It’s been a week since I resigned, and in this time I’ve been attempting to start an online business. I now present to you the result of all this effort… Hazel Cove.

Right now all we have are my old textbooks and video games, but I’ve contacted three different suppliers so that I can carry actual stock. Hopefully I’ll hear back from them soon.

You’ll notice that all our stock is on Amazon, instead of hosted on our own site or on eBay. The reason we chose not to do eBay is largely because there’s an initial listing fee, regardless of whether or not the item actually sells. With Amazon, you only pay for items that sell; the rest get removed after 60 days. Also, with Amazon the buyer pays up-front, so there’s no waiting for payment or fears that they won’t pay. And as for not putting everything on our site, it just doesn’t seem like a good idea at this time to be dealing with credit cards and all the risks and paperwork that go with them by ourselves.

I’m also in the process of applying for a business license, though that will have to wait until we hear from Toby’s workplace lawyer about the legality of him owning and working in an outside business so that we know whether to file under both of our names or just mine.

And finally… Why Hazel Cove? All I can say is, try going here and entering in all the possible business names you can think of that sound halfway decent. How many of them are actually available? …Exactly. But I like the name, and I like being in charge of myself, so I’m really hoping that this works out.

So, wish me luck!