Online local souvenir store

Past visitors, people buying gifts for friends and family, and overseas buyers looking for Australian products.

Retail margin on each item sold, plus gift sets or bundles that raise the value of each order.

• Product photography and writing descriptions
• Packing and posting orders
• Basic online marketing

• Postage can eat into margins on heavy or fragile items, so price it in
• Check council rules if you store stock or pack orders at home
• Register for an ABN and check when you need to register for GST
• Consumer law covers refunds and faulty goods, so check your obligations to customers
• Authentic Indigenous art and designs should be bought from reputable sources with proper licensing, so check suppliers carefully

Startup costs are typically estimated at around $1,000 to $6,000, depending on your opening stock, website set-up, photography and packaging. Get supplier quotes, and price postage in carefully so it does not eat into your margins.

Monthly revenue is typically estimated at around $300 to $3,000, depending on your product range, how you market the store and your pricing. These are estimates only, and revenue is not profit after stock and postage costs.

Check council rules if you store stock or pack orders at home, ABN and GST registration, and your consumer law obligations on refunds and faulty goods. Buy Indigenous art only from reputable, properly licensed sources, and check suppliers carefully.