My business venture!
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Super Mahrio
Deeply Horrible Person
~Lynn~
Bah...
Woo just got a bunch of lace in the mail, and they sent me some extra yards for free in one style because it was the end of the roll. I'm going to order some elastic for straps and whatnot from the same site.
Although really I can't do anything until the sewing machine gets here.
And I still need a name! My dad and I came up with Design Machinations, but I'm not sure. Hrmmm.
Although really I can't do anything until the sewing machine gets here.
And I still need a name! My dad and I came up with Design Machinations, but I'm not sure. Hrmmm.
Super Mahrio
Deeply Horrible Person
well Isabel, my mom is on the name hunt too! LOL
Shes gonna try to come up with one!
so far Sew No Mercy is a good choice..
Shes gonna try to come up with one!
so far Sew No Mercy is a good choice..
Brooks
Eyes Wide Open
Hey Brooks.
Gay bar Slough Feg was awesome, and then my friend bought me food at the Lucky Penny.
In other words, you SUCK.
Gay bar Slough Feg was awesome, and then my friend bought me food at the Lucky Penny.
In other words, you SUCK.
Brooks
Eyes Wide Open
derek
Grey Eminence
Absolutely no worthy advice whatsoever, but good luck with this new endeavour.
edit: Nothread is what is seams.
That's it.
edit: Nothread is what is seams.
That's it.
dreaming neon darkspot
natures' retard
WhiteBeastofWotan
Apostitutes!
Once you get a black, your mom will never go back. Oh wait this isn't the thread about Samantha's mom, is it.
dreaming neon darkspot
natures' retard
Morganna
Member
Grats Isabel! I will have to agree with Kevin on Etsy, I know allot of folks that sell there, it's great because your product will be unique, and will not drown in a sea of other home made items. 
Good luck! Let me know if you do set up shop there, I will command every one I know who sells there to stick you in their favorite sellers list.
Good luck! Let me know if you do set up shop there, I will command every one I know who sells there to stick you in their favorite sellers list.
Nikki
Member
I was actually going to ask if you could do a shirt for me.
As soon as my brother gets sick of that Blind Guardian shirt,ha.
As soon as my brother gets sick of that Blind Guardian shirt,ha.
Metalmilitia2000
UM's Resident Asshole
Booo my sewing machine isn't going to get here until the 12th! But I guess that means more time to come up with a name. I was thinking maybe something to do with altering/manipulating. Like Design Machinations, Ad Hominem Apparel, Dissimulated Designs... something in that vein.
A couple of things. First, are you going to register yourself as a business/corporation? Or, just work under the umbrella of the personal income tax, or straight under the table. (Note that I have arranged those three options in order of expensiveness, 35% tax rate, whatever your income bracket tax rate, probably at your age between 10-20%, or 0%. Choose depending on how serious you get, but i would start it under the table and if it gets bigger, just put all of its operation on the income tax return form).
Second, why not use multiple names to target different audiences. Don't Thread on Me, for instance, might get you a wider market than Sew the Jew NSBM style. However, those markets are not overlapping and are non-inclusive, so why not advertise your more mainstream shirts under Don't Thread on Me due to the Metallica name that goes with it. (but, Lars might sue you, beware!). This option might work if you are gonna run your business under the table or on the income tax, as you don't have to report a name to anything but your advertisers, aka the newspaper, website(s), etc--just fill out two forms and pay the extra five bucks or whatever it is. (I recognize that it might be more than five bucks on a big newspaper, but a couple of years ago that is what The Stranger in Seattle charged for a band advertisment).
Finally, get yourself a tiny website. It can have a simple order form that sends you an email with the order and the customer's email, or paypal ID or whatever so that you can track the payment. (I'm not quite familiar with PayPal, but I'm sure there is a way to know who paid you). Again, the website can run under different names, linked to the same server. Domains nowadays go around 1 to 10 bucks a year, so you could have a couple for a very cheap price. Plus, hosts like godaddy, hostinggator, and others, let you use host multiple pages with different domains pointing at them on the same server. (don't worry about the performance, because you will not get much trafic, nor will you run hardcore scripts on it). With the web aspect, I will be more than glad to help you--I ran a tiny political web-business in Romania this past summer and fall. Later, in March, if you want I could help you make a couple of websites. I mainly use Flash with php.
Now go put the sweatshops out of business.
Second, why not use multiple names to target different audiences. Don't Thread on Me, for instance, might get you a wider market than Sew the Jew NSBM style. However, those markets are not overlapping and are non-inclusive, so why not advertise your more mainstream shirts under Don't Thread on Me due to the Metallica name that goes with it. (but, Lars might sue you, beware!). This option might work if you are gonna run your business under the table or on the income tax, as you don't have to report a name to anything but your advertisers, aka the newspaper, website(s), etc--just fill out two forms and pay the extra five bucks or whatever it is. (I recognize that it might be more than five bucks on a big newspaper, but a couple of years ago that is what The Stranger in Seattle charged for a band advertisment).
Finally, get yourself a tiny website. It can have a simple order form that sends you an email with the order and the customer's email, or paypal ID or whatever so that you can track the payment. (I'm not quite familiar with PayPal, but I'm sure there is a way to know who paid you). Again, the website can run under different names, linked to the same server. Domains nowadays go around 1 to 10 bucks a year, so you could have a couple for a very cheap price. Plus, hosts like godaddy, hostinggator, and others, let you use host multiple pages with different domains pointing at them on the same server. (don't worry about the performance, because you will not get much trafic, nor will you run hardcore scripts on it). With the web aspect, I will be more than glad to help you--I ran a tiny political web-business in Romania this past summer and fall. Later, in March, if you want I could help you make a couple of websites. I mainly use Flash with php.
Now go put the sweatshops out of business.
tered
Attained enlightenment
Why on earth would I use more than one name for one business? And yes I'm saving receipts for tax write offs for next year.
I want my sewing machine so badly. I'm going to explode!
I want my sewing machine so badly. I'm going to explode!
