Retail

Spa Tech • May 15, 2019

Retail made Easy

By Amy Rolnick, LMT

Would you like to easily increase your income? Are you using products you and your clients absolutely love? Would you like to make things easier for clients with “one stop shopping”?

Don’t wait years to take advantage of this great way to increase your income, offer MORE of you to your clientele, and create a win/win environment for everyone.

BENEFITS OF PRODUCT SALES

  • Create extra revenue
  • Service clients beyond the session
  • Generate business by association (the product will remind clients of you!)

HOW

  • Use the products on your clients IN the session…and tell them
  • Send clients home with a sample
  • Promote and recommend products you use for yourself and in your practice
  • A great product will sell itself, you don’t have to use a sales pitch

GET STARTED

  • Purchase product that you are “jazzed” about. Repackage items, put things together, or buy a few of several different things. Display them attractively where they can be seen!
  • Sign up for a Maine Sales Tax Number. There is a 5% sales tax on products you sell – which you collect from the consumer. (See below for how to…)
  • Set up a system for record keeping. It can be as simple as a sheet of paper which details what you purchased products for and what you sold them for (took in.)
  • Calculate how much you took in and pay the sales tax as little as once a year.

SIGNING UP for a Maine Sales Tax ID

  • Go to www.maine.gov/revenue
  • Go to the right hand side of the page for “related links”.
  • Click on Application for Tax Registration. Here you have two choices – a hard copy to fill out and send or sign up ONLINE. Click on the one you want.
  • If you choose the PDF hardcopy, fill out section 1 and 5.
  • If you choose ONLINE, go to the bottom of the page.
  • At, Get Started Now, choose Sales and Use Tax.
  • Hit GO. There will be screens of info to fill out.
  • Please Note: When it asks you for what type of product sales (required field), choose “Health Food (18)”.
  • You will receive your State of Maine Retailer Certificate and folder of information in the mail a week or so later.

It’s that simple, now both you and your clients can benefit more year-round.

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