Need advice about my Raw Business

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Fellow Raw Foodists,

 

I am starting a new Raw Business and I know a lot of you have traveled similar

paths.

I was wondering if any of you would be willing to help out a newbie!

 

I have slowly over the past year created a cottage business on the side. My full

time job is

to be an at-home Mom, homeschooling my kids. Recently my husband lost his job

and he

is doing temporary work which doesn't pay as much as we would like to be

bringing in.

I've been helping out by doing some Raw Food Coaching (no formal training, just

my 2

years experience of being raw myself), a Raw Food Lecture, a couple of Raw Food

Demos,

making Raw Foods to sell (meals, desserts, snacks) and catering one lunch so

far.

 

It feels like this is getting big enough for me that I'd better make this an

official legal tax

paying business and not stay a " cottage business " that it is now, but there is a

possibility

that we may move to another state in just a couple of months, so I don't really

want to do

all the paper work here in my current state & then have to turn around and do it

all over

again when and if we move. So my question is, do you think it is safe for me to

just wait

until we move? Or is it a huge mistake to be a " cottage business " for now? I'm

not really

pulling much money in at the moment, just a little extra to help out with food

costs and I

don't plan on getting much bigger in the next few months, as I have to

concentrate on

getting ready to possibly move and I still have the kids to attend to full time!

 

Also, I have a name for my business and would like to trademark it and get a

domain

name, but from my reserch it seems a bit expensive ($200+ for trademarking and

$? for a

domain name) How important is it to trademark and get a domain name? What is the

best

way to do this?

 

Another question I have is that I would like to get a website soon and I have no

clue where

to start! How do I shop around for this? What is a reasonable price to pay? What

has been

your experience with this, are there good ones, great ones, bad ones? Which ones

do you

recommend?

 

I want to take some business courses locally to learn some of this stuff, but

with a

possible move coming up and not knowing when exactly it might happen, I can't

commit

to registering for the upcoming classes offered in my area (my husband is

looking for a

job and we could end up moving anytime or not, can you imagine the frustration

of being

in limbo like this?!!)

 

Any help, advice, encouragement or words to the wise would be appreciated!!

HELP!!! :-O

Thanks a million guys!!!

Denise