[Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business

Thu May 8 22:05:27 UTC 2014

One pair a month for $20 each month.
I create whatever I create for each month.
The first month I made unique earrings for each person based on their
2 favorite colors and 3 adjectives to describe themselves. this past
month, and this month, I am creating the same type of earring for each
person, just different colors.

On 5/8/14, Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] <Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:
> Does this mean you get one pair a month for that price.  Does the customer
> make the choice.
> Write me direct if you want.
>
> Terry Powers
> Terry.powers at nih.gov
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisamaria Martinez [mailto:lmartinez217 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 4:14 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>
> I'm curious about this too. I've started an earring club among my friends
> and it's a lot of fun and challenging. I want to make this more of a
> business and be official but the licensing and zoning stuff and tax thing
> really gets me overwhelmed. I'd love to hear from folks who've done it and
> find out what needs to be done. I've done some research online but it is all
> confusing.
>
> As for the details of the crafting ... I collected interested people from my
> friends on Facebook. I asked folks to commit to a 3 month trial period for
> $20 a month. I gave them a free pair of earrings in the first mailing.
>
> I purchased padded envelopes, earring cards, and all the materials needed
> for the earrings I was making. I'm tapping into the vast amount of beads I
> already have and am trying to get rid of. All of the materials for shipping
> was super cheap.
>
> Every month, in braille ro print, I write up a description of the earring I
> send to the customer.
>
> shipping was pretty cheap, and even going to Hawaii which was the furthest
> away, wasn't that expensive. Each envelope was less than an ounce so
> shipping was less than $3 per envelope which is why I had my monthly
> subscription at $20 a month.
>
> anyways ... I'm happy to hear more from folks who have done this.
>
> Oh yeah, I currently have 7 customers and am always looking for more people.
> Eamil me at lmartinez217 at gmail.com if you are interested.
>
> On 5/8/14, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for all the advice. I'm still in colleege so I was thinking of
>> making this really small. Does the licensing/tax requirements apply
>> even if I'm, lets say only selling 50 dollars worth of stuff a month?
>> It does sound really daunting.
>>
>> Minh
>>
>> On 5/8/14, Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Licensing includes zoning and tax regulations.  I know all of this
>>> sounds a bit over whelming, but just take it a step at a time and you
>>> will get through it and not have any regrets later.
>>>
>>> Annette
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Nancy Yeager
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 11:28 AM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>>>
>>> Min,
>>>
>>> You also have to check licensing requirements in your state and/or
>>> locality.
>>>
>>> Sorry if this was already mentioned.
>>>
>>> Nancy Yeager
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Ramona Walhof
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 10:29 AM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>>>
>>> Min, you need to figure out how much volume you will be able to make.
>>> Then
>>> test the market, so you know you are making a product that will move.
>>> Packaging and shipping is a matter of calling the post office and UPS
>>> and
>>> getting rates. You can do this online also.   Of course, you will have
>>> to
>>> choose some destinations to price as examples, but you can learn
>>> their basic approach.  The farther it goes, the more it costs.  UPS
>>> will come to your business and pick up items ifyou have enough
>>> volume.  I would go look at packaging materials.  IF it is just a few
>>> items, retail packaging materials may be best.  But if you will have
>>> a lot, then wholesale would be better.
>>> There are a lot of large envelopes these days made of durable materials.
>>> Write me direct if you like.  My data isnot current, because I closed
>>> my business some time ago.  But it included a mail room.
>>> Ramona.walhof at gmail.com.
>>>
>>> p.s.  When you are ready to go, the first thing you need to do is get
>>> a tax ID number which can be done by phone.  If you are going to be
>>> big enough to hire one or more employees, there is a bunch more
>>> paperwork.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "minh ha" <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
>>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 11:52 PM
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am inerested in creating a business for the crafts that I am making.
>>>> I was wondering for those of you that have experience in this, what
>>>> are the things I should consider before embarking on this. My
>>>> boyfriend is a web developer so he's going to make a website for me,
>>>> but I'm not really sure what I need to do to get this off the ground.
>>>> Packaging and shipping costs would have to be considered, but how do
>>>> I go about figuring this out? Thank you so much for any advice you
>>>> can give; I'm goign to make this my project for the summer.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Minh
>>>>
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