Is this legal?

Hi,

I want to know if is is legal to have a ecommerce business different from your registered business.

Suppose a business is registered under the name "XYZ" and they are in bookkeeping business. Now they want to open a website selling sun glasses with the name "Glass house"..

I don't think they need to registered a new business.. right? they can prpbably open a merchant account under the name "XYZ" and start processing payments........


thanks

File a fictitious business name and set yourself up as a DBA (Doing Business As) where >> Company ABC DBA Company XYZ and you're perfectly legal pending any other regulatory issues, which a business attorney can be helpful in identifying.

No.
medialint was right - you need to register a ficticious business name with your state.

So a business want to have five different sites will have to file s for 5 different fictitious businesses ...........

It's best to check with your Secretary of State to be sure.
That's where you'd go to register the name(s).
I would say that you can have as many sites as you want but they would all have to say that they're by the same company unless you did register each company name with the state.