[Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business

Thu May 8 22:48:52 UTC 2014

When I looked into a business where I live, the rules said that I had to
register with the state as a business and get a business tax ID number.  As
long as I did not make over $10,000 a year, I did not have to submit reports
or pay taxes on a quarterly basis to my local government.  The zoning
regulations said that I could identify a portion of my house as where I ran
the business out of, but it could not be over a certain percentage of the
total space in my house, and my customer base could not generate extra
vehicle traffic or parking in the neighborhood.  If I did want to conduct
business with my customers in my home there were a bunch of zoning and fire
codes that had to be met.  

So even though there are a number of regulations, none of them ended up
pertaining to me.  

Annette

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of minh ha
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 1:47 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business

Thanks for all the advice. I'm still in colleege so I was thinking of making
this really small. Does the licensing/tax requirements apply even if I'm,
lets say only selling 50 dollars worth of stuff a month?
It does sound really daunting.

Minh

On 5/8/14, Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Licensing includes zoning and tax regulations.  I know all of this 
> sounds a bit over whelming, but just take it a step at a time and you 
> will get through it and not have any regrets later.
>
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Nancy Yeager
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 11:28 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>
> Min,
>
> You also have to check licensing requirements in your state and/or 
> locality.
>
> Sorry if this was already mentioned.
>
> Nancy Yeager
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Ramona Walhof
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 10:29 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>
> Min, you need to figure out how much volume you will be able to make.  
> Then test the market, so you know you are making a product that will move.
> Packaging and shipping is a matter of calling the post office and UPS and
> getting rates. You can do this online also.   Of course, you will have to
> choose some destinations to price as examples, but you can learn their 
> basic approach.  The farther it goes, the more it costs.  UPS will 
> come to your business and pick up items ifyou have enough volume.  I 
> would go look at packaging materials.  IF it is just a few items, 
> retail packaging materials may be best.  But if you will have a lot, 
> then wholesale would be better.
> There are a lot of large envelopes these days made of durable materials.
> Write me direct if you like.  My data isnot current, because I closed 
> my business some time ago.  But it included a mail room.
> Ramona.walhof at gmail.com.
>
> p.s.  When you are ready to go, the first thing you need to do is get 
> a tax ID number which can be done by phone.  If you are going to be 
> big enough to hire one or more employees, there is a bunch more paperwork.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "minh ha" <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 11:52 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am inerested in creating a business for the crafts that I am making.
>> I was wondering for those of you that have experience in this, what 
>> are the things I should consider before embarking on this. My 
>> boyfriend is a web developer so he's going to make a website for me, 
>> but I'm not really sure what I need to do to get this off the ground.
>> Packaging and shipping costs would have to be considered, but how do 
>> I go about figuring this out? Thank you so much for any advice you 
>> can give; I'm goign to make this my project for the summer.
>>
>> Best,
>> Minh
>>
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>> dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was
vanity:
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