How to start an online thrift store? -

Since may people looking for discounted second-hand items online look at eBay or Amazon, you may want to set up your online store so that you can take advantage of those buyers.You can set up an eBay Store for less than $20/month.http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/start.��You can set up a storefront on Amazon.com also:http://www.amazonservices.com/content/se��If you want to set up an online store separate from eBay and Amazon, you can use an online store program like Prostores.com or BigCommerce.com which include pretty much all the hosting, design and shopping cart tools you ll need.

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What is the general cost of athletic goods and apparel? -

I need to know how much it will cost my small business (women s sporting goods) to purchase athletic goods and apparel

The cost varies so widely that there is no real answer. You can buy items for half a dollar. You can buy items that cost hundreds of dollars. You can buy items anywhere in between. And yes, I am talking wholesale cost here, not retail.The cost will vary according to item, quality, whether it s this season s model or not, and how many you buy at a time.

How do i get a shop to stock my product? -

Im thinking of approaching department stores (John lewis, Debenhams, House of Fraser) and Harrods to ask if they will stock my product. Does anyone know how I can go about doing this?Is there a particular department or person I should approach? Should I send photos of my product with my letter, or should I send my actual product, or is this just a waste? (they sell for ��30, so it could get expensive) Does anyone know where I could find an example of the sort of letter I should write?

The letter would go to the Purchasing Department. Do not use a letter that has been used before. Make sure that your letter comes from your heart so you convince them to take a chance on you. Tell them how many you can produce and about the level of quality they can expect.Try to go to the manager at a local boutique. Tell her that she can keep 90% of the price of the first of your products she sells. On all her other products she keeps 10% and the manufacturer get the 90%. If your product sells quickly, she will order more and you can charge a fair price.

Open a hobby store in Culver City? -

Hi My name is Peter ChenI live in Culver City, and I love R/C plane, Heli and car.I found and play R/C plane in Culver City.I just notice that it s really hard for me to find any R/C store in Culver City.All my plane, and equipment, I purchase on-line.Of course, I am able to build and fix my planes.However, I would say, it s hard for anyone who want to join this hobby.I really like to open a R/C store in Culver City.I have the ability to help all the customer to solve any R/C problem.All what I need is the funds to open the store.(or a store...)If anyone interested in doing this and has the fund, budgets.I do really like to work with him/her.And Let s popularize this hobby(activity) in Culver City. pjpeterchen3@hotmail.com

Talk to the Small Business Administration. They will help you set up a business plan and might help you get a small start-up loan (there are certain requirements). Best of all, they will know where to find the store fixtures and good landlords. Good luck.

That s one thing I ve always had an interest in doing. There just aren t enough hobby stores anywhere, no matter where you live. I ve lived from Seattle to South Florida. I m very much into larger rc helicopters (Raptor 50 and larger). I wish you the best on your venture! It is certainly feasible.One suggestion, rather than starting from scratch, there are hobby franchise stores. One such store I use to frequent is called RC Hobby (imagine that!). They are a franchise, and actually have a good selection of everything from cars, trucks, planes especially helis. Check out their site:http://franchise.rc-hobbies.com/Good luck!!

I want to start micro finance business with Rs 20000 as capital ,how I can proceed with details? -

1. Statutory licensing requirements 2. whome to approach3. a business model

if you can invest Rs. 20,000/- and banks share shall be say Rs. 80,000/- totalling Rs1,00,000/-since you are a specialist in rain harvesting systems which it self is an inthing in todays time and has demand , it is better to proceed with the sameyou need a detailed project report for the purpose of banks as to how much this will cost, what are the inputs/rawmaterials , where you are going to sell the product/who are your likely customers, whether there is decent turn over to enable you to return the bank loan regarding statutory requirements you may have to approach state single window agency for industries for the licencing business model : generally it is advised to go in to the business you have dealt in/ you have the basic knowledge since you are a rain water harvestin specialist , also it needs less capital you may opt for the sameNOTE: YOU CAN HAVE THE SSI BENIFITS ALSO

Whats the different maid and cleaning services? -

Would you rather hire a maid to clean your home or a cleaning services?what are you thoughs about maid or cleaning services?thank you for your time and help.

Kevin has the right idea, but as a person who has both services I can go a little bit more on detail. Maid service only does the common areas and fixes things up, No not only the wealthy does this but they can be pricey. Apartments complexes can hire your maid services to clean apartments that are vacant and new tenants will move in. Those maid services will have to clean a lot more than a regular live in household. Cleaning services like kevin explain can be used for both, there is a border line between cleaning services and maid services. Cleaning services is more like an umbrella term to all the services you could offer. For example we offer as cleaning services : Maid servicesNew Construction Cleaning ( that one is a pain the neck! but very profitable) carpet cleaning servicesMarble cleaning servicesTilefloors in generalwaxing and stripping servicesand Janitorial services like picking up trash, vacuums and bathrooms for companies. etc etc

Cleaning services are usually for commercial and business settings. Maid services are more for individual homes. A maid is an individual hired by the wealthy to maintain a house full time.As for running either service, homes are normally cleaned during the day and businesses are cleaned at night. Pick one or the other. Maid services usually have to be on the way to the job sites by 6 AM, 7 AM at the latest. Cleaning services work from 6 PM until can go as late as 5 AM. Maid services can use normal house cleaning equipment. Cleaning services might have to use bigger, and more costly equipment.

Any one know how much i can sell all my computer stuff for i would really like about $750 do i want to much? -

HP Pavilion a6000n dual-core processor 2.26Ghz 1.5GB RAM ATI RadeonHD 4550 19 HP monitor 2 HDD s first one is 250GB 2nd is 500GB logitec wireless keyboard and mouse Oblivion PC GOTY and Fallout 3 if im asking to much should i put some more RAM in it put it to 3GB oh and its running Windows vista premium i can put win xp on there it would run faster =/ so what u ppl think? im looking to get a Gateway P-7805u like my freakin dream computer

I think you would get less than 10 cents on the original paid dollar if you sold it on Ebay.You will NOT get $750 for all that......

One year ago your $750 price would have been too low. With the bad economy, most sellers are surprised by the low number of buyers. Hardly anyone calls to buy stuff. You may have to start at $750 but be willing to lower the price to $400 after one week. If you are not prepared to sell it for that price, you will have to save up to buy your dream machine.

Should I sell on etsy using my credit card or paypal account? Which paypal account is best? -

I am completely new to selling online and want to sell my crafts on etsy. Should I use my credit card or make a paypal account, and how do you go about doing this? Thanks

Paypal is the most popular when it comes to selling online.Just go to paypal.com and click on sign up

Do I need a State EIN number if I have no employees? -

I have started a Business in WI, and I did get the Federal EIN number, but do I need that State one if I have no employees? Also do I need a Sellers permit, if I am only selling computer services and not any tangible goods? Thanks!

No. If you do not have any employees, you do not need a state EIN. If you are not collecting sales tax, then you will not need a vendor s permit.

List of all carpet cleaning supply business? -

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I suggest that you go to your local library. Ask for the reference librarian if you do not see a sign or something. Ask them the same question because many public libraries now have great databases that will cost nothing to access. You probably do not want a list of every carpet cleaning supply business in the country or world, but you should be able to break the list question down to a reasonable size, such as state, county, region, city. OK?

My gf wants to open a womans clothing store....how does she go about doing that? -

There s a lot behind the scene things we need to do but the main question is....where can she find vendors on woman s clothing?The small business administration can also help.....are there any other groups out there that ll help out also?

Well I know not to google random things, go to the small business administration, nor am I 18. What I do know if I opened my first ladies apparel store on 7-7-07 and just opened number 48 last week. I would have never been able to do it with a lot of help from others (so I try to pay it back by helping others). Taxes are not that bad so do not let them scare you. Finding product is also very easy. For the most part, the only VERY difficult thing will be, how do you compete with Wal-Mart selling almost the same thing for 80% less. You can send me a message I will be glad to help with anything I can from setting up a website, to getting space for less then the asking price per foot, store set up, creating your own bar code system and scanners for easy check out, I have done it all.But for your question... Things have brand names on them, from toasters to candy to ladies clothes. You get the manufactures name and then contact the company. They will not talk to you until you are a legitimate business with a license and everything so you must do that first. They will put you in touch with their rep for the area of the country you are in. The rep will supply you with books on their products, prices, and many times to a mock showroom of an actual store. All your orders will go through them. It is true that many big names will not do business with you unless you are selling like items, or make X amount of sales per month, so start smaller.This will get you started but it will still be rough with Wal-Mart prices always looming over your head. Do not do this for long (a year at max) until you make your first trip to china and set up a direct supplier/manufacture.

Dominic must not be too experienced.Before you guys do anything, you need to first have it all planned out. You don t want to open a business of any kind without knowing the ropes. There are many things you need to know and learn before opening up.For instance.Do you know that your gf is going to have to have good credit and an acceptable income before she signs the lease? So if the space she is wanting to rent is $3,000 per month, she has to be able to afford that with what she is already bringing in. The leasing agent will want to see proof that she CAN afford it. The small business operation isn t a the reason of owning a business is to make money kind of game. A lot of people think that they can lease any building and then pay the agent with what they make from it. 99% of the time that s not how it works.And you also need to know all tax requirements. Believe me, she doesn t want the IRS on her @$$. Should she ever have them after her, they can levy her bank account(s), seize and sell all of her inventory, and they can and will do anything and everything they can so that they get their money.And search for Clothing Wholesalers . Just be careful you aren t buying that fake replica stuff(if it comes from China, it s fake). Actually many clothing companies i.e. Abercrombie, etc. won t distribute the clothes to sell. And some won t even franchise due to the fact of people selling replica items.

call those companies like distrubution centers they should have anwsers. Sometimes you can deal with them. Google it.

i sell things wholesale i sell on ebay and ioffer.but i can help her out with things at a grate price.have her email me julianmaujer@att.net

Website Ownership Question? -

I was involved with an school organization that I designed a site for. I own the domain and I ve been asked to close it. Could I put whatever I want on the site since it is my domain?

Since you own the domain you are free to use the domain as you deem fit, provided the school organization didn t reimburse you for the domain. That being said you cannot use the content you specifically did for the school organization and it might be smart to put some sort of disclaimer regarding your past association with the school organization. Hopefully you will take this and make great use of your domain. Good luck