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I'm in the process of starting a selling market for people who want pet related products and am keen on knowing how people do this, I'm a college student so I have no know how in this matter. Do people hire lawyers? Because I think the sensitive nature of the items people sell on my website like live pets would require a good legal statement to keep me out of trouble in the case of a mishap. Anyhow I have nothing to with the dealing as my website is just the platform for the dealings, it is up to the buyers and sellers to trade responsibly.

What do you guys think I should do? Are there any free legal pages out there? Can someone help me? :)

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Well obviously its always best to have some consultancy firm or lawyer write your terms and conditions but the fact your student I imagine your funds are very limited and maybe not a possibility.

You could always try to write the terms and conditions yourself and use other websites as a guideline such as eBay and Gumtree since both sell pet related products. It's important to note that no matter how tight your terms and conditions are you can still be found liable for damages on certain issues, terms and conditions do not prevent all liability claims but of course can minimize the effect.

Personally I would attempt to write them yourself and as soon as you have enough profit you invest that many in having a lawyer look over your terms and conditions, obviously this isn't the best scenario as your better getting these done before you open shop. Another possibility is that you write a 'business plan' and seek government or public funding for your project.

For example if your business is UK based then you should a look at the following for funding:

If you think your business is creative then you could take a look at kickstarter:

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