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I have decided to create an E-commerce store as a side project to get some cash flow to help fund my main project. I plan to use drop shippers and use osCommerce. It seems like a bit of a daunting task because this will be my first E-commerce store and I'm not really sure what it involves so I have a few questions.

How do I deal with the value added tax (a UK tax similar to sales tax)?

Should I contact the dropshippers before creating the website or create the website and then contact the dropshippers?

Will osCommerce make it possible to automatically process the orders to the dropshipper or will I have to do that manually or use another piece of software?

Will the dropshippers deal with returns or will I have to deal with them?


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