A selection of links to various government organisations and non-government that provide advice for both consumers and traders in the UK.

• Consumer Direct Advice - http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk
  Read about advice that consumers can get from the government. When selling services and goods online it is best to look at both sides of the fence from a consumer and seller point of view.
  
  
• Scottish Enterprise
  Great page on advice about selling online for businesses in Scotland
  
  The internet is a great resource for any business. Not only can it help you buy (or procure) goods and services quickly and easily, you can also accept payments online. This, in turn, can help you reach new markets and make you more competitive.
  
  
• Business Link
  Simliar site to Scottish Enterprise but this time for English law.
  
  Although trading over the Internet is often seen as a more informal way of doing business, the same rules apply as with the formation of other types of contract. The issue can be confused by the fact that in e-commerce the trader and customer are never face-to-face and are sometimes in different countries.
  
  
  
• Business Advice about Trading Online From IS 4 Profit
  http://www.is4profit.com/busadvice/tradingonline/index.htm
  
  
• Office of Fair Trading - http://www.oft.gov.uk
  Various information about running a business and again more consumer rights
  
  
• Advice Guide - Citizens Advice Bureau
  Various PDF documents about the internet
  Scotland
  England
  Wales
  Sorry No Northern Ireland Guide
  
  

• How to choose a reliable drop shipper
  http://community.esources.co.uk/article/7/
  If you are an Internet retailer, a storefront retailer who also has a website, a mail order retailer or a catalogue company, you may find the concept of drop shipping attractive. After all, drop shipping eliminates the need to buy inventory, store it, and ship it out yourself.

• The Court Service
  http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/ - Scotland
  http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/ - England & Wales
  http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/en-GB/default.htm?UserPref=culture%5Een-GB - Northern Ireland
  Information relating to courts, addresses, fees and forms.
  
  
• Money Claims
  https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp
  Provides a way of starting debt recover proceedings online
  
  
• eBay
  http://pages.ebay.co.uk/safetycentre/buying_safely.html - Buying
  http://pages.ebay.co.uk/safetycentre/selling_safely.html - Selling
  eBay has some good pointers that could be applied to general trading online.
  
  
• Out-law.com - Has 6,000 pages of free legal news and guidance, mostly on IT and e-commerce issues. We highlight some key pages below...

  Selling online: an overview of the rules
  

  The UK's E-commerce Regulations

  Selling online: structuring your e-commerce process
  

  The UK's Distance Selling Regulations

• Small Business Advice
  http://www.smallbusinessadvice.org.uk/ebiz/eselling.asp
  
  

Terinea doesn't accept any responsibly for advice given on these sites. It is up to the business or individual to decide on terms and conditions for trading online.