Material Girl

[Material Girl]

Hi

Im currently doing an admin job I hate with a passion,wasting my day doing nothing with no sense of achievement at the end of the day.
Ive been given the opportunity to make dresses for a company in London from home which I would love to do so Im really looking for information about setting up doing freelance work and apparently it would be wise to set up paypal which I know nothing about!

Please help.

warning-I tend to waffle as well.

MG

[peterjhale]

Hi and welcome

Is your real name Madonna ? he he..

For paypal you can open a paypal account for free and accept payments straight away (see banner at top right)

[Material Girl]

Woohoo!!Wish it was Madonna.Id already be a hugely succesful business woman and wouldnt be stressing out like I am.I wish I had the power of a conical bra!

I looked on paypal a while back and there were 3 options, I didnt know which one to choose.Once I start up do I count myself as a business?

[Claire]

Hey, Not sure weather once you start if y9u can call yourself a business, you would probably have to be a proper registered company for that!

[Material Girl]

Yep, probably best to register first then I can join paypal.
Does anybody know how long it takes to get all the legal registering bit done before i can start working?

[Claire]

Yet again I have no clue, starting to look like a right idiot, i think the best approach would be too go either to your local business gateway or straight to companies house and go through all of the options with them, i really don't think It'll take that long to get your business up and running

[Material Girl]

Hey, Im all talk and no action,you dont look like an idiot at all.
Im gona look like a right plonker if I dont go ahead with it as Ive told some friends all about it.

Thanks for your advice.

[Claire]

You wont look like a right plonker, if this is something that you really want to do, then go ahead, all you have to do is TRY...

[Inzvestor]

Start working, contact Inland Revenue within the first 3 months (sooner is better), then worry about payment methods.

Paypal is easily changeable from personal to premium or business.

If you are receiving orders then cash/cheque should be an option too.

Let us know what further info you need to help you take this further.