Online Shopify Store Business Registration

by b20ba
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I am about to set my shopify store up, but I want to clear the legal stuff beforehand. I have never registered a business.

I will be selling my products 100% online via my shopify store. Products (mostly clothing) are sourced from China.

What type of business registration is needed? How does the process work?

Thanks for leading me in the right direction, I am from Canada.
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  • Profile picture of the author LABEShops
    You need to check your local laws on that question. Most cities and counties will require a business or occupational license. Most vendors will require a resale tax certificate. You will probably have to pay sales tax for sales within your own state.

    It is best to go to your local city hall and ask them. Many have packets of information for new businesses that will guide you.
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    • Profile picture of the author tgpros
      Don't forget to look into the compliance aspect of the products themselves, and also your website. I'm not based in Canada so I don't know the exact laws there, but where I am you have to provide an email address, telephone number and physical address somewhere on your website - along with business registration information/numbers. I'm not sure how well this is enforced, though, because most of the websites I go on don't seem to have any of this information to hand!
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  • Profile picture of the author Lipipaliwal
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    Originally Posted by b20ba View Post

    I am about to set my shopify store up, but I want to clear the legal stuff beforehand. I have never registered a business.

    I will be selling my products 100% online via my shopify store. Products (mostly clothing) are sourced from China.

    What type of business registration is needed? How does the process work?

    Thanks for leading me in the right direction, I am from Canada.
    Well, it seems good that you are thinking about the online marketing. But, I would like to recommend you just go to the Shopify website or Shopify forum, where you can easily get all kinds of information related to this field and fix your all queries as well.
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