nethiker
Enlightened
Re: think people wouild buy homemade hot sauce orj
Hey Raggie,
The food business is a tough one. Jerky is expensive and the sauce market is flooded. You would need to have access to a commercial kitchen or have the heath department approve yours at home, which is difficult. You could do it, but it's tough to make a buck, especially when you're competing directly against the big guys.
Just a couple of thoughts along the flashlight line.
1. You could start a flashlight service business. Most companies should have flashlights for emergencies and I would bet they are cheap supermarket ones with dead batteries. You could service businesses making sure they have the right lights and that they work. I bet you could sell them lithium batteries explaining the shelf-life benefits. You might even get them to upgrade their lights. How about schools? They need lights for when they have night time activities, and I would guess that most are inadequate. How about fire and police stations? Their lights are used regularly and I bet if you went around and just turned them all on, you would find some that need new batteries or bulbs. You could charge a monthly service fee to insure they are always ready for the next call. Many of their lights are rechargable. I bet they don't take care of their batteries. You could condition them to prolong their life. How about carrying some keychain lights and MM mods to sell as an impulse buy. Once you get a foot in the door as the flashlight "expert", opportunities will find you. A big corporation that now has new led emergency lights with lithium batteries spread around the building thanks to you might ask you about ordering some high end lights as corporate gifts. That's when you call Mr. Bulk and order 20 of his latest and greatest for your client. Well, that's how this fantasy business goes anyways.
2. The other idea is to copy the direct selling methods of companies like Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Etc... where you can start with a bunch of inexpensive mod lights and throw a flashlight party. Have a bunch of friends over one night and play with lights. You can show everyone all the cool stuff that you like with cutting edge technology and finish by offering your mods for sale. You could play with the Lion Heart, and other cool stuff that's not for sale, the idea is to entertain people so it was worth the hour or so they spent at the party and then sell them your lights at the end. Try to get a couple of your friends to throw the next parties and your business is off. After a while you can sign people up as distributors and pretty soon you won't have to go to the parties, just supply others with your product. This could even expand to retailing other lights you don't even have to make.
Good luck on whatever you decide to do. Just make sure you have fun doing it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Greg
Hey Raggie,
The food business is a tough one. Jerky is expensive and the sauce market is flooded. You would need to have access to a commercial kitchen or have the heath department approve yours at home, which is difficult. You could do it, but it's tough to make a buck, especially when you're competing directly against the big guys.
Just a couple of thoughts along the flashlight line.
1. You could start a flashlight service business. Most companies should have flashlights for emergencies and I would bet they are cheap supermarket ones with dead batteries. You could service businesses making sure they have the right lights and that they work. I bet you could sell them lithium batteries explaining the shelf-life benefits. You might even get them to upgrade their lights. How about schools? They need lights for when they have night time activities, and I would guess that most are inadequate. How about fire and police stations? Their lights are used regularly and I bet if you went around and just turned them all on, you would find some that need new batteries or bulbs. You could charge a monthly service fee to insure they are always ready for the next call. Many of their lights are rechargable. I bet they don't take care of their batteries. You could condition them to prolong their life. How about carrying some keychain lights and MM mods to sell as an impulse buy. Once you get a foot in the door as the flashlight "expert", opportunities will find you. A big corporation that now has new led emergency lights with lithium batteries spread around the building thanks to you might ask you about ordering some high end lights as corporate gifts. That's when you call Mr. Bulk and order 20 of his latest and greatest for your client. Well, that's how this fantasy business goes anyways.
2. The other idea is to copy the direct selling methods of companies like Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Etc... where you can start with a bunch of inexpensive mod lights and throw a flashlight party. Have a bunch of friends over one night and play with lights. You can show everyone all the cool stuff that you like with cutting edge technology and finish by offering your mods for sale. You could play with the Lion Heart, and other cool stuff that's not for sale, the idea is to entertain people so it was worth the hour or so they spent at the party and then sell them your lights at the end. Try to get a couple of your friends to throw the next parties and your business is off. After a while you can sign people up as distributors and pretty soon you won't have to go to the parties, just supply others with your product. This could even expand to retailing other lights you don't even have to make.
Good luck on whatever you decide to do. Just make sure you have fun doing it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Greg
