How to open a trading company

Trade is a fairly popular type of business. If you decide to open a trading company, then there are a lot of materials and tips on this issue. Regardless of what you trade, you will have to take some standard actions.

Instruction manual

1

Decide on the type of organizational activity of your trading company - whether you will work as a private entrepreneur or organize a limited liability company. Depending on the planned turnover, select a taxation and accounting system. If the pack company’s turnover is low, it’s better to use a simplified form of accounting and reporting.

2

If you decide to work in the market as a private entrepreneur, paperwork and registration will take about 7-10 days. In the case of registration of a legal entity, paperwork can last a month. Do not forget to get a license for the type of trading activity that your company will be engaged in.

3

Explore the area in which you want to open your own company; for starters, it is better to rent a finished building. Contact a real estate agency. If you use the services of a consulting firm, they will not only help you find the right premises, but also conduct a marketing analysis based on its location.

4

Depending on the type of product, you need to consider the seasonality factor. So, while sales at a grocery store are practically independent of the time of year, then this factor is a determining factor for a building materials store. For the most favorable season for you and timed the opening of the store in order to be able to recoup costs or part of them in the first months of sales.

5

When you want to save on equipment with commercial equipment, buy the one that was already in operation. It will cost almost two times cheaper than the new one, but in functionality it will not be inferior to it. Do not forget to purchase a reliable, easy to use, good quality cash register. Arrange for its service and register it.

6

Pick up the store staff, sales director, sales manager. If you yourself will deliver the goods, you will need a driver with a car. Find suppliers of products, conclude contracts with them.

7

Get permission to work in the SEN and Gospozhnadzor, get the appropriate certificates. Run an advertising campaign and start working with customers.