Oy, y'all!
Judi van den Broek here...and hello again, Char.
I've been wildly busy so haven't been able to commune lately, but popped in for a quick read and have a couple of pointers for you and you and you
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that MAY be helpful.
The Atkins (or Protein Power or whatever) book?
Try
www.amazon.nl (for The Netherlands) and
www.amazon.de (for Deutsche Republic or however it's spelled
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and I set up a low carb co-op originally, the first online, in Canada for exactly the same reasons y'all have except there were a LOT fewer products available ANYWHERE then. And it's still running but is pretty well now an online store with inventory. Hard work but do-able. Start with one product line, get the wholesale buying info, get the customs info (if you're importing or 'exporting'), build a basic webpage and set up a simple email address for orders only, guestimate shipping (local post office webpage to start), collect pre-paid orders complete with shipping address & postal code) and then order cases. Expand from there. Basically. Hope this helps?
A quick note. Low Carbing does NOT depend on manufactured products, those are TREATS only. It depends on high-quality proteins and fats, and low carb or non-starchy vegetables, with lower carb berries and fruits for later on in the process. MODERATE but not LOW calories (i.e., watch out for cheese, cream and, eventually, nuts: the downfall of many a low carber with their DENSE calorie and fat counts). Take it from me, starting in 1998...
Again, hope this all helps?