[Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business

Sat May 10 21:05:43 UTC 2014

Interesting, I may be creating a scoping business if I can get the software
to work.  I wish I were a brainy blind geek so I could make billions of
dollars like Mosen or Dan Clark or Kathy Mertha who are so good at making
the software bow to their every wish.  

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of slery via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 1:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Creating a business

What a cool idea LM.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
> 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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