Book keeping? Help!

[sair5412]

Hi,

I want to set up my own business.I would sell items for people on ebay and do everything from collecting the things from their house to packing and posting their items. I will them take a 60% cut of the profit, after the ebay fee had been taken off. I will pay any paypal fees.The problem I have is.......... I really struggle with maths and numbers and I always have. I'm determined not to let this get in the way of my business venture. Does anybody know of a suitable program I can use to help me do simple book keeping then the compicated stuff can be done by my accountant! Or, just any suggestions for what columns I will need if I do it myself?

Sorry to sound so stupid but I really want to give this a go!

Any suggestions are gratefully received! Thanks xx

[Loosehead]

Well first I'd read a book on getting real! 60% cut of the profit, yeah right, they'll be flocking to your door.

[twiglet4frog]

so u want to seel the item and also do the posting and packaging of it all for 60%, so if i sell something for �10 profit i only get �4? Even the most high earning agents in entertainement cant charge more than 40% and they are earning clients millions!!

What if the item doesnt sell, do they have to pay a minimum? and what if the client that u are collecting from is about 300 miles away? will the petrol costs for u be taken in account or are u only working locally and therefore reducing the number of customers wanting to hand over nearly all the profit to u?

What happens if an item goes missing ? who is liable to pay then? i mean if u post a package worth �100 then it vanishes, does the customer get his �40 worth still and u organise the compensation and dealing with the irate customer who didnt receive it or do u just send them the customers way that u were meant to be the agent for?

Sounds to me like u are seriously wanting to be self employed and that is great, but u need to research whether your idea is a viable one and if people will actually want it before u start organising anything!

[Hermia]

I think there is already something like this on ebay. I remember getting an email from ebay last year about how people could sign up to sell goods on behalf of others.

[joko]

ebay is pretty simple. why would any one pay you 60% for you to take a photo, write a description, wrap a parcel and take to the post office. the whole process would take about half an hour. you need to come up with a better proposal than that.