In 2007 Zlio started their on-line store creation website that allows minipreneurs to set up their own shop online in under five minutes. Since its inception Zlio has set up more than 362,000 stores covering everything from Arts to Weddings.

Now there is a new contender tinypay.me, which, they state, allows anyone to set up [...]]]>

Tinypay.me

In 2007 Zlio started their on-line store creation website that allows minipreneurs to set up their own shop online in under five minutes. Since its inception Zlio has set up more than 362,000 stores covering everything from Arts to Weddings.

Now there is a new contender tinypay.me, which, they state, allows anyone to set up a micro-store in 60 seconds.

Tinypay.me, based in New York, allows users to quickly create a store. No account is required, sellers chose what products they would like to sell, the images they would like to use to represent the products and their prices. Products can be either physical or virtual. For physical goods, sellers can provide a location where the goods can be inspected or collected from.

Tinypay.me then creates a page for each product and an imbed code lets users include those products on their own sites if they wish.

All payment are handled through Paypal and Tinypay.me charges a small commission of 5% of the sale price. If the seller donates to a charity, Tinypay will match that donation.

As shown by Zlio anything that makes selling easier is almost certain to be a success and this concept could be emulated on a local or niche basis.