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
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
) ---
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?