Filing for a LLC in Pennsylvania when is it necessary to have Consent to Appropriation or Use of Similar Name? -

Bought into a Income Tax Franchise and I m filing for an LLC in Pennsylvania. Confused about the steps in filing for an LLC in PA such as the Docketing Statement (DSCB:15-134A) and Consent to Appropriation or Use of Similar Name (DSCB:17.2.3 ). Are these two forms even necessary?

I am not a lawyer, and I haven t done any LLCs in PA, but it looks pretty straightforward. You need to file a Certificate of Organization and a docketing statement. The docketing statement is easy. If you need help, find a consultant or a lawyer, or go to SCORE. All the docketing statement needs is what org you are going to be, and your information (PA LLC, and entity name, contact person name, address, etc.) I think that is just like a cover sheet to the Cert of Organization, and it probably announces the LLC formation to the Department of Revenue. Certificate of Organization is your application to be an LLC. The Consent to Appropriate or Use of Similar Name seems to be when one entity is taking over the name of another because the other is going out of business, or not doing biz in PA anymore. I don t think it has anything to do with using the franchise name. I would check with your franchisor to see if their legal department can help you register your LLC, or at least give you advice about how to fill it out if you have any questions.

Ebay selling advice needed? -

Hi, Im thinking about starting to make my own jewellery and try to sell them on Ebay and if they seem to sell well I was thinking about putting a shop up on Ebay. Does anyone know if home made jewellery is a good seller on Ebay? Will it make a profit etc? And if I decide to get a shop what are the fees and charges I can expect from maintainig a shop on Ebay? Any info and advice about this would be much appreciated.

Ebay has some kind of special going on where you can list five items free. They also offer all kinds of free advice to get you started.I open my account free a couple years ago, I m not sure if there is a fee now or not.You will also need a Paypal account which is free to open (you need a bank account to Connect to your paypal)you can also check on Ebay what is selling how much they are selling for.

Hi,I m going to dive into this one from a slightly technical angle :).Irrespective of where you ll be selling your jewelry the 1st thing you need to do is research the market and the competition.The jewelry niche is competitive (see ad-words keyword tool and type in make my own jewelry ) but that s a good thing because you know that people are buying ;-)You need to find what some people call a micro niche within that market. For example, what type of jewelry are you thinking of making? Ed Dale from the thirtydaychallenge goes into great detail into this.Once you ve done your research, have your micro-niche online presence you re good to go - Get yourself on twitter and find others in your market to network with. Defacto twitter and online success, I found Noah Soren s increasemytwitterfollowers.com info letter (pops up after a few seconds) to be really useful. He goes into how to get free traffic to your website/blog - a make or break for any online biz.Hope the perspective from the other side helped :)

The jewelry market is (as others have noted) extremely tough on eBay. You are working with very small margins.I recommend you try a few things:1) Look into Etsy.com - it s a place where people go for quality handmade goods.2) Artfire.com is another option. 3) Open your own online store. You can do so for free at Vendio (http://www.vendio.com). Option 1 and 2 have fees associated with them (similarly to eBay). Option 3 has no fees. The downside is that you will need to drive buyers to your store. However, my suggestion is to try all 3 and see which works for you.If you go through this link, you can sign up for the Vendio store, free, with no credit card required:http://bit.ly/u5PLU

You should look at the website FOLKSY if you re in the UK..it s specifically meant for selling handmade things....or ETSY if you are in the US (though etsy is also ok for uk residents) Ebay is fine too....but the other 2 sites are better as the people shopping there are ooking for handmade.

well, look for some friends whom you know might help you make those jewels to the net. someone who is good in some social network and have lots of friends and a good experience.

I wanna start a home-based business, where to get reliable suppliers? -

What kind of home-based business you re thinking of?