David Condon Finds

Start date: 1 July 2026 If you buy small items online from outside the EU, including from Great Britain, there is a new charge coming that is worth knowing about. From 1 July 2026 , a new €3 customs duty charge per item will apply to many low-value e-commerce packages coming into Ireland from outside the EU. Revenue has confirmed that this applies to goods bought online from non-EU countries, including Great Britain, where the goods are valued at €150 or less . That means this is not just something for big importers or businesses to think about. It could affect ordinary Irish shoppers buying phone cables, clothes, gadgets, craft supplies, accessories, small tools, gifts and all the other little bits people regularly order online. This is my plain English version of what is changing, why it is happening, and what it may mean when you are shopping online. What Is Changing? At the moment, low-value goods entering the EU from outside the EU can benefit from customs duty relief when t...

If you search for satin ribbon in Ireland and see David Condon Woodcraft in the results next to all the haberdashery & other ribbon suppliers, I can understand why you might pause for a second. A woodcraft website selling ribbon, bows, gift bags and craft supplies probably sounds a little unexpected. You might be confused as to why this has appeared in your search question. If you clicked on the link, you might reasonably wonder whether you have landed on the right kind of site at all. The simple answer is yes, you have. David Condon Woodcraft is best known for woodturning, handmade Irish wood gifts and woodturning tuition, but the business also has a large craft supplies section. I stock satin ribbon , organza ribbon, bows, gift bags, favour boxes, card and embellishments here in Ireland, with products stored separately from the workshop in a clean, dry environment. If a craft item is marked as in stock on my website, it is physically in stock and ready to ship. That last part ma...

When I first started adding blog posts to my main business website, I honestly didn’t know what I was doing. I’m a woodturner and small business owner from Kerry, Ireland, not a professional writer, marketer, or SEO expert. My original goal was fairly simple: help my main website gain a bit more visibility on Google and answer a few common customer questions along the way. What started as the occasional blog post slowly turned into something much bigger. From Business Website to Blog Website Over time, I found myself writing not only about my own business, but also about the wider experience of trying to build a small website online. That included blogging, Google Search Console, SEO confusion, disappearing search traffic, AI summaries, website ads, online visibility, small business struggles, and the constant feeling that the internet was changing faster than I could keep up with it. Unfortunately, by adding these kinds of posts to my woodturning website, I was also diluting the focus...

Every so often, a customer conversation gives me a blog post idea almost by accident. I sell ribbon and craft supplies through my main website, and over time I’ve learned that many people are not just looking for “ribbon”. They are trying to solve a very specific problem, matching a colour, finishing a wedding invitation, decorating a favour box, or finding something suitable without having to order from abroad. That happened recently when a customer called in who owns a printing company and does a lot of wedding invitations. He mentioned that couples often ask him where they can get ribbon for invitations, wedding stationery, favours and finishing touches. The problem was, he never really knew where to send them. Another customer of mine mentioned to him about my craft supplies range and that I was local. He was genuinely delighted to discover that I stocked ribbon here in Ireland and not too far away for collection at short notice.  Not as a huge wedding wholesaler, not as a ...