Krickets Korner is a resale site. I buy and sell used and new items and sell on different sites. I offer a wide variety of items. I am located in Fl but ship all over. Thanks and God bless? Q: I would Like to Apply For Seller's Permit A: You can apply for it here online. you also need a business license and a dbsa filing for your business name "Polk Cedartown Resale". As any other business, many resale shops don't survive the first year, on the other hand there are more than 25,000 resale, consignment and Not For Profit resale shops in the United States having annual revenues of approximately $13 billion. Resale is not the same as retail. As opposed to past times, resale shops sell high quality goods at lower prices. In fact, resale beats retail and remains healthy and continues to be one of the fastest growing segments of retail. This is a booming industry opening store growth of approximately 7% a year for the past two years. This percentage reflects the estimated number of new stores opening each year, minus the businesses that close. Goodwill Industries alone generated $2.69 billion in retail sales with about 16 - 18% of Americans will shop at a thrift store during a given year. For consignment/resale shops, it’s about 12 - 15%. To keep these figures in perspective, consider that during the same time frame; 11.4% of Americans shop in factory outlet malls, 19.6% in apparel stores and 21.3% in major department stores. Selling Resale stuff requires a sellers permit because you need to collect taxes when you sell them. Sales taxes that is. Of course, any business needs to be a sole owner, corporation or LLC. If you do not choose to become an LLC, you will need to register your business name especially if it is a name without your first and last name in it. First, select your Resale stuff business structure: Sole Proprietor, Partnership, LLC or Corporation. Then, a sellers permit is required if you sell merchandise wholesale or retail. If you are an employer, you will need a federal employer Number and a State Employer Number. Users of a trade name will need a fictitious business name filing. Finally, you have the option or incorporating or forming an Resale stuff LLC. Sellers Permit or Resale License If you want to buy any taxable merchandise such as jewelry or clothing at wholesale prices to make jewelry to re-sell, or to buy clothing and accessories to resell them, then you need state sellers permit or sales tax license also called a resale license. States Require A Sellers Permit This is because most states require jewelry vendors to collect tax on sales made within that state as opposed to out of state. For example, you are in California and you sell a piece of jewelry, e.g., a gold ring, to a New Yorker. Since your business is located in CA, you do not need to charge taxes. Selling in-state requires that you charge sales tax On the other hand, if you sell in California you need to charge sales tax on every retail sale that’s shipped to any address within California. So if you are selling your jewelry, get your sellers permit also called a resale license. There is no other way to buy wholesale and re-sell retail. The implication is that even if you sell just wholesale, you still need to get the resale license. This is because in the end... the end user has to pay sales tax. Hence the requirement to get a sellers permit as a wholesaler so the state can monitor sales between wholesalers and retailers ( taxable item sales that is ). Anytime you run into a state inspection, the state it will you to show proof that tax-exempt sales are indeed sold to vendors with a valid Seller’s Permit. Unless you had a valid resale license at the time of the sale, you will have to pay the taxes or penalties of the sales without a resale license. Things are that harsh.