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How to Start a Pokémon Card Business: LLC Setup

Starting a Pokémon card business? Set up your LLC before you sell a single card. Here's why it matters (your collection vs. your inventory, wholesale accounts, dealing with the public), every Bizee screen from start to finish, and the paperwork wholesalers often ask for before they'll open an account.

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Why an LLC for a card business?

Why an LLC for this business

01

Collection vs. inventory

Your binder stays yours; the business buys the stock

02

Wholesale accounts

Distributors sell to businesses: no guarantees

03

Dealing with the public

Shipping, shows, maybe a shop: insurance still matters

Right after the LLC

  1. Seller's permitAlso called a sales tax permit
  2. Check your stateApp-only sellers: rules differ
  3. Resale certificateGiven to your distributor
  4. Inventory onlyMisuse can bring penalties

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Open Bizee from our link and follow along with your state's video.

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