Need advice for opening a adult toy shop
What do I have to do legal-wise in order to make this happen? Do I need to get a business license or anything of the sort? If so is legalzoom good enough for such a request? The shop is gonna be a one woman operation. No employees and I want to handle everything myself including the website design which I've actually already started on in private.
I was using another site that did the website for me and I'll I had to do was drive traffic into the site. But that site has thousands of the same looking sites. I have better ideas for the shop I want to open. The thing I'm hung up on right now is the whole need a license thing. When I had that other shop all they asked for on the form was a tax id or my ssn. It's one of those sites that's well known for letting you open your own adult store. The customer service was less than satisfying (to me) to say the least so I decided to leave that and open mine own store.
Basically what I need to advice on is:
- What kind of business license do I need, if any? Can I go through legalzoom?
- What kind of tos, privacy policy, age verification information will I need to put on the site and where can I get it?
- Does a shop selling small items such as vibrators, lubes, and minor things like bondage (ie: small things like wrist cuffs, paddles, etc) even need any of the above information?
- Is it really necessary for me to see a lawyer for such a small site? I have social anxiety (hence opening an online business) and all I want to do is open a shop so I don't have to deal with people face to face from 9 to 5.
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