How do you purchase goods when opening a bookstore? What procedures and certificates are required to open a bookstore?

If you want to open a bookstore, you can contact publishers or go to the local provincial book wholesale market to buy books. Generally, publishers are cheaper. Contact more publishers, compare prices, and participate in some national book exhibitions, where publishers participate. You can have more choices.

How to purchase goods for a bookstore?

1. Self-purchase, which generally means going directly to the book market to purchase goods. Every province or region has a large book wholesale market. Most of these books are from the offices or agency points of publishing houses. You can directly select and purchase books on the spot;

2. Customization. The other category is direct cooperation with publishing houses. Publishing houses have a lot of books. Sometimes publishing houses will launch some sets or mixed sales of books for profit, publicity, etc. If your bookstore is an agent for a certain publishing house, or can obtain exclusive rights in the local area, then all the books you sell must be from this publishing house.

3. In addition, there are some "tasks". Due to some uncontrollable factors, many bookstores sell must-sell books, such as celebrity works and thoughts, which must be sold. This is hard to say, you will experience it yourself after opening your own store.

What procedures and documents are needed to open a bookstore?

First, you need to choose a good store location. It is best to confirm who the real landlord is and whether he can produce the property ownership certificate. Although this is not necessary, it is best to confirm it to avoid trouble in the future. Then sign a lease contract with the landlord.

2. Go to the local cultural bureau or relevant department to apply and explain that you want to open a bookstore. The relevant department will then arrange a specialist to visit and review it.

3. During the review process, you can submit a "Store Name Application and Approval" to the Industry and Commerce Bureau. The name is different in different areas, but generally you need to have a store name first, and then report it to the Industry and Commerce Bureau for approval in advance. After the approval is qualified, the industrial and commercial inspectors responsible for the area will come to check and then issue the certificate. The certificate can usually be obtained within 5 working days, provided that you have a lease contract with the landlord.

4. After that, you need to go to the cultural department of the district, county or city where the store is located to apply for a "Store Opening Permit Certificate", and then take this certificate to the Press and Publication Bureau to apply for a business license.

5. After submitting the "Approval of Store Name Application" to the Industry and Commerce Bureau and obtaining the "Book Business License", the Industry and Commerce Bureau will issue the "Business License" according to the normal process. However, in some areas, you need to have a business license or apply for a store name first, and then go to the Publishing Bureau to apply for a business license. This needs to be confirmed by consulting the local relevant departments.

6. Tax registration. After all, you are opening a store, so you must pay taxes. Just take your business license and relevant documents to the tax hall to apply for a tax registration certificate.

Is opening a bookstore profitable?

It is very difficult to open a bookstore nowadays as you will face three kinds of shocks.

1. The impact of e-commerce: In online stores, you can buy most of the books you want to buy, and the price-performance ratio is relatively high.

2. E-books are easier to carry and store than physical books. They are also very competitive in terms of price. You can even find some of them for free online.

3. The audiobook software is very user-friendly and frees your hands. Whether it is Duoduo or Fan Deng, you can do other things while absorbing the explanations and related content of a good book, which is incomparable to physical books.

But it doesn't mean that physical bookstores cannot be operated at all. They just need personality and attract buyers by showing more individuality. If you are tired of educational tutoring, you can cooperate with tutoring classes to promote the business.