MM

Alright so I was looking around on the American Apperal Site yesterday and decided to call them and ask what I need to do to be able to order from them and recieve wholesale prices. They said I need to fill out an application and become a member and in order to do this I need to provide them with my Federal Tax ID Number and a copy of my Business License. The problem is that I don't have either. I am trying to start a clothing company and right now it is just me doing this by myself.
What should I do, and how should I do it. Such as do I really need a business License right now and do I really need to get into the whole Federal Tax thing just yet.

-Matt-

 

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pmac

Matt > You may tell them that you are a sole proprietor and furnish just your
social security #. A business license where I live is only $35.- & can be obtained in
one day. Hope this helps. ... Paul

 

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MM

Thanks Paul, I will have to look into that and see if they are willing to work with me on that note, another question is where do you usually have to go to get your business license and what are the requirements, and finally what responsibilities come with having a business license.

-Matt-

 

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237am

your county building....apply for a DBA (doing business as)... then once you get that form/number...you need to apply for your tax id number (EIN) through to government....basically this number is the SSN for your business....then you choose...llc/corp/etc..... just read up a bit

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MM

Thanks 237am.

 

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MM

So again I called American Apperal and asked someone about the process of becoming a member and this time they told me that if I am not a screen printer or embroiderer they can not sell me the whole sale stuff, but I was more than welcome to put in an order for custom orders. What's up with this???

-Matt-

 

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Rodney

Quote: Originally Posted by MM So again I called American Apperal and asked someone about the process of becoming a member and this time they told me that if I am not a screen printer or embroiderer they can not sell me the whole sale stuff, but I was more than welcome to put in an order for custom orders. What's up with this??? -Matt-

Many t-shirt wholesalers sell wholesale only to printers because that is who their customers are. That's who needs the t-shirts wholesale, since they are the ones that will be printing on them.

This policy helps protect their customers and makes sure that people can't circumvent the process and try to get their products at a discount for no reason.

Are you doing the printing yourself or are you contracting the printing out to a third party printer? If you are outsourcing it, the printer can source the blanks for you.

If you are doing the printing yourself, just tell the wholesaler (american apparel or whoever) that you are doing custom printing.

Keep in mind that you can also get American Apparel shirts wholesale from their official distributors like TSCApparel.com and AlphaShirts.com. Both those companies also require that you prove that you have a need to buy wholesale (like a business license, reseller's permit, etc). If you are doing the printing, let them know that too.

If you are going in business, that's something that you want to get anyway.

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MM,
You can get AA shirts through blankshirts.com without a reseller number or any tax info. I assume the prices are a bit more expensive but it's a way to ease through the start-up phase.

 

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MM

Hey Thanks Rodney and Bill. I am looking to use Third party printing so I am going to look into these other sources you mentioned.

Thanks Again,
-Matt-

 

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