An online store costs more than a regular website — here's what you're actually paying for, from platforms to payment fees to the bits nobody mentions.