Global Selling Independent Site Beginner Starter Kit - From Beginner to Giving Up, Smooth as Silk. (Part 1)

Background: Why Write This?

First: No more showing off, it's all about traffic.

Relatives and friends: "Can you write content for 'high net worth' people? The users you're attracting have no monetization value!"

Me: "My Taurus zodiac sign is acting up, nobody can stop me."

Jokes aside, the original intention of creating content must be firmly beneficial to others. This "others" should encompass as wide an audience as possible at a certain stage. And being beneficial to others isn't without returns - being beneficial to others can generate traffic, then from traffic gain other monetization opportunities.

Second: The real background experience, I understand the pain of that stage better.

As someone who's extremely frugal - only buying discounted vegetables from certain delivery services, walking 3 miles to pick up group buys; especially as a Taurus who has been unemployed for 2 years while trying global selling independent sites, I'm a bit embarrassed to share something embarrassing: I couldn't bring myself to buy a printer, so first label I printed was for free at a nearby chain store (that label was a gift to a KOL, just to get shipping experience).

So I understand the pain points of people like us in the current environment very well.

Therefore, this article will be an extremely friendly, comprehensive budget-version beginner guide for those just starting out who are a bit reluctant to spend money.

(Also, friends with some resources who want to focus on the business itself should skip this - remember, time is the most precious thing for you.)

Infrastructure Section

1. Domestic Company Entity - As Low as Free, Maximum 300 Yuan!

Basic Info: I did mine for free, I suggest everyone don't obsess over entity type - beginners should just choose sole proprietorship without thinking.

Pain Point might be the registered address issue - registered addresses are generally park addresses covered by business service agencies for you.

How to Get This at Low Cost:

1. Pay for Convenience Version: Search related keywords on certain platforms, compare three options, find related services - if it's expensive, don't get it.
2. Pure Budget Version (Free): Search for information about entrepreneurship park investments in your local area (like on public accounts), these places need KPIs for attracting investment, they need businesses to register companies. If your area is small and can't find one, add big city keywords and do remote registration.

What is the domestic entity company for? Subsequent business needs: like opening domestic PayPal, opening some payment methods, opening some logistics services, opening advertising agency accounts, etc.

2. Domestic Entity Operations - As Low as Free, Maximum 360 Yuan Per Year!

Basic Info: If you choose a legitimate business service agency, rest assured, they have a bunch of value-added services waiting for you afterwards, otherwise how do they make money? (Just like me, writing free tutorials to attract traffic - if I don't sell you something or run ads, how do I make money?)

I can now tell you with less information gap, after opening the entity, you still have 3 things to do: make a company seal, apply for tax registration, then regularly complete tax filings.

I can tell you, all three of these actions can be solved for free by yourself!

You can try to handle the first two yourself, but daily tax filings are best not to do yourself, extremely troublesome. Personal filings, company quarterly filings, annual audits - there's a bunch of things and a bunch of points. The specific operations aren't difficult, just annoying - you have to remember these things.

How to Get This at Low Cost:

1. Pay for Convenience Version: Directly find relevant service providers to solve for you! Any questions about taxes during this process, you can consult professionals. Rest assured, in this country, any price will be heavily discounted, it won't be expensive. Similarly, search related keywords on major platforms, easily solved.
2. Pure Budget Version (Free): NOT RECOMMENDED! Also don't ask these types of questions in groups every day. We're a cross-border ecommerce discussion group, not a business service accounting exchange group! Every day in the group asking and asking how to file taxes, how to do this, how to do that. You should learn to ask professionals, the right people first!

What's tax filing for?? Huh??

3. International Credit Card - As Low as Free, Maximum Dozens of Yuan Per Month

Basic Info: Honestly, this is a problem I didn't expect when making many guides, many people in the comments would bash me: "This thing requires a credit card, what are you talking about?" I only realized that many people might not be able to open regular credit cards - like students, or people who might have credit issues.

How to Get This at Low Cost:

1. Pay for Convenience Version: Directly find relevant digital financial service providers to solve for you, commonly known as virtual credit cards. But this thing has mixed quality and is quite sensitive, I won't make any specific recommendations. But I've told you the approach, you must be careful. About several dozen yuan per month should be required.
2. Pure Budget Version (Free): Normal people should just go to one of the four major banks to apply, get a Visa dual-currency/all-currency card.

What is the credit card for? Used to pay for your subsequent service content, including but not limited to: Shopify subscription fees, advertising fees, etc.

4. Overseas Entity - As Low as Over 1000 Yuan

Basic Info: I gritted my teeth and opened a UK entity before getting my first order. I think that action was the most...

---