The hosting provider suggests five tips on what is important in the coming year for online retailers. These include changes in laws and the new domain extension ".shop".
The New Year brings for online shop operators with new challenges and changes. The hosting provider explains what it takes.
".shop"
The new top-level domain (nTLD) ".shop" is expected to be introduced in 2015. This online retailer is able to reposition itself in the market: Many coveted domains are already sold out under ".com". The chance to get the desired domain name under .shop, which is significantly greater than in the classical domain extensions.
Who does not want to miss the start of .shop, may be in the free and without obligation the hosting provider domain Wishlist Add.
New VAT rules
From 1 January 2015 there is a new sales tax regime for online retailers that sell electronic services, such as digital photos, e-books or software. In future, the sales tax in the country of the end user will be charged. For example, a customer buys from Italy an e-book with a web shop, the shop owner turnover in Italy has to pay.
