My brother in law went to a shop he's a regular at. He was vaping my juice and the owner wanted to try it, and he loved it. He wants samples of all my juices and if he likes them he said he'd sell them. What do you guys think?
I'd say approach the owner as you being the person that makes juice for his store. It gives the owner an advantage over other stores and the owner also gets to put his store/brand name on the juice. This should hopefully cover you legally, since it will be the store's name on it and such. I would shy away from giving him the recipe and signing any legally binding documents. Get paid in cash if you can. Just play it low key until you can figure out the associated costs to sell to him as your own company. You might even be able to get him to pay for your supplies etc.
I'm not saying you should be sketchy, but you don't want to get screwed over.
Oh, and never shy away from sharing your recipe here with us, if you're ok with it that is. Best of luck, guy.
Thanks that's good advice. Hes already selling one other guys diy juice. His company has their own line but he sells a lot of other juice so I don't think he'd need me to make juice for him exclusively.
And yes absolutely I like to share my recipes on here! You guys have helped me a ton!
If anyone can guess what I named it then you win the internet. Hint: Think of the fruit's colors, and your childhood.
TFA Orange Cream 4% TFA Grape Candy 4% TFA Strawberry 4% TFA Blueberry (Wild) 4%
It depends on the B&M insurance.
Most e-cig industry insurance policies include an employee of the store, but NOT contract workers or third party individuals or companies.
So if he sold your juice and he got sued, the insurance company would likely sue you, unless you were an employee of the store and mixed the juice at his location.
If he doesn't have insurance, then he would get sued, but he could sue you or try to attach you to any lawsuits.
That makes sense. Do you think its worth it for just starting to just do cash and take the chance, then get my own insurance if it actually takes me anywhere?
I've posted my thoughts on this before here and always get downvoted, but I'll do it again.
Do you own a car and is Uber in your town? 15 weeks of driving part time instead of partying or watching TV will earn you enough to get insured.
I am 41. I've seen, in every industry, at least one competitor get sued out of existence due to liability issues.
If you aren't incorporated and you get sued, they can take your assets or the courts can dock your pay FOREVER to satisfy a judgment.
Will it happen? Unlikely. Million to one odds.
Do you want to be the guy that it happens to?
This is good advice for anyone doing anything that isn't the most straightforward, salaried/hourly W-2 stuff. Just because you aren't a major corporation doesn't mean you aren't exposing yourself to major-corporation-level liability. You might end up being liable for something nobody had even considered, and incorporating is easier than ever (every job I've had in the last five years made it seem like they expected to be employing corporations half the time).
Find a lawyer and get a quick LLC set up. It's fairly cheap and will protect you to some degree. For example, if you get sued for rat poo in your juice, they (usually) can't come after your personal assets.
While you're talking to the lawyer, ask about liability insurance and get some cheap coverage.