There was this strange man on Facebook and his daughter that offered to give me my own online boutique and said I wouldn't have to pay them anything

IDK, but it sure seems suspicious.

This may have been a scam related to any of these:

● not actually free--no formal price, but:
- set-up/transfer/other fee(s);
- an ongoing fee to use the site;
‐ a percentage of your GROSS earnings (thus, you must pay it even if you are [i]not[/i] making money);
- a loan for purchasing it.

Any of those could be you incorporated into paperwork which you could be asked to sign.

● actually free, but sill a scam--their site/software
- steals the account info for where you put your earnings (to get the money & your savings that way)
- steals the account info for your payment proccessor (to get the money more directly);
- steals customer cc info in order to charge other items until each credit card is "max'd-out";
- gets other personal info (your SSN, DOB, etc.)...

Don't feel bad about saying NO to something unbelievably good.

Most likely, yes. If you don't really want to tip your hand, you could just say that you aren't interested and let it go at that. You do NOT owe them an explanation- they started the conversation, not you. It sounds as though they may be part of a multi-level marketing (MLM) plan. For each person they add to their "downline", they get a share of the sales that YOU make. Then you would be supposed to add a downline of your own salespeople, and you would get a share of their earnings, and they would also get a share of their earnings, via you. Simple! :- ).

If it sounds too good to be true, the overwhelming odds are that is IS too good to be true.

Well hopefully you've learned your lesson about calling good samaritans scammers. I am the son of a very rich man and just because I like you and I'm a very nice chap, I'm willing to transfer 1million dollars to you. Just give me your bank details and you'll be a millionaire by Friday

Good chance!

Yeppers.

yep