| Choose
a Business Name. Register a Business Name. This is straight forward
and do a search on Google in your country on how to complete this.
Entrepreneur.com
indicates that "The right name can make your company the talk of the
town; the wrong one can doom it to obscurity and failure." Personally
I think this isn't really that important. Just a good name is fine these days.
What is important is what comes after the name. How to get everything else right,
having excellent business knowledge and continually taking action. True
- a good name helps - but don't sweat over it, you are wasting time and time is
more important. If you have a good name - GO WITH IT ! Look
at your tax requirements. Once again - your tax requirements will depend on the
country you are in.
Please
note you should refer to your accountant and solicitor for setting
up a business the correct way. OK
once you have set up a business, you need to think about where to get your
goods from. Look
online at the trade opportunities that exist. Check out sites like http://www.alibaba.com.
This
site is a great site to touch base with suppliers from China. Have
a browse around and check it out. The site is great and easy to use.
Look
at which items you think will sell well in your region.
Download
the Trade Manager Program from the Alibaba Site. This is easy to install and will
allow you to talk live to any one in China or even across the world selling their
goods. You will also have to create an account on Alibaba to do this. Straight
forward and easy to do. |