Do I have to get a certificate of Authority to sell hair in ny

Do I have to get a certificate of Authority to sell hair in ny

Oct 12, 2019 | Prepare for the Launch

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Certificate of Authority needed if selling hair online?

In New York State anybody that sell, tangible. That is stuff you can keep in your arms. Or services, things you do for others, like washing their hair, need a Sales Tax Vendor Registration or Certificate of Authority.

Today, Kerona asked me the question, if she had to get a certificate of Authority if selling hair online in New York?

Obligations as seller of hair

The certificate allows you as a hair business, to collect sales tax on taxable sales. But take care, at the end of the tax period you have to pay the sales tax to the Tax Authorities. My recommendation is to open a separate bank account to keep the received sales tax. Avoid using the Sales tax received for other purposes.

Make sure your bookkeeping keeps tracks of all purchases and sales. I also advice you open an online service account. This allows you to file your tax return in time. It will also provide you the necessary insight and information in time.

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Tax Forms and Filing Information

If your hair and beauty business is registered as a Sales Tax vendor, you need a Certificate of Authority from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. This certificate gives you the authority to collect the required sales and use taxes.

The difference between the Sales Tax and Use Tax is:
Sales Tax
– applies to retail sales of certain tangible personal property and services.
Use Tax
– applies if you buy tangible personal property and services outside the state and use it within New York State.

If you make taxable sales, before you receive the Certificate of Authority, your business may be subject to penalties.

Thanks Kerona!

Kerona was very right to ask the question, because if you sell any product and you fail to register you might end up with substantial penalties.

There is no difference made between selling online or through a brick and mortar store.
But what does matter is if you offer services or sell goods.

There is also a difference between New York City and New York State tax. For example:
Beautician services, barbering, and hair restoring are subject only to New York City sales tax, so no State Tax.

Do not let the Tax hurt your business

Always check with a local tax advisor, or the tax authorities your rights and obligations. Legislation and rulings and tariffs are bound to change over time.

For more information visit : https://www1.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/

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Hey how do start own hair business

Hey how do start own hair business

Oct 2, 2019 | Get Help, Make Your Dream Happen, Prepare for the Launch

Hey how do start own hair business

This week, Shantina reached out to me. Shantina asked me by mail, “Hey, how do start own hair business?” Nothing more, only this phrase. It was this sentence that kept me thinking for some time.

The main goal to start How to Sell Hair Extensions was to help women with the dream to start selling hair. You adore hair and you see some of your friends start selling hair. And they are even making some nice cash. The second you are going home, you start to imagine. “I can do the same, I can sell hair too and I know I can do better!” You have a clear mission; you want talk hair all day, sell hair to your friends and friends of friends and make money.
You want to sell hair better than your friends, but is that adequate to start a hair store? Because how do you start your own hair business? Who can tell you? Your friends who are selling are not going to tell you where they got the hair. The lady of the salon or hair store is not going to share how to beat the competition or how to establish a successful hair business. You are on your own if you want to start a hair store!

Thanks Rosa

I thank Rosa for the image of her great store and salon in Spain!

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How do start own hair business?

The good news is, you managed to find this website. I want you to know, you are no longer alone. Not anymore, right from the minute you found my site and you made contact. By email, WhatsApp or social media, or you left a question like Shantina did. As of now you are not alone anymore. Your question is for me like the start gun for athletes. I see your question and I jump up. I want to know what is driving this woman to start selling hair, what is her dream, how will the store look like? And how can I support her?

Share your questions about selling hair

For me every question is important. Because I know, behind this question is somebody with a dream, with thoughts to improve her or his financial situation. Success will improve her standards of living, she will be able to go to the university, take care of her family or just to buy those shoes and bags she liked so much!

I will answer your questions, because by doing so, I can do my part in making this world a better place. And that is what all women selling hair want to accomplish too, I know. Making this a better world, full of the best-looking women. Thanks to the hair products they offer.

The start of your own hair business is … at the finish

While I reply the mail from Shantina I am working on a larger project. I am working on an easy to use plan to guide everybody who wants to start to become a hair entrepreneur. Step, by step. If you contacted me recently by WhatsApp, you will notice this already. To begin with the start of your hair business, you need to focus on the end, the finish so to say. Do not ask how to start, but make it clear for yourself what do you want to achieve?

If you put all your energy, time and perhaps even money in finding out how to start your own hair store, I fear you will lose interest over time. Your dream will never come true and you will end up buying the hair from your best friend, for eternity. And always listening to her success stories. Too many, girls and women started with a dream to be financially independent, but they stranded because they did not know where to go.
They wanted,

  • to sell to the girls at college and wholesale too.
  • to sell to all afro American women between 18 and 45 in their country and abroad.
  • the name of a good hair supplier to sell this hair to anybody they know.

These are great ideas, but they are not business opportunities.

The best way to start, is to think of a successful hair store, your store!

It is systematically proven that your brains do not understand the difference between reality and imagination. Sounds odd, but it is the explanation of why you like to read a short novel or watch “Orange is the new black”. It is the base of success for athletes who prepare for a new record. Imagine every step of the race, repeatedly and sure you will be the winner, or a good number two!

The same goes for your own hair store. Imagine how your store will look like, how will your happy customers look? Imagine the hair and even the aroma of your fast selling hair. Visualize every single part of a successful hair store, your store!

Visualize Your Success

Some people use Pinterest to collect the images of their dream store. But you can also collect in paper the images, quotes from entrepreneurs who inspire you and pictures of happy women with gorgeous hair. It does not matter how you do it.

Create a special spot for your vision board. This is the board with the pictures and quotes and other stuff that fits perfectly in your hair store. Make the vision board complete and make sure you will maintain it. Your thoughts about the ideal hair business may change overtime. It will get better day by day!

Now you know how to start your own hair business

Look at your vision board every single day and imagine how you will be standing behind the counter, talking hair with the most beautiful women of your town, or better the world! They come all the way to buy from you! What is needed to make this vision board into reality? You. You only need yourself to put this into action. All you need to do know is to start to take over control of your brains and to implement your vision of this awesome hair business into reality. You will have the perfect store and have answered all by yourself the question: how do start own hair business?

I am here for you 24/7

And if you need some help, please do not forget to ask me for help. I am here for you 24/7.

Importing hair from China to South Africa

Importing hair from China to South Africa

Sep 5, 2019 | South Africa

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To sell your hair at the right price to make a nice profit, most likely you will search for a hair manufacturer in China. Chinese Hair manufacturers offer a great variety of hair at very attractive prices. Importing hair from China to South Africa will lead to a payment of import duties. These duties will increase the cost of the hair. This article will inform you on how to deal with these duties when you are importing hair from china to south Africa and what you can do to lower these duties to the lowest level possible.
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Common procedure when you are importing hair from China to South Africa

You can import Hair products using various modes of transport, like air, sea, road, rail and post. This means if your Chinese Supplier ships the hair by DHL or Fedex, you can expect to pay import duties. The importer, you, must declare to Customs what hair they have brought into South Africa and by what means of transport. If the hair arrives in South Africa via the post, a different process is followed.

The South African Customs Administration will check the declaration of the hair against the documents produced. Think of an invoice from the Chinese Supplier or a bill of lading and certificates of origin. The certificate’s of origin are important for the tariff. The administration can exam the goods if necessary and collect duties and value Added Tax (VAT). They can also ask you for additional information.

What is the value of the hair?

If you are importing hair from China to South Africa, the Chinese supplier will have to make up an invoice. The value on this invoice, for the hair purchased, is one, but not the only, valuation the customs will use to calculate the import duties.
Customs has to follow six methods of valuation which must be applied in strict hierarchical order. Thus, if the transaction value cannot be ascertained in terms of method 1, method 2 must be tried, and so on.
The methods, in order of precedence, are:
1. The transaction value of the hair, i.e. the price actually paid or payable (invoice)
2. The transaction value of identical goods
3. The transaction value of similar goods
4. The “deductive” method (where the customs value is derived from the selling price of the imported goods in the Republic)
5. The “computed” method (where the value is derived from the built-up cost of the imported goods);
6. The so-called “fall back” method, being one of the other five methods applied more flexibly.
The price on the invoice must be based on the actual value of the hair.

What should be the price on the invoice?

In doubt the price paid, or invoiced, for the hair is correct, for example too low, the customs have the obligation to check the prices of the same hair products imported before. If all requirements are full filled, method 1, or the transaction value method will be used.
The invoice must enable the customs to determine the:
• actual amounts paid for the service or goods;
• role and function of the parties involved (importer, middleman, manufacturer and supplier) and
• actual services performed or paid for

What if you agree with the Chinese Supplier to write down a lower price?

If you would ask the Chinese Supplier to write the lowest possible price on the invoice, and pay in a separate payment process another, most likely higher price, there is a chance customs will value the goods at a higher price.
To find the value they have the other alternative valuation methods as mentioned. But once they decided to use another method, They can not go back to a previous valuation method in case this value is lower.

Receiving hair in the post

If you are importing hair from China to South Africa by mail, it will be most likely registered mail. This will allow you to use a track and trace system.

What if you buy from a marketplace like Amazon?

Chinese Hair suppliers are active on Amazon and Aliexpress too. You don’t have to register as an importer if you buy from Amazon or Aliexpress if you meet the following conditions.

• You are allowed only three transactions (of less than R50 000 each) during any calendar year;
• You are only allowed to import goods for home consumption or personal use, not for resale or any other business;
• You must be located in South Africa;
• Your identity number/ Passport number or taxpayer reference number must be entered in the field provided in the declaration form.
Should the purchase falls outside these limitations, you will have to register and obtain an importer or exporter code.

What if you claim the purchase is a gift?

You can twice a calendar year receive a free gift. The gift should come from a person from flesh and blood and given to another person.
The value should not exceed R 1 400 per gift and should not be expected by the receiver.

Record keeping

If you import hair by post you must keep the following for record purposes for a period of five years:
Books, accounts and documents in respect of all transactions relating to the Rules for the purpose of any acquittal procedure; and
Any data related to such documents created by means of a computer.
The five year period is calculated from the end of the calendar year in which the document was created, lodged or required.

You can find the offices of Customs on the website or call the SARS Contact Centre on 0800 00 7277.

Do you need money to start a hair business?

Do you need money to start a hair business?

Dec 19, 2018 | Get Help, How to Start Selling Hair, I want to start, Make Your Dream Happen, Prepare for the Launch

Too many times people with great ideas fail to turn those ideas into success. Because they make the mistake, they think they need money. This post is only for you, if you walk around with the question: Do you need money to start a hair business?

Based upon the number of visitors of the website, Google Analytics tells me the highest number of visitors are on the pages about selling hair or starting a hair business with no, or little money. How much money is needed to start a hair business?

The bad thing of having a lot of money is you run the risk you spend your money on things you do not need. You do not care before you invest your money in bitcoins if you have plenty of money. You are not staying awake if you bought bad hair for a lot of money. Wake up early and buy your hair in another store. But okay, for the rest, having too much money, is only a good thing.

Having not that much money makes you a smart decision maker, you only invest what you can afford and do not risk your money or time to any risky business. Make a note, successful businesses built on sales, not on spending money.

Learn who wants to buy your hair from you for free
Combine fun and education and start your market research. Feel free to talk to other clients if you are in the salon or beauty salon. Start with small talk. Use the opportunity smart and switch to some serious investigation once you agree on how to survive the holiday party season, discussed the latest looks of Khloé Kardashian or how to rank your new neighbor.

Now you will start the interrogation, where do they buy the hair, are they happy or not. What do they like in the store or salon they buy the hair? What do they think is in fashion next season? Ask them until they do not have any secret left any more. After this part of playing Sherlock Holmes, you quickly leave the salon or store. But not before you thank them and paid the owner for the hair treatment. At home, or in your car or public transport write down their answers. All their answers. Make sure you note them in a systematic way, you will need to perform more than one interview before you have a valid view about what Women Want from a new hair business.

If you have collected the insight of 30 or more women, you’ll have pure gold in your hands. The ideas and wishes of a large group of potential customers. And what did you pay for this? Nothing, nothing at all.

Free Hair to test
Now you can focus on the part that will stimulate the senses, your eyes, your nose, and you skin. Now you can start to compare, hair! You now know what kind of hair the customer wants. Now you are a professional counterparty for every hair wholesale company. Both online and offline. No need to buy hair, or to invest much money. Visit hair wholesalers and feel, smell and match the various hair types.

If you have found a hair supplier with the kind of hair you like, you can discuss to deduct the purchase amount of your first trial order from your first wholesale order. Or they can offer special samples. Like the samples in the all-in-one hair extensions package. Do not forget to ask for pics of the hair for later use. Check if they offer drop shipping, this will avoid you to invest one dollar in hair stock and still being able to offer a wide variety of hair and beauty products.

Tell the world you are in business for free
Now you have the ideas and needs of your customers and the right hair. Now you can use the free social media to tell the world you have hair to sell. Use the pics received from the wholesaler to inform your potential clients. For sure you will get inquiries and you can use this to have your first contacts with the people who might become your customers.

Wait, and take some time to reflect on your actions of the last weeks.

You gained the thoughts of 30 or more potential clients on the hair extensions, the aftersales and where they look for hair. For free.

You have become an expert about the hair extensions your potential clients are looking for, and you even have scored samples, ready to seduce your first clients.

If you manged to find a supplier who offers drop shipping you can sell all the hair you want without one penny to invest.

Finally, and free to start your can create your own online hair store. With a 14 days free trial period you can offer hair extensions like a pro. After all the preparation enough, time to do your first sales.

Do you still believe you cannot start selling hair if you do not have money?

How to start a hair business with no money and pay off all your debt

How to start a hair business with no money and pay off all your debt

Dec 11, 2017 | All about money

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Starting a hair business generates happiness, beauty, and cash!

No money but you can still become rich!

What if you have no money, but still want to start a hair business? Or what if you have an idea that will change the hair market forever, but you have no money to start a hair business? Should you give up? Should you keep on having two jobs to make a living? No! There is no need to give in, because in this post I will explain how to start a hair business, even if you have no money!

Once or twice a month I receive a phone call, or app from a country in the Middle East. The girl on the other side tells me for example she is from Kenya and not from the region. She is working in a country like Qatar. She is planning to set up her own hair business when she returns to her home country. She saves money and wants to open a store to sell hair and beauty products. She will need the money for many things, and she wants to open her hair business in her town. My advice is to keep most of the money in her saving account but start an online hair business. A hair business that will generate enough money to become independent.

Graph showing the growth of E-commerce sales from 2014 to 2024

E-commerce on the rise

; world wide growth even during pandemic, data provided by Statista a leading provider of market and consumer data.

Do you need a brick-and-mortar store?

Why would you need to give all your money to your landlord to rent a store? Every month he will be knocking on your door to ask for the rent, and he will never ask how much hair did you sell? Do you want that stress?

It feels awesome to open the doors of your own hair business in the morning. To see all that beautiful hair hanging, waiting for a buyer to take with her. But the hair on the wall is not generating any money, and neither will it pay your rent, until a customer buys the hair.

Many women contact me with the question how much money they need to start a hair business? Or they want to know how to start a hair business, or how to become a wig distributor with no money? The answer to “how to start a hair business“, depends on the kind of store you want. Or the hair your clients are looking for and how you want to market your hair.

To start an online hair business, the capital you need can be very close to zero. While at the same time to growth predictions for your online sales are amazing as you can see in the graph.

Instead of searching for a location for your hair store in town. Why not check on the internet for nice hair online hair stores to get inspired? It’s free and you can learn a lot from existing stores.

What is the cheapest way to start your hair store

Have you done the math already? Did you ever calculate, or even without putting the figures, what the expenses are for a hair store? Let me help you.

Expenses when you rent your store

When you rent your own store, be aware you will pay:

for the 25%-10% of space you can’t use
You will have to pay for every square feet, even if this floor is not a suitable space for selling. That is a waste of money
for expenses that are not linked to the space
Your landlord might charge additional expenses, like out of the pocket or tax, while these expenses do not increase the quality of the space.
the electricity bill of the other tenants
Make sure you only pay for the energy you use, otherwise you might ending up paying for other stores in the building.
more when you only try to sell more
When you want to add a new collection or other products in your store. You might need to pay for more space, Even before you will sell any bundle of hair.

There is an extensive list of expenses and risks you run when renting office or store space. This will differ for every local situation, but it is good to realize the risk you run when you start with the rent of a store.

So much less when you go online

Thanks to the internet, you can be launching a hair extension business, even if you have no money to start. No money, is no longer a showstopper. But not having money will make you think twice before you spend money on any topic. This will help you to make a good profit selling hair .

When you have an online hair business, you pay nothing for:

social media
When you offer your products on social media, like Instagram you do not pay for the setup of your business account, Unless you decide to advertise.
a webstore like Wix
True, the free plan is limited and when you do not mind to distract your clients from buying with advertisements from Wix you can use this website builder
the trial on Shopify
Design your own store without any limit and add your products. Only when you are happy with the design and launch you pay thanks to the free trail from Shopify. When you are ready to sell you pay $ 29 a month

When you add new products to your Shopify store you pay nothing extra!

Things to start a store you can do for free

There are many things that will generate money later, without spending money. These tips work when you want to start a hair business with no money in Africa, the United States or any other country.

Let’s start with your clients. It is very important to begin with the most important people in the world, or at least in the hair selling business. Those who are going to keep your hair business going. Your Ideal Clients.

Listen to what your clients needs to sell more hair!

You can analyze their needs rather easy and for free. Start with your friends, go out shopping and listen to their remarks when you all enter a beauty and hair store. When you go to the salon, talk with the other ladies about their hair needs, and listen very well.
Where do they buy their weaves and what do they like and do not like? Check on Instagram the comments given on hair selling accounts. Write everything down and define your Ideal Client. This valuable information is all yours even if you have no money.

How to start my own hair extension line free of rent?

Great sources of inspiration are the hair businesses in the mall of course. But, as mentioned before, these hair stores all must pay rent. Every month, regardless how much hair you sell. Rental payment is one of the biggest expenses for any business. What if you can save on these expenses, a rental free store? That will not only save you money. It will also give you an advantage because you can offer a high discount for loyal clients. Higher than a hair business that has to pay rent! Lower expenses support a higher profit margin and you can invest this profit to give your clients a higher discount. That will boost your hair sales and give you loyal clients in return. Clients who will return for another bundle of hair! So, sell hair from home.

How to start a small hair business from home?

Indeed, to save expenses you can start your hair or wig business from home. Make sure you have a room free or at least your own corner in the house to keep the hair. There are stores that only use their mobile phones, so you do not need much space. Sell hair online, for example using a platform like Shopify. If you know how to start a wig business from home, do not forget to turn your home into a safe and efficient workplace.

Learn from hair suppliers what hair is hot!

By this time, you know what your ideal client likes, how and where she searches for the hair and other beauty solutions. You know the kind of solutions you can offer that are a perfect match for her needs. Now you can start to look for hair vendors.

Search the internet, make a long list with all possible hair wholesale stores. You need to know where to buy hair extensions at wholesale conditions. Write down as many suppliers as possible. Later you are going to contact these wholesale human hair vendors and ask them all questions you can think of. Only those who answer in a swift and polite manner must end up on the short list. This list you can use to discuss your first order.

Market the hair for free

When you have found the right hair, contact the supplier and request permission to publish their images of hair on your social media or website.

If you found the hair your ideal client likes, you will get inquiries about the hair. Use this interest to create a list of leads. Leads are people interested in your hair products and whose email or WhatsApp number you will have obtained. Keep the conversation going with these people, until they are ready to buy.

You know Social Media, like TikTok, Facebook or Instagram, is for free. There is also a lot of information on the internet on how to start a small hair business with no money using social media.

No Money? No problem if you want to design a web store as hair selling machine!

Now you finished all the preparation needed for a successful hair business. You know who wants to buy from you, you know the hair they like, and you have social media up and running. The final step is to see if you can start selling the hair to a bigger audience.

When you prefer to sell hair online, I recommend trying the best eCommerce platform of the business, Shopify. You can make you own hair store and it is free the first 14 days! This means, with the right planning, you can sell hair when your store is ready without you paying anything.

Need help with design webstore?

E=When you need help with the design and launch of your store, can check our step-by-step guide the All-in-One Hair Business Package with Web Store so you can enjoy getting sales right from day one!

How to start a hair business with no inventory

To save on money you need to buy your inventory, you can consider drop shipping. This way you can start a hair business with no inventory, because the vendor will ship the hair or wigs to your clients. You can offer all the hair you like. No limit. Some stores specialize for example on wig drop shipping.

Do you want to create your own online store?

Yes

Can you start drop shipping with no money?

We mentioned it before. You can start drop shipping with no inventory, but can you start drop shipping with no money? To buy the inventory, the hair at hand is one of the largest investments when you start selling online. The idea is to start a Shopify store with no money, using the first 14 days free trial to design and set up your store. Link with a hair vendor on Oberlo. This is the drop shipping platform of Shopify, and you could start an online store with no money.

Be sure to have everything prepared in advance, so you can launch the online store at day one. Use social media to create a community of hair lovers. This will cost you no cent. When you have enough people, who follow you and do engage with you, you can launch your Shopify store with no money. 14 days free trial, remember and the Oberlo dropshipping for the hair and beauty products.

You can use the money of your first sales to pay for the monthly fee for Shopify, so you started your hair store without any money.

Get help to start your hair business

If you want to be sure you have everything prepared, starting an online store with no money, you can for a very small amount get a hair business package. This package will guide you through the process from finding your ideal client, the right hair vendors via Oberlo and the marketing strategy. You will also find support to set up your webstore. No need to re-invent everything but use your time and energy in building a community of followers.

How to start a wig business with no money

For wigs you can use a ghost wig maker to prepare the wigs for your clients. Ask the wig maker for some free images of the wigs and use these images to start selling wigs. Your clients will understand, a tailor-made wig will take some time. Ask them for a down payment, or use a payment provider like Sezzle, and use this money to make your down payment for the wig. This is how to start a wig business with no money. You will use the money of the clients, instead of your own money.

How to start a wig business online?

When you want to grow your market, you can start a wig business online. Through the whole country people will be able to find your wigs online. You will have much more potential clients than when you sell from home.

Now you know how to start a wig business with no money!
Please let me know, will this help you to start selling hair, even if you have no money?

Starting a hair extension business uk?

When you want to start a hair business in the United Kingdom, we recommend to check our special post with our vision for that country.

Still questions?

When you still have questions, please feel free leave a comment below. I will respond to you asap and will help you to get started.

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