Paul Malessa Internet Marketing

Online trading – advice please?

I want to sell crafts and craft supplies online. I have no business experience at all – but need to earn a living, (it would be a very small, one person business).

1. Go onto the HM Rev & Customs website and get as much info as you can about VAT, especially flat rate vat (designed for small businesses). Also get info on business tax which is different to vat.
2. If you are going to run the business from home check your lease or freehold (or do as most people and don’t take any notice of what it says about running a business from home).
3. You may wish to amend your property insurance to cover raw materials and finished goods.
4. Don’t rely on your own internet sales alone, check for established businesses who may give you orders and check locally for shops that sell arts and crafts, it’s an extra string to your bow (at reduced profit but it increases turnover).
5. If the council find out you are running a business they may wish to rate the premises differently. Check for small business rate relief on the basis that you are THINKING of starting a business and weigh up the pro’s and con’s of how to rate the property.
6. Bag your scraps before binning them, if the council find out you are running a business they will probably charge you for refuse disposal (on top of your rates).
7. Keep proper records of all transactions in case Rev & Customs decide to do a check otherwise they will use estimates and you could face a hefty bill.
8. Ask your local shopkeepers etc., who does their accounts then make an appointment for a FREE consultation and ask what they can do for you and at what cost. A good accountant should save you enough money to pay for him/herself.
Best wishes with your venture.

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