finalizing a name?

[armison89]

how do i make sure knowone has or takes my business name? J & R Reptiles.

[armison89]

anyone?

[Driver]

Google is the best tool to use. Just search the name you intend to use.

[armison89]

i did. i only found j&r rescue.

[armison89]

whats the first thing i should do to start my business.

[SlitherinSisters]

whats the first thing i should do to start my business.

Start it Get a website going, a logo, business cards, shirts, and some advertising. You also need to have something to sell! If you don't have anything to sell yet, or not very much to sell, I would at least get the website done. I started working on my website a year before I even started breeding. It takes a while to get a website done and looking how you want it.

Oh, and getting the website done quick and paying for a domain name insures that no one will be able to steal your domain name before you get your website set up.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Remember that if you are registered business, you need to register a DBA to use anything other than your name. (For example, if I did not have a DBA, I could use 'Donna Fernstrom Exotics", or "Donna Fernstrom Reptiles", but in order to use Eclipse Exotics, I had to register the business name with the state, and have the name announced in a newspaper article, to meet the State's requirements). Conducting business under any other name than your own or a registered DBA is not legal.