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The six steps, in order.

Six things a business needs before it can take money. Each one has its own page with the exact steps, roughly what it costs, and where people get stuck. Go in order: each step needs the one before it.

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  1. STEP 01

    A password app

    Somewhere safe for every login you are about to create.

    10 min · About $3 a month

  2. STEP 02

    Your business, on paper

    Registered where you need to be, with a tax number and its own bank account.

    A few days · Filing fee, $50 to $500

  3. STEP 03

    Your web address

    The name people type in to find you, registered in your name.

    15 min · About $12 a year

  4. STEP 04

    Email at your own name

    you@yourbusiness.com instead of a personal address.

    30 min · About $8 a month

  5. STEP 05

    Getting paid

    Take a card payment without having a website.

    30 min · Free to set up

  6. STEP 06

    Letting people book you

    They pick a time that works. You show up.

    20 min · Free to start

Or have it installed

Elon Pope does all six personally, connects them, tests them and hands them over in two weeks. $3,750, one time.

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