RESOURCES.

Run your work through your own LLC or corporation, even as a team of one: which structure fits, the official filing steps, then attach it so payouts and 1099s go to the business.

A federal employer identification number, free, issued immediately online. Needed for a W-9, a business bank account, and most state registrations.

The form every business you sell to will ask you for. Fill it in and sign it inside GRAJ in about two minutes; it is attached to your documents.

State-by-state guidance on entity formation, licenses and permits.

Which states you must register in, and how. Registration comes BEFORE collecting a cent of tax.

When selling into a state creates an obligation there — usually $100,000 in sales, sometimes a transaction count.

Which states make the platform responsible instead of the seller, and how those sales are reported.

The filing partner behind Shopify Tax — returns prepared and filed on a merchant’s behalf.

Tax calculation, returns and exemption certificate management.

What a platform reports about you, and what you report about the people you pay.

Where real UPCs and GTINs come from. A barcode that is not GS1-issued will fail at a distributor.

Nutrition panels, ingredient statements, allergens and claims for food and beverage.

What organic certification requires, and who can certify you.

The warning requirement that catches out-of-state sellers shipping into California.

Label approval, formulas and permits for anything alcoholic.

Carrier registration, USDOT and MC numbers, and insurance filings.

Freight class and NMFC codes, which decide what an LTL shipment costs.

Where all the GRAJ tools are: free calculators for margin, case packs, freight per unit, break-even and more.

How each role actually works here, written for the person doing it.

The vocabulary of wholesale, defined plainly.

The 5% protocol fee and what it does and does not cover.

What this protocol is for, and the argument behind it.

Where the protocol operates and what changes per market.

Which cover your role usually carries and what to ask a broker for. GRAJ underwrites none of it.