Brenton Parker answers:

Do you mean you want to add a three seconds intro video clip to your long video? If so, I know a tool can do this, it’s Moyea Web Player Pro – http://www.flash-video-mx.com/web-player-pro/ This tool allow you add advertisement in .swf, .flv format and image to your video.
Its tutorials: http://www.flash-video-mx.com/web-player-pro/tutorial/
http://www.flash-video-mx.com/web-player-pro/tutorial/add-ads.html

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I teach a lot of small business classes and always recommend online builders to the non-technical among my students. It’s true that many have difficulty even using the simplest tools. So if you could develop a very straight-forward builder, with fairly high functionality, you may have a winner. I think the space is still evolving. Presently, I’m using SquareSpace for my blockbeta.com website. I was using Dreamweaver, but since I’m more of a marketer than a developer, I’m enjoying focusing on creating content, rather than the backend. It’s one of the best I’ve seen so far, but it still requires at least a little bit of technical knowledge. You could offer a decent tool (or license one), then offer technical and maintenance assistance as a value-add.

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If its Melbourne Florida Im interested. If its Melbourne Australia its to far away.

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Yes. The site is another one of the thousands that tease you with lots of promises. You will be selling Clickbank products like weight-loss and people-finder ebooks and programs.

This website was created Oct 4, 2010. Too new for you to trust him with your credit card. The site hides its ownership; always a bad sign. If you have a problem, you won’t have anyone to contact.

Avoid them.

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You should look into liability insurance for your business. Your home insurance policy likely excludes a home based business. Your home insurer might have a home based business insurance rider. But many companies do not offer home based business insurance for internet sales so you might have to look for a commercial general liability policy.

Good luck with your business!

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With the sale of any business, your basis in the business is determined by adding the value of the assets of the company. The sales price less your basis would then constitute your gain on the sale of the business. If you have owned the business for more than a year, then it will be considered a long term capital gain. This applies for the US, and I assume that it would also apply to Canada as well.

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Yes, you will have some ‘hoops’ to jump through to be recognized as a business operating legally and of course the government has to keep track of your income, which they do by assigning you a EIN number.

Assuming you are in the U.S., here is a link to a page at the Small Business Administration that contains, by state, links to advise you of the licensing requirements according to your location.

Hope that helps.

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“Need best quality horse’s stuff at an affordable price? Get it from us–straight from the horse’s mouth!” or “Horses can tell. We sell best quality stuff.”

I don’t know if it makes sense. I’m also running out of idea.. But I’m sure, this will contribute to your idea in formulating your advertising phrase. The more unusual your phrase is, the more catchy. Just consider the relevance added with a pinch of foolishness. That’s how advertising works.

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Yes, you do have to report all sources of income. As well, if you claim disability, you have to establish why you are medically unfit to do your work duties but are capable of working your home business. Good luck!

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If you don’t have a brick and mortar store (a physical store in other words) and are operating out of your house, you usually need a mobile sellers permit.

But if all you’re doing is having garage or rummage sales, none is needed.

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It sounds like you are a good entrepreneur. Excellent. But the ideas need to come from you. Ive been setting people up on internet for as long as its been called internet. You can sell anything you want on commission thru the tons of affiliate programs available.

But such sites make it or fail based on the attention of the owner. Pick a subject, choose affiliate items, get a free website, make a webpage, get it on search engines, make money. Any subject. It can be an item, hobby, games, craft, sport, pet, country, any subject at all. I dont care if its strange flowerpots or the latest in dieting. It can be something you know a lot about or it can be something you WANT to know a lot about. Is there something that you bug your friends because when you get on the topic you talk about it way too much?

Lets say that its golf. You setup a web page then you search for affiliations on the topic of golf. You can offer golf equipment, training videos, books, funny tshirts with golf sayings on them, etc etc.

Then you need to get attention to your site. You can try out and write reviews on everything you offer on your site. You can link to news and how-to articles about golf. You can add a discussion forum about golf, you can do a newsletter that people sign up for which covers hot golf news items (and mentions new items in your shop). Do you begin to see why it needs to be something you love?

A couple of strong affiliate programs are Amazon.com and CafePress.com, or you can go to CommissionJunction to shop thru their affiliates. These work because the companies know that a “golf” site is better for selling “golf” items. Check those out and think “can I pitch this better than they are pitching it”.

Whatever subject you pick, you can make it THE site to go to for information on that subject. Those are the sites that work. The ones that the person is in love with. When you get a subject, come back and ask how you can build a site around it.

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Only in Texas do you charge sales tax. If you have a location in another state, you would need to charge for that state, too.

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By finding more people who are interested in your products and/or services and making your prices more affordable.

Cheers!

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You are required to collect sales tax in states that you have nexus. Since you reside in Washington, you will only need to collect sales tax for items shipped to Washington. Any goods shipped out of the state will not be taxed. Instead, the purchaser will have to pay use tax, which most people never will.

BTW, don’t forget you have to pay B&O (business & occupation) tax in Washington.

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I do free postings on purplepages.com, yahoo business group (if there isn’t a local one, start it yourself), and on craigslist in my state. I also post free stuff on the Yahoo Freecycle group and in the signature lines, I am allowed to post my business name, website address, and my name. So it’s another form of free advertising, not everyone will link to it, but if you get one person out of a group of 1000, everytime you post something that goes to your website and buys, then it’s worth it.

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Yes, just market it right, someone might come up with something just as unique and useful.

Unless you can find someone to back you

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Go to your state’s dept. Of revenue website. They should have a section called “Starting a Business in……”

Generally, online businesses are subject to the same tax rules as a brick and mortar business.

Also, check with an accountant in your area.

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Try bargain pages website.

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2 things – you may want some people to review your site and see if it is providing the information and services in a clear and concise manner. Websites have to be catchy. Send the site address to friends or family to review. Does it show up at the top of the lists when searched for on the net?

A web based business should generate sales quickly.

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Assuming that you will still be filing a individual income tax return the profit or loss from your business activity will be calculated on a Schedule C. That amount will be reported on Line 12 of your Form1040. Within the Schedule C there may be some taxes that you will have paid and they will be used to offset your income. If your profit exceeds $400 you will be subject to Self Employment tax which is 15.3% of your net profit however your will be allowed to adjust your total income by one half of the SE tax on line 27 of the Form 1040. If you believe that you will have a sizable profit from this venture you should make estimated tax payment each quarter. Those estimates are on the anticipated income tax liability at the end of the year. As this will be a new business you may need to make adjustments in those estimates each quarter. If you have never had a business before you should consult a tax professional before you start and they can review all of this stuff in greater detail.

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This is info exporting, but will need country specific import regulations, also

http://www.export.gov/regulation/index.asp

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I am into online trading right now am selling CISS Continous INK System for CANON EPSON and HP Printers. USD Drive BLannk DVD and CD’s and Digital Cameras. Well first you should register your domain names to have your own website after you have your own site contact supplier of what product do you want to sell (-like me here a link to my site check it http://farenheit23.multiply.com incase you need product to put in your site contact me.

Thats all,

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The best thing to do is really go to the bank in which you would like to open an account to ask them what they require.

The bank will almost certainly want an EIN, which you indicate you will get. They will frequently also want a copy of your business license. You will need to get a business license from either the county or city you reside in. Call the city and/or county treasurer’s office to find out which is applicable to you.

If you are using a fictitious business name (a name other than your actual name or the actual name of a corporation, for example), you will need to register that name. In California, this is done at the County Recorder’s office. Give your recorder’s office a call to see if a filing is required. Again, this is a document that a bank will probably want if you want to open the bank account in the name of the business.

Finally, if you have formed a separate business entity such as a corporation or partnership, the bank will probably want copies of the formation documents (Articles of Incorporation or Partnership Agreement, for example.)

Good luck.

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There are no special incorporation rules for companies that sell online.

Some states give serious tax breaks to corporations, most predominately Delaware and Nevada. But – you better get some tax advice from a CPA in your state, as your state’s taxing agency may have rules regrading that state’s residents incorporating out-of-state while physically present in their state, possibly for the purpose of avoiding their state taxes.