Internet & Online Business Law
Australians everywhere are taking their business skills and creativity online to enjoy the many benefits the global marketplace can bring.
Many are finding great success, but many are falling short for predictable reasons:
In our experience, proper planning at the outset helps to prevent cost blowouts in the future, so legal fees usually pay for themselves.
The moral of the story is that although the overheads of an online business are usually significantly lower than an offline business, just as much if not more planning is required for an online business to be successful.
There may be only one second hand clothing store in your suburb, but the competition on the Internet for your e-second-hand-clothing-store will be hundreds if not thousands of times more fierce. For this reason and many others your approach to e-business must be different, and the legal aspects must usually be considered from a global rather than a local perspective.
If you are just starting out with your online business or you are well established Brisbane Internet Law (a department of Carroll Fairon Solicitors) can assist you with:
This website contains general information only. This website does not contain any legal advice. If you require legal advice, contact an Australian Legal Practitioner.
Many are finding great success, but many are falling short for predictable reasons:
- It was assumed that all that is required for a successful online/ e-business is a pretty website...
- No business plan was created...
- The links between the online business and the 'offline world' were not properly considered...
- The legal aspects of the e-business were not canvassed at all...
In our experience, proper planning at the outset helps to prevent cost blowouts in the future, so legal fees usually pay for themselves.
The moral of the story is that although the overheads of an online business are usually significantly lower than an offline business, just as much if not more planning is required for an online business to be successful.
There may be only one second hand clothing store in your suburb, but the competition on the Internet for your e-second-hand-clothing-store will be hundreds if not thousands of times more fierce. For this reason and many others your approach to e-business must be different, and the legal aspects must usually be considered from a global rather than a local perspective.
If you are just starting out with your online business or you are well established Brisbane Internet Law (a department of Carroll Fairon Solicitors) can assist you with:
- Dispute resolution in cyberspace
- Drafting website user agreements
- Drafting website privacy policies
- Assessing and scrutinising the links between the online and offline world vis a vis your e-business
- Considering ways your e-business can be made more efficient in general
This website contains general information only. This website does not contain any legal advice. If you require legal advice, contact an Australian Legal Practitioner.