The turn £100.00 into £10.000.00+ by the end of 2010 official thread

nikki2804

Hi for soaps etc you need to adhere to a lot of rules. Each recipe you use has to be certified and I am sure you need to have public liability insurance. Search handmade soap and there will be a thread with lots of info. Sorry don't know how to link threads.

skintbint_2

hi iamsamsmum, i'm not sure about bootsales would really depend on pricing would try it out though but split your stall into usual bootsale stuff and have your soaps etc totally seperate on a smaller table, but i would probably look to more local markets and possibly craft fairs. i think you would be better speaking to enviromental health or trading standards for information regarding h&s rules etc just to keep yourself right, (where you stand on allergies, do you need some kind of insurance, labeling etc.) i dont know very much regarding this but that is the type of thing i would be trying to find out. hope this helps

julie_toots

Hi, yes, the beds are for the Go Go Hamsters. I have done well over the last few weeks, although it has calmed down now, but i think there may be a couple of decent weeks in the new year(hopefully)

Clurbur85

Does anybody know if there are any companies out there that need envelope stuffers / box makers? ...I know it's old skool, but I would like something I can do at home... even if it is quite low paid... any ideas guys?

Dirrtland

Can I join In please, Thinking of buying wholesale Blank t's etc and Screen/iron print onto.

Be Great to know what really sells, something that differs to others :mad: Something we hadnt even considered

My o/h is great with Guitars Zooping them up May pay a visit to cashies

Cheerz

p.s is everyone one Paypal verified (Mine says i need a different credit card to verify)

moneymakestheworldgoround

Envelope stuffing is normally done by machine nowadays - I dont know of any genuine opportunities now.

I have emailed quite a few people info on how to prepare leaflets to market your own business. However there is a flip side to this - leaflet distribution. If anyone is interested in setting up a business distributing other peoples leaflets, I have some info on this as well.

Soaps - there is a great info guide on the net about this but I cant find it. Every single ingredient needs to be listed on labels for h&s reasons. Not sure what else, but thats the main thing.

Lush ( the factory is local to me - I used to work there and got all the seconds - best job ever !) was created by a disgruntled employee of Cosmetics to Go. They took the 'secret' recipes and set up a competitive company. And have done blumming well. So it is very popular and I see a lot of bath bombs sell at boot fairs.

Candles do well too - you can make melts quite easily which you can package lovely and make a profit.

skintbint - can you make nice birthday cakes ? Lots of high street shops have closed and we can only get rubbish ones from the main supermarkets. Have you looked at postage of cakes? I wanted to set up a cheesecake mail order company years ago after reading of the success in USA. I chickened out, but several companies did set up and are still going - pants !

david69 - our local car boot would definitely love old car and bike mags - if you do one and go over the top with talking to customers, you can find out quite easily what sort of things people buy. We have a couple of people who look for car mags, some look for war stuff, some gold, some pin badges, some broken mobiles etc.. If you take your tat one week, then you can work out what stuff to take for the next. And get an idea of what price they are willing to pay.

£100 initial investment - if you are looking to sell purely on ebay, a decent camera is needed. I got a 10 megapixel one on bid tv last month for £32. I also bought a light cube so I can take professional looking photos - I think this was £20. So for £50 ish you can set yourself up and then sell stuff already in your house. Then with the profits, you can buy more stock. Or you could advertise to sell other peoples stuff on ebay and take a percentage of the profits.

There is a great basic website for £18 as well. This includes all hosting fees for the year - no other costs. So if anyone is thinking of setting up a basic website to include their details etc.. please PM me. You can link paypal up to accept payments too. I had about 8 of them at one stage. I have 2 now I think which I can give you the address of if you want to see it in action.

I have a Chinese wholesaler address if anyone is interested. Not the greatest prices, but the company holds the money until you receive your order then forwards it to the seller. So its more secure than some companies. I tried a few orders of £100, then used them for £2k and it was all ok.

I have a random list of possible business ideas as well if anyone is truly stuck for an idea.

moneymakestheworldgoround

Leea_Cadie wrote: »

Be Great to know what really sells, something that differs to others :mad: Something we hadnt even considered

My o/h is great with Guitars Zooping them up May pay a visit to cashies

I totally get what you mean here and its a valid point.

I did a mystery shop for a bank and had to pretend to open a business account. I gave a random business idea for the sake of the task, but got chatting to the advisor who told me her friend was horsey mad. She made her horse a pink bridle with some jewels on and someone saw it and asked her to make one, and you can guess the rest. She now has given up her day job and makes a fortune from customized bridles.

Sex stuff sells, but that is a difficult one to get into as over saturated.

Sport stuff, pets, food, kids clothes and toys all sell

Cheap stalls too - I normally do a £1 table and a 50p table and I can sell loads of stuff in a few hours.

Dont always assume that you know what will sell though. I sell plastic storage boxes online. One week I decided to take a couple to the boot fair to try. Now I have 4 local shops that sell the same make so I wasnt holding out much hope. But I sold out within 2 hours. So I now sell 50% online and 50% at car boots. But I would never have thought for a minute it would work !

With regards to the t shirt printing, I know the equipment is expensive. But I think its a great idea.

LilacPixie

Leea - loving the guitar idea. Can you or he paint?? Art sells. I personally would die for a custom acoustic in purple with butterflys.

Bathbombs/soaps do sell well but you need to be certified by a chemist i believe and there is quite strick rules around labelling plus you need insurance. I think you would struggle to set up on under £100.

I would love to make sweets and confectionary but set up costs way beyond me at the moment.

I actually do have a business doing bridal tiaras and hair pins. It has been suggested that possily I should branch into cake toppers/crystal bouquets.

For a fab business idea i think you need ot think out the box a bit. Something unique yet useful. something to keep socks together or something as i always end up with odd socks. A sock goblin lives in my machine

Dirrtland

Leea - loving the guitar idea. Can you or he paint?? Art sells. I personally would die for a custom acoustic in purple with butterflys.

Aww thats sweet!! I can paint, Stencil,, But he would be doin what paintin he can on the bodies, Whist we currently dnt have a garden :cool: ,,, But for now he'll be costuming them in the sense of putting decent pickups, parts etc, an what little Cosmetics upgrades we can do,,, Lovin your idea

xx

bing0

Hi there

If someone wants to help update the list that would be great, as Im not getting alot of free time at present.

moneymakestheworldgoround, Id be interested in the website if you could pm me details....and thanks for your imput, it's superb.

So long as we all keep positive, we will all meet our targets !

Well done everyone