Use your home telephone line or cell phone
When first starting your cookie business, unless you are forming an LLC or partnership in which the separation of assets and finances is critical to maintaining protection from liability, there is often no need to duplicate your utilities. If you are able to start a home-based bakery, there may be no need to spend money on setting up a dedicated phone line. Unless there are others at home during business hours, an additional line may be a luxury that can wait. Perhaps the easiest and most cost-effective solution is to purchase an inexpensive pay-as-you-go cell phone for business calls. You will only pay for the calls you make — with minutes that roll over from month-to-month — and you won’t be locked into a costly long-term contract with a cell phone service provider.
If you decide to use your home phone, caller ID can help you identify calls from family and friends. If you aren’t sure who the call is from, simply answer the phone by saying your first name, so–whether a business or personal call comes in–you’re just saying hello in a nice, but professional way. Google Voice is a great way to get a new phone number dedicated to your business without establishing a new business phone line. Customers can call your Google Voice number, but your existing mobile phone or landline, will ring. (voice.google.com)