This upcoming season will be the first that I am producing snakes (hopefully ) that I will actually sell. So what is the first step? At first I thought, get certified to ship your reptiles! But there are companies that ship your reptiles for you, so is getting certified to ship something I should still look into?

Also, a website. I want something professional looking but I don't have that much money to be pouring into a website. Does anyone know any affordable domains?

Payments. How would someone pay for the snakes other than cash in person? Checks are one thing, you can send those by mail and you simply cash the check. But we had some issues before with a check. We deposited it, and waited a week for it to clear. Once it cleared, we still waited a few days and the money was still there. So we started spending it and after a few days we checked the account and found the check had bounced and put us hundreds into the negative. What would you do if a customer sent you a check? How long do you wait? What about using cards? How do you set that up so customers can pay by card?