A business license is something you apply for at the City of Oakland. Straightforward process, requires filing a form and paying a $60 fee, then running a notice in a local (authorized) printed newspaper for some number of days, then the City sends you a paper saying you're licensed to do business. You should have one already (within 30 days of starting your business).

http://oaklandbusinesscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=59
or PDF online: http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/revenue/revenue_newbiaapp.htm

If you file the papers with the City then wait a couple of days before doing the posting in, say, the Oakland Tribune (for something like $70?), some other outfit will send a postcard advertising the same service for closer to $35 or $40. I used them last time I filed and it worked just fine.

Note that this will also tick the box that tells the City to send business tax notices too.

On 8/28/15 9:07 PM, Adam Munich wrote:
I think business licence means "doing business as", such as "Aperture systems, Inc"

501c3 status is just an IRS certification, and you need articles of incorporation to apply anyway. What state is "Sudo room, LLC / Co / whatever" registered in? What is the DBA? 

If that's registered, then that's likely what godaddy is looking for. 

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On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune@gmail.com> wrote:
According to whois, it doesn't expire until November 14 of this year. We are currently working on our 501c3 application, so perhaps that would work in lieu of a business license? Not sure how that works, I searched that question and can't find an answer that's pertinent to our situation.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, Marc Juul wrote:

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:
      Does this mean we are going to lose sudoroom.org?

No, it means we need a business license.


what is our timetable?  Are they going to expire our domain and then a squatter will outgun us to buy it?

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