how do i start?!

i was just wondering how i can start selling my snakes on the internet like on kingsnake.com or even my own website. do i need permission from the government? how could i let people trust in my animals and what other programs do i need? i have no idea how to use paypal.

1. Have a bank account or credit card to set up paypal.
2. Join fauna or Kingsnake to be able to list animals (I think you have to be a pay member to do it)
3. Set up your website and put a link in your signature section (like mine is)
4. List your animals in the f/s section here :)
5. Some even list on CL

If you provide photos of the animals and keep up good communication with your customer, you shouldn't have too many problems making sales, and then you've started building a reputation. :-)

Like above said, connect your paypal to a bank account or credit card, and then others can send it to your paypal account - which sits in your account and you can withdraw into your bank (or use to pay for other things online).

There's a subforum here on shipping questions and I know a lot of breeders use shipyourreptiles.com which means you don't need to start a fedex account. As for the government, no, you can sell a low-medium volume of animals without being taxed and whatnot - if you ever make it a real business, you need to go through some legal steps, which is actually beneficial if you sell a lot of animals because you get tax breaks and are treated as a corporation, not a person.

Good luck!