National insurance question for self employed

[Jackyjill6]

I am considering becoming self employed and am confused about my prospective state pension. I only anticipate making quite a small profit for some time, and have found that under the Small Profits Threshold I won't be paying National Insurance.
I am concerned about the implications of this, can anybody clarify?

You can still pay self employed contributions on a voluntary basis even if you would qualify for an exemption. Look on the government website and it will tell you how much that would be be. It is worth paying.

You can still pay self employed contributions on a voluntary basis even if you would qualify for an exemption. Look on the government website and it will tell you how much that would be be. It is worth paying.

From next year, those class 2 NICs for s/e are being abolished. From then, you'd have to pay the class 3 voluntary contributions which are a lot more expensive.

To be honest I don't find the Gov.UK site very clear, which was why I asked here.