PEOPLE CALL US SAYING: ” I want to import products to sell here.” This is a good idea. But after you mentally go through the steps in importing, you wonder. For example, when you import items to sell you must:

1. Find the product
2. Negotiate a price
3. Get it shipped to you
4. Guide it through customs
5. Store it in inventory
6. SELL IT!

AND IT’S THE LAST STEP THAT is the tough one. We know a number of people with a “garage full” of digital watches they imported but couldn’t sell. You don’t want to be in that situation!

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by Wayne M. Davies

It must be Tax Season. How do I know?

I’m swamped with work. Piles of files as far as the eye can see.

And I just fired a client. Again.

It happens every Tax Season — I don’t like to do it, but it’s something that just has to be done every now and then.

Let me explain.

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Have you ever faced any of the following situations? One: You need a lawyer but you don’t have the cash for the retainer. Two: You have a warehouse full of inventory that just isn’t moving. Three: Sales are down and you need more customers.

Each of the above problems might be alleviated by bartering.

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