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Running an online/eBay business from Spain

cool-O-rama
#1
Does anybody have any experiences of making a living out of online retail from Spain?  I currently run an eBay store selling art prints and would love to relocate to Catalunya.  I have checked the postage charges for sending packages abroad on the Correos website and they appear to be over double the cost of sending a package from the UK to Spain.

On similar forums I have seen posts that state that the prices are cheaper at the local Correos offices.  Is there anybody out there that could offer any advice?
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Nayoute
#2
Hi, maybe get distributor in England to fulfil the item for you.
cool-O-rama
#3
Thank you for your suggestion, but each item is printed to order.  My business model would not function if I had to print out a thousand posters that might take a couple of years to sell.

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