Do I need to get a business license to try to start on online business?

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Online businesses normally do not require a business license to operate. Some areas require a business to be licensed depending on the type of products sold. For example, if you are vintage collectible items on eBay, your county is not likely to require you to get a business license but you may need one if you are selling food or liquor items on the Web.

The BEST WAY to find out is to contact your county/city's business license department to check if you indeed need a business license.

However, you would need to register your business and file a DBA (doing business as) if you are doing a business under a name different from your given name.

If you are buying from wholesalers and reselling items, you will need a resale certificate (wholesalers will ask you for it). Typically, you can get resale certificate and sales tax from your Department of Revenue.

Check with your Secretary of State website. Most states have links to various requirements and processes to starting a business in your state. Or visit your county to ask for the legal requirements your business will need.

If you sell anything or make money in anyway you have to have a business license it is usually not a high price. but yes you have to have one

I have successful home base business and I was told by my city council that I did not have to have one. Good luck Marshall

No.

I have a very successful online home business http://jsnapp.prowealthresults.com and I don't need a liscense where I live. You can file taxes as a sole propriator using your SS#.

I have a successful home based business working out of my home with http://www.bedavis1.mywayout.net and all I had to do was provide my ss#. No business license needed.
Good luck!

You should get one to be legal. They do not cost very much, usually under $100 per year.

I have run online businesses without one and never got caught. Government agencies are unlikely to find out, since a url does not always have a business address.