I live in Douglasville, GA and I want to start selling items from home..--Answer1:Go to your local Court House or County Treasurer I think and register a DBA (or LLC if you want) - which is a "Doing Business As"For example, my name is Shane Smith, but I want to do business under a business name, which might be "Bobs House Cleaning Service" - I went and registered a DBA, so I could do business as "Bobs House Cleaning Service" - then I would go to a bank and create an account for my business using my DBA. (Your new debit card may read "Bobs HCS" or something)Then you go to "http://www.businessnameusa.com/tax-id/s... to apply for a TAX ID Number from the Federal Government. Then you need to go back and register your Tax ID Number and also get a state Tax Id Number as well.When you get a hold of a wholesale company that you want to sell products of, you will give them your tax ID number and ask about rates (and try to get it lower/negotiate) - without it, they wont take you seriously, and you may be required to build credit with them by ordering a specific amount of their products first before you can order more.