EASY BUSINESS IDEAS BY AC 48635107.

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I'm the person who originally posted these "ideas" on the other thread. My AC # is different because I'm away from home.

I did not give the OP permission to post this stuff but it's a public forum so screw it, I guess.

The title of this thread is NOT accurate. There is no such thing as "easy" when it comes to business. You have to work hard and keep your goals in mind at all times. You have to be smart and always reinvest into your business if you want it to last. You also have to evolve your business and go where the money is.

The examples that I posted in the other thread are tried and true but generally only work in an environment that has year-round temperate weather like Florida or Southern California. Otherwise, you will have to adapt and find ways to make money in the off-season. And there are always ways to make money.

Selling dreams?

I will answer questions for a little while if anyone has any.

church vans - yes, I've seen them.

They're cargo/work vans in waiting. Why spend twice the money on a cargo van? Dump all the back seats, black out the side windows, maybe attach some 2X4s along the inside sides of the van to protect the glass and use for tying down cargo. Easy and cheap.

If you've got a van and some gas, then you've got the start of a business.

You will need to rent out a space to sell this stuff.. that isn't free. And thats not included in the article. Fairs? really? most cities have like one fair a week

1 fair a year* lol

I'm sorry but I don't think the jewlery idea is very good. Who wants cheap chinese jewlery anyways?

Turning a van into a cargo van and cleaning basements and selling the stuff would probably alone be more profitable than the whole jewellery idea

My old man started out with a van and some homeless guys for help. He had a piano/organ moving business.

You know where most of the customers wanted their instruments moved to? ANYWHERE ELSE. Yeah. They just wanted rid of them.

So mad dad got paid to take away functioning instruments that he could simply tune and sell through newspaper ads. On top of that, he would get paid not only to haul them away but also to deliver them to the new owner.

You can't charge people much for haul-aways. Some people do it for free. That's what I call stiff competition.

Also, you never know what you're going to get. You might get sellable items and you might get boxes of shitty Xmas decorations from the 70s.

You need a "bread and butter" money maker. The Chinese jewelry was just an example (one that I've personally user--and still do from time to time).

When I sell at festivals and fairs, I sell jewelry, hats, tshirts, knives, knuckle dusters, bowls and bongs, posters, etc. What sells the best? It's still the jewelry. No shit.

If you can find them cheap, invest in clear acrylic charms with real scorpions, Beatles and spiders "frozen" inside. They sell like crazy. They're one thing that is a "fast mover" and doesn't seem to go out of style for the kiddies.

Flea markets cost from 5 to 15 dollars a space for the day. Very cheap. Hell, use 2 spaces!

Fairs and festivals charge more and require you to have a business license and to sign up in advance.

Notice that my advice said to save the fairs and festivals until after you're making some good money at flea markets.

Also, if you think that you're going to make money by just staying in one town, then you've got the wrong idea altogether. You've got a van, man. You've got to research what fairs are going on in your tri-state area and plan ahead.

Big festivals can cost up to $500 (or more) per day for vendors. But the foot traffic and the huge hoard of kids with money in their pockets make it worth it.

You have to plan for expenses like that.

Late Summer/early Fall is festival season. Make the most of it and you won't have to work so hard for the rest of the year. Find out where the highest per capita income is within your travelling range and make those your highest priority.

College campuses always have their own little festivals at the beginning of the fall semester and another one at the beginning of the spring semester or Homecoming.

You have to go where the money is and keep looking for opportunities. If you think that you can just stay in one location and do well, then you are way off. You will be on the road a lot.

Never get bogged down in one area. If you want to make money, then you have to be willing to go where the money is. Florida. California. New Jersey. NYC.

If you're willing to just stay in your hometown because that's where your "roots" are or that's where you feel safe and secure, then you have given up already.

Either you want to make it or you don't. There will always be more than enough excuses as to why you fail. But there's only ONE reason why you succeeded. It's because you NEVER quit. If an idea fails, learn from it and come up with something better.

Here's why people want cheap Chinese jewelry:

1. It's cheap.
2. It lasts longer than a pretzel but costs less at a fair.
3. It makes kids happy without costing the parents much.
4. You can sell it at "price points" that are easy to afford and easy for kids to understand. (like $2, $5 and $10--everything that you sell is either 2, 5 or 10 dollars=less confusion=faster sales, fewer arguments)
5. Some of it is really wacky and unusual (like rhinestone rings in the shape of peacocks or pendants with frogs made of jade, etc)

Not everything you initially choose will be a "fast mover". That's why you track your inventory. See what sells and what doesn't. Every item has a lifecycle. A few years in business will teach you that.

For business #2 how much would you typically charge per job?