While the whole idea of using a virtual office is so that you can cut costs and pump in more money to your business, it should not be a philosophy that is allowed to get out of hand. You are dealing with a company, money and real people who make up your client base and there is a huge difference in being cost-effective and being cheap. Being cheap means you are allowing the issue of quality and quality control to run away from you, being cheap means you are compromising …

You have made a very smart move in deciding to use a virtual office instead of a physical one. You have weighed up the pros and cons and obviously, they outweigh the other in terms of cost, viability and how much it matches your business model. Looking at the market, you realise there is a plethora of ways that you can set up a virtual office and some companies offer a one stop solution for you. Personally I would not go down the software route, which gives you a matrix …