Archives for: February 2008, 16
We don't have a website yet. Where do we start?
February 16th, 2008The first thing you need to do is reserve a domain name, which is your www website address. QBaroo can provide website hosting for you, but you have to reserve the name first with a Registrar service.
Some popular registrar's are:
http://www.godaddy.com
http://www.networksolutions.com
Each offers multi-year discounts if you reserve the name for more than one year. Keep your registration information in a safe place! You will need it when it comes time to renew your domain. If you let your domain expire, your domain could get "hijacked" by another company and they may demand several thousand dollars (US) to sell it back to you. This has happened to several of our customers in the past.
Sales Tax
February 16th, 2008We get asked frequently about sales tax for online orders. You must charge sales tax for the states in which you have physical locations, if orders are shipped to that state.
For example, if you are physically in Utah and a customer in California places an order in your online store which is to be shipped to a Utah address, then the order is charged Utah sales tax. If the same customer places a subsequent order and has it shipped to their home address in California, then no sales tax is charged.
For our USA customers, QBaroo subscribes to an online tax service which provides the current tax rate for all US states. You simply designate the state(s) where your stores are located, and the tax will be calculated automatically.
You must do your own sales tax reporting, just as you would in your brick and mortar store.
If you outside of the USA, please advise us of the tax rates in your area and we will configure your store to charge the correct rates.