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ok so i am making handmade jewelry, and its all semi precious stones, chainmaille, glass, pearls. and i need some advice. i am selling at farmers market and it is slow, i havent really sold alot. does anyone know how i could sell better, i have great prices and great quality. alot of people tell me its good stuff, but how do i get people to buy more rather then to look more. is there any thing i could do to make people want to buy more, like should i make some eye catchings signs. in others words would making my display look pretty get people to buy more, please help in anyway possible! thanks

Another way to sell your jewelry might be to advertise it on ebay? its very easy to set up an account and start selling. All you have to think about is the price you want to charge for your product and the postage and packaging cost s.Alternativly if you just want to sell your item at farmer s markets you could come up with attractive promotions like buy 2 get a third free or maybe get some fancy boxes to put the jewelry in to make it look more expensive.

What about giving some of your stock to friends or relatives for free to sell to their friends and whatever they sell you let them keep say 25% of the profit from it and you take back the stock they dont sell.Or ask some local shops to keep a few of your items on a shelf or counter and do the same. Report Abuse

How long does it take to ship something first class ? -

How long do you think it should take for something to ship first class, from Florida to Utah, during the month of December?

Envelope: 3-5 days, small box 4-8 days.First Class is only for 1lbs. Parcel Post is 1lbs, but its usually within $.50 of Priority mail which is 2-3 days. Priority mail is cheap, $4.99-$12.49 for the prepaid boxes, its what I prefer to use.

Some wholesale web sites to buy stuff for craft shows and flea markets? -

Please give some links to any place that you like.

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How to establish and own your own dance studio? -

how to establish and own your own dance studio?

Here s two basic ways that I am thinking (although i am no dancer!).Either you sit down with your bank manager and take him by the hand through your very detailed plan on how you are going to achieve each and every step of your ascent to success, backing it all up with lots of neatly written numbers... and when/if you get the cash you hope you haven t made any mistakes and go out and spend the bank s money and hope you can sleep well that night and the next till you see what happens..or you are just going to teach a friend how to dance, then another, then you get half a dozen people, then it get to be so many people that you must find a better place than your living room and by then you will have a bit of money, you will know where the place better be or not be, what it needs etc etc and so you find a little run down room somewhere, give it a lick of white paint, add some strategic posters and lights and learn about keeping your books in order, maybe having an accountant friend to show you and after a year of this you might have your own money to really get going.If you don t, you know it is time to give it up and do something else.

Is it a good idea to open a pizza parlor in a small town? -

I live in a small town (actually a village) of 200 people. There is a post office, nothing else. I own a commercial building which has been used for storage mostly, in direct view of a well traveled road (maybe 15000 cars a day, guessing. People travel this road to and from work constantly) but it is 5 miles from any other restaurants. We are considering opening a convenience store / pizza / sub shop there. Does anyone have any suggestions before I sink my savings on this venture? There is a pizza place 8 miles away for sale in a town of about 800 people that did very well until a godfathers moved into town. Also, nobody delivers any food anywhere within 10 miles of my location. It may not matter, but I am also located right next to the village post office. Any help will be appreciated!

i think it will work i used to live in a village (shafter, tx.pop 9 at the time.no joke.)and when we wanted to go out to eat we went to the closest place (about 12 mi) because it was all there was.better stuff was farther away, but we just didnt want to drive any longer than we had to.good luck!

You have some research to do on your own. Consider:CompetitionLocationDemandCosts (Marketing mediums/distribution/building/etc)4 P s of marketing (product/price/promotion/place)Sounds like a big investment. If you are REALLY that unsure you may want to pay a marketing research firm to do research for you to determine if it has potential to be a profitable business.ALSO: May be good idea to look up the average income of people in your area and the amount of disposable income they have. Especially in these hard times. The way you market the place is going to be important. Is it going to be a place with higher premium pricing or a affordable place for people with lower income?

I say go for it!!!Do your research and come up with a good marketing plan.You only live once and if you dont do it you will always wonder what couldve been!!All the best

This might or might not help. But I live in a village of around 250 people, about 5 miles from a town of 1950 people that has a bar that sells really good pizza (but doesn t deliver) and a Subway, and a convenience store. Several years ago someone built a pizza shop in our town (across the road from the post offfice). They also sold coffee and pastries in the morning. Their pizza was about average, not great, not bad. It didn t last long. It has now reopened as a six-pack carryout place (beer only, no hard liquor, this is PA), with a lunch counter area that has subs and soup, and a few outside tables in the summer. They seem to be doing very well.Things to think about:Do you have experience running a pizza place? a c-store?Are there enough people nearby to make a c-store viable? Your prices will have to be higher than other outlets for the same products, because your costs will be higher.Will that Godfathers pizza cut into your potential business too?How many pizzas/subs will you have to sell a day to make it worthwhile, and is the number realistic?Write a business plan, and see what it looks like.Good luck.