About Your Company Name And Business On The Internet
There are some basic things that you must do to be in business online and offline. And they start with you choosing and registering your company name.
If you are going to run a business, you have to register your company name with your government's regulatory authorities. That may be as easy as filing a DBA. See How To File A DBA
And you must get the Tax ID numbers required by your jursidiction.
Those things must be done whether you are going to work online or offline.
And if you are at all serious about doing business on the internet, you must register a company name on the internet.
Why?
For people to take you seriously, you will need at least a single page web site on the internet with contact information. Simply stated - no website, no credibility. And for a website, you need a company name registered.
Likewise in order for you to recieve all your business email, you need an email address with your company name. DO NOT use AOL, hotmail, gmail, yahoo and any other similar email service for business.
For one thing, they filter your email. They trash mail from your customers. They trash mail from your suppliers. You never see it. Read more about that at Email Filters.
Secondly, until you get a domain name, you are simply a tire kicker with no credibilty. Do take the time to read about Your Image On The Internet
Being successful in business is all about attitude and committment.
It takes a financial committment and a personal committment.
You show that committment by action and not words. And the first step is with the registration of your company with your government regulatory agencies and registering your company name online. When you do that you get a Tax ID. It is that simple.
As for online registration, if cannot afford the minimal cost of getting a domain name (registering a company name online), then you will not be able to afford the other necessary costs of running a business on the internet.
If you are afraid to spend that little bit of money for a basic necessity, then you should reexamine your committment to doing what other things are necessary to succeed on the web.
If you would like more information about what company names are available, look at. How To Register A Company Name
If you are going to have a web site that sells products on the web, then do look at this also. About Online Stores
