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system that would pass my ‘Holy
Grail’ test. It needed to offer profitable
and sustainable business growth, be
underpinned by sellable assets, have
the ability to be structured in a tax
efficient way and be operated from
anywhere in the world.
It soon became apparent that the
ecommerce world was exploding with
opportunity. There will be no other
time in history where people move
from buying offline to online. Four out
of five Britons buy items online and
the value of global ecommerce sales is
expected to reach £1.2 trillion in 2016
when the final figures are released.
But when I talk to people about
selling products online, most of them
automatically assume I’m talking about
getting rid of unwanted items on eBay
or Gumtree to fund summer holidays or
Christmas shopping.
The fact is, with as little as £30,000
starting capital, you could build a
reputable online retail brand selling
products to tens of thousands of
customers globally. Your ecommerce
business can be based wherever you
are too, because there’s no product
creation, handling or shipping.
And the reason it was franchisable
is because, at first, I did it, and in under
12 months more than 100 other people
have followed the Platinum Business
Partners model. So it’s proven.
Since the beginning of last year, I’ve
had my own B2C online retail business
with a business partner. By the end of
this financial year, we forecast we will
achieve a sales revenue of more than
£120,000.
I currently sell pet products. This
is because I have two dogs and an
interest in this category, which makes
it far more enjoyable. But our Platinum
Business Partners sell in a range of
categories, from health and personal
care and sport and outdoors to beauty
and home and kitchen.
SO HOW DOES IT WORK?
In a nutshell, we teach you how to
build your own online retail business,
through which you will be selling
products to online shoppers all over
the world. You don’t need to create
products, handle them - apart from
seeing samples - or traipse down to
the Post Office to ship them. So it’s a
flexible business that can be run from
home or anywhere with an internet
connection during the hours you
choose.
But it’s not as easy as it sounds, or
why would people want to join us? The
fact is, 99 per cent of people currently
selling products online are making
huge mistakes. This is because they
fail to see that running a successful
ecommerce business involves knowing
a lot more than they think about
product selection, global marketplaces,
importing, exporting, branding and
marketing.
NOW IS THE RIGHT
TIME TO GET INTO
THE WORLD OF
ECOMMERCE AND
ONLINE”
Through our comprehensive
programme of technical learning, we
give you everything you need to achieve
success. This includes setting up a tax
efficient business structure and picking
the right products, through to sourcing
and marketing them in the most costeffective
way.
You’ll also learn how to build brands
and a diversified portfolio of products
that will become sellable assets in
the future, but earn you a significant
income in the meantime.
Our core promise is that you can
earn £2,000 to £4,000 per month net
income (not turnover). Much more is
possible and already being achieved,
but I’ve always been a believer in under
promising and over delivering.
All the while, we provide extensive
training, guidance and support tools
through our network of online retail
experts and Power Team, who can
keep you ahead of the ever-changing
ecommerce game with legislation
updates, best practice and fresh
strategies.
HOW CAN PEOPLE
FIND OUT MORE?
Get in touch. The team is lovely, but
more importantly, experienced in how
the business model works. They can
answer any questions you have and
talk through financial specifics of the
model.
If that peaks your interest, then
like any franchise, we hold regular
Discovery Events, which we highly
recommend for anyone considering any
kind of online retail and ecommerce
business.
INFORMATION
Call 01202 652 103, email
info@platinumbusinesspartners.co.uk
or visit
www.platinumbusinesspartners.co.uk.
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