How could I start this business?

I recently adopted 2 puppies off of online classifieds (craigslist, newspapers, hoobly, kijiji etc.). I love them so much! My boss wanted me to find her a puppy, too. While I was looking, I was wondering if I could make that into a business. I could charge a "finders fee" of something like $50. People would contact me, telling me what they want for a pet, and I would do the research. Once I find the pet, I would work with the person who has the pet to get the best price and I could obtain the pet and have the person who wants to buy it come into my office to pick up the animal and pay.


They would be probably paying the same price if they looked for the animal themselves, but I would be the one doing the research and hopefully working with shelters to get good deals.





I would ideally only want to work with animals up for adoption, and not breeders, but who knows.





I know there is a lot more details to work out, but what do you think?

How could I start this business?
There is a big liability doing this sort of work. You would have to be insured with liability insurance just in case you are sued for selecting an animal for a person for instance, and it ends up biting them. You would be to blame for choosing it and recommending it to the person


You would also have to register your business for tax purposes and be very cautious what wording you use to advertise yourself.


you will have to do market research to see how your business would fare/how much business would you be able to get and would it pay and cover your expenses as in fuel costs, phone bills insurance and office building.


there is a lot to do before you say you are going to do it. It could take up to a year just to set it down on paper.


You will have to do this to show it to the bank if you decide that you want a business loan.
Reply:Its a really cute idea but i wonder if the pet buyer would like to see more than one animal upon purchase cause unless you want a pet store having multipule animals on hand could get a little crazy.
Reply:i love it. i think its ana awsome idea im not sure about making it your carreer but it deff has possibilities! seriously i love it. go for it.
Reply:That sounds like a great idea i want to have a business as well but with just dogs.