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Hi, I'm Chris, the co-founder of Jungle Straws The first step would be to discover the products that you most want to sell online and research where your potential audience hang out. It's imperative to understand who your audience are and know their buying habits. There are many platforms that can help you start an e commerce business - the most popular ones being Shopify, Squarespace and Woo Commerce. Many sellers also like to sell on Amazon using their FBA (fulfilled by Amazon) programme. You send stock to their warehouses and allow them to fulfill on your behalf. Although this is a great way to build a large customer base, you do hand a lot of power over to another entity, so we've found that having a balance helps. The best places to start would be Etsy (product) dependent, and eBay. Starting with a little retail arbitrage can also be an effective way to give you insight into how e commerce works.