New site aims to make us all a nation of shopkeepers

A new free online marketplace has launched this month, offering anyone in the world the chance to set up and run their own online shop. Tired with the high sales and listing fees taken from other online shops, founder Chris Snell and Michael Petch decided to create their own.

 www.hoizo.com is a easy to use shop creation platform that aims to simplify online shopping, and allow anyone to be selling online in minutes. The site is also fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter, and allows users to post their newly created stores to Facebook.

The store is launching amid a backdrop of economic dooms and gloom and aims to help people raise some extra income but selling new, handmade second hand goods, for free.

Michael Petch co-founder of hoizo.com says "We build hoizo.com as a reaction to the pricy and complicated buying platforms on the market. We don't charge users a fee for listing items, or take a % when they sell something. Meaning that store owners can make more money from their stores".

Chris Snell co-founder of hoizo.com says "We were fed up with the hidden fee's and tricks on other online shopping platforms, that is why we have created the simpliest and clearest pricing possible. There are hidden costs and no final selling fee, making hoizo.com one of the cheapest ways to start selling online".

www.hozio.com has been in beta launch for the past few weeks and is already fast appraching 50 stores, and over 100 members. Users have found the site easy to use, and are selling a whole range of goods from computer games to candles. hoizo.com is set to become a big player in the personal e-commerce space.