Starting a Business in Florida - includes links to business registration, tax registration, links to forming your corporation and business resources
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/startbus/inde...
Business Registration page http://www.dos.state.fl.us/startbus/regi...
Starting a Business in Florida - includes links to permits and licenses, online business filings, etc. http://www.stateofflorida.com/portal/des...
If you need help in starting your business, you can contact the Small Business Development Center. This is the contact person and information for Florida
Florida SBDC
Mr. Jerry Cartwright, State Director
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA
401 East Chase Street, Suite 100
Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone: 850-473-7800
Fax: 850-473-7813
E-Mail: jcartwri@uwf.edu
Website: http://www.floridasbdc.com
If you are planning to sell your products in your website, you don't need separate paperwork to do it. It will all be the business activities of the business you will register.
Given that you are starting a clothing line, remember that you can have a different company name (say STACY CLOTHING BUSINESS) and different brand names for your clothing line (e.g. STACY LUXE WEAR). You will register your company name with your county, but you will need to check the brand names you are planning to use with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). You don't want to be sued for using a brand name that another company is already using. You can do your own search using the USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System(Tess) http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tessstate=8ecsul.1.1 or you can hire a lawyer to help you do the search. Lawyers will typically cost $850 http://www.alysonwolyshon.com/uncategorized/here-are-some-great-tips-straight-from-the-blogging-gurus/ upwards to do trademark searches plus filing fees -- and can be more depending on where you live. If you do this yourself (and you can do it yourself), the fees range from $325 to $375 depending on whether you will submit a paper application or electronic application http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/notices/tmfeechange.htm
I suggest you http://www.fastfoodnation-lefilm.com/uncategorized/increase-your-online-presence-with-these-blogging-tips/ read the following books to help you learn more about http://www.praxim-medivision.com/?p=29 the business:
- The Official Step-by-Step Guide to Starting a Clothing Line by Jay Arrington, Marc D. Baldwin
- The Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing by Leslie Davis Burns
- Apparel Product Development (2nd Edition) by Maurice J. Johnson
- The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider's Look at Starting and Running Your Own Fashion Business by Mary Gehlhar
- Fashion for Profit (Revised Edition with Retail Chapter) by Frances Harder
- Fashion: From Concept to Consumer (8th Edition) by Gini Stephens Frings
