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how did you find your first customers?



In this market, the demand for certain species is much higher than the offer. So I just advertised in the online carnivorous plants communities that I had these species for sale on my website. People rushed in to get them and bought other species alongside.


do you mind sharing the URL for your business ? I love discovering indie businesses outside of software realm


of course, it is https://phito.be/


I wish you had a blog where you share "behind the scenes" stories running this business


There's a few pictures here about how I pack my plants (warning: large sized images will load with this page, still have to fix this...)

https://phito.be/frequently-asked-questions/

and a few blog articles here

https://phito.be/articles/

I would like to write more blog articles, but I am a very slow writer and I don't have a lot of time :/


I see your Belgian as well. How's the tax situation for something like this? Not giving you too much trouble?

EDIT: This also explains why you say "6 month winter" :D


Previously I was under a certain revenue per year that allowed me to pay almost no taxes, but now I have to put the regular 21% tax on


Next feature for website: organize plant by trap's type or insect they eat :)




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