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Turn Your Hobby Into Cash
Whether you have an elementary education or a PhD, you can turn your love for knitting, cooking, crafting or any other hobby into a profitable home business. Refill that cup of coffee or tea, stoke your enthusiasm and let’s take a look at the basics of developing your hobby into a home business.
The Mechanics of Business Home businesses can be divided into three distinct categories:
* Those that sell a product,
* Those that provide a service and
* Those that provide information.
Selling Crafts – Wholesale Vs. Retail Sales
When you are selling crafts, you’ll need to determine whether you plan on selling crafts primarily on a wholesale basis, or directly to retail customers. There are pros and cons inherent in each type of craft business, so it will be important to think through your options and decide which approach works best for your work preferences and fits best with your vision for your business. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Make A Living Papercrafting
Do you know how popular greeting cards and scrapbooking are? In the UK every year the average person receives 55 cards. Scrapbooking in the US has become a $7 billion industry since the first store was opened providing modern scrapbooking materials in 1981.
These are massive markets and you can become involved in them part time to start with and then build it up to full time if you really like it. There are many different ways to sell products and services related to papercrafting.
If you like designing cards you can supply to local shops on a sale or return basis. This will mean you need to come to an agreement with each shop on a per card or percentage basis. Read the rest of this entry »
