Selling Your Products: How Consignment Stores Can Help

Many artisans and craftspeople present their products to the retail world by selling through consignment stores. A consignment store, often called a second-hand store, is a retail store that sells new, used, and handmade items on consignment. The consignor (owner of goods) gives their items to the consignee (store owner) to be sold in exchange for receiving a commission from the sale.

If you work at home and have a home business selling products, then you should take advantage of the benefits that consignment stores can offer.

Creates Immediate Public Exposure

You must advertise in order to make your home business succeed. While typical advertising methods like business cards, websites, car signs, and media ads are all useful and necessary, nothing is better than having a way to quickly show your products to the public. Selling products via consignment stores is a great way to accomplish this. From the moment that customers browse your products, they will associate your name with quality products.

Customers will also learn that they can always find your products in that specific shop. When someone likes your products, they will purchase them from the consignment store. Then, they will tell their friends and family about the great new items that they just purchased. Nothing creates better public exposure than word of mouth.

Allows You to Make More Profit

Consignment stores take a commission from the sale of your products, and then the rest of the sale profit is yours. A useful tip is to make sure that your consignment shop does not assess any additional fees beyond the commission.

Utilizing consignment stores means that you do not have to worry about paying for table or booth fees at fairs, flea markets, and craft shows. You also will not have to pay for travel expenses to attend festivals and shows, because consignment stores sell your products at consistent times and hours. All of these cost cutting benefits mean more money for your wallet.

Helps You Build a Solid Reputation

Earning a reputation of selling quality products takes time, especially for home businesses. Selling products through consignment stores allows you to utilize the already established reputation of the consignment store. Customers are likely to feel that if "Store X" sells your products, then they must be quality items. Without a solid reputation, your home business won't succeed, and selling products through consignment stores is a great way to build a valued reputation.

If you are an artisan or craftsperson who works from home selling products that you have made, trying selling your items through consignment stores. Selling via consignment creates immediate public exposure, eliminates the cost of operating your own store, allows you to make more profit, and helps you build a solid reputation.

Personally I am using consignment stores to sell my candles
And to sell some unique metal punched wax warmers Good luck to all crafting and artisans!

Selling Your Products: How Consignment Stores Can Help

Many artisans and craftspeople present their products to the retail world by selling through consignment stores. A consignment store, often called a second-hand store, is a retail store that sells new, used, and handmade items on consignment. The consignor (owner of goods) gives their items to the consignee (store owner) to be sold in exchange for receiving a commission from the sale.

If you work at home and have a home business selling products, then you should take advantage of the benefits that consignment stores can offer.

Creates Immediate Public Exposure

You must advertise in order to make your home business succeed. While typical advertising methods like business cards, websites, car signs, and media ads are all useful and necessary, nothing is better than having a way to quickly show your products to the public. Selling products via consignment stores is a great way to accomplish this. From the moment that customers browse your products, they will associate your name with quality products.

Customers will also learn that they can always find your products in that specific shop. When someone likes your products, they will purchase them from the consignment store. Then, they will tell their friends and family about the great new items that they just purchased. Nothing creates better public exposure than word of mouth.

Allows You to Make More Profit

Consignment stores take a commission from the sale of your products, and then the rest of the sale profit is yours. A useful tip is to make sure that your consignment shop does not assess any additional fees beyond the commission.

Utilizing consignment stores means that you do not have to worry about paying for table or booth fees at fairs, flea markets, and craft shows. You also will not have to pay for travel expenses to attend festivals and shows, because consignment stores sell your products at consistent times and hours. All of these cost cutting benefits mean more money for your wallet.

Helps You Build a Solid Reputation

Earning a reputation of selling quality products takes time, especially for home businesses. Selling products through consignment stores allows you to utilize the already established reputation of the consignment store. Customers are likely to feel that if "Store X" sells your products, then they must be quality items. Without a solid reputation, your home business won't succeed, and selling products through consignment stores is a great way to build a valued reputation.

If you are an artisan or craftsperson who works from home selling products that you have made, trying selling your items through consignment stores. Selling via consignment creates immediate public exposure, eliminates the cost of operating your own store, allows you to make more profit, and helps you build a solid reputation.

Personally I am using consignment stores to sell my candles
And to sell some unique metal punched wax warmers Good luck to all crafting and artisans!

Vision 2010 New year Goals!

Setting goals is something we are all so familiar with, it’s almost a boring topic! People say things like: "Yes, we know we should set goals."; "Yes, we know we can set goals for health, for sport, for work, for financials – in fact for all aspects of our lives."; "Yes, we know goals are extremely useful both to strive to achieve and to measure progress against.”

But what if there was an inspiring, fun, exciting way to set goals for your life? What if the inspiring goals, actually helped your subconscious start focusing on them, day and night, without you even being aware of it? The steps below show exactly how to develop inspiring goals and will result in you feeling so motivated that you automatically start to track for the things you most want. Stop saying it and start doing it!

Make a dream book, cut out pictures of what you want to accomplish in 2010 and paste them into your dream book along with the goal and the ACTION STEPS you will take to make it happen!

Jackie Ulmer's article on "Dream Books" inspired this post and inspired me to greater goals for the greater good thru giveaways, donating to causes I support, fundraising for the Arthritis foundation and many other important causes which I will list in another post shortly.

Of course I also have financial goals to be able to achieve and support donating to foundations and causes goal. To achieve all my goals for 2010 I need YOUR support. How can you help? Some ideas:
Prayer,
Purchase candles, makeup and other spa products,
Join our "Candle of the month club" or free Associate biz,
Host a Home party, Gift Bag party, Eparty, Online party!

GiveAwaysEnter to win !!Set those goals for Vision 2010 and have a prosperous and Happy new Year!

Vision 2010 New year Goals!

Setting goals is something we are all so familiar with, it’s almost a boring topic! People say things like: "Yes, we know we should set goals."; "Yes, we know we can set goals for health, for sport, for work, for financials – in fact for all aspects of our lives."; "Yes, we know goals are extremely useful both to strive to achieve and to measure progress against.”

But what if there was an inspiring, fun, exciting way to set goals for your life? What if the inspiring goals, actually helped your subconscious start focusing on them, day and night, without you even being aware of it? The steps below show exactly how to develop inspiring goals and will result in you feeling so motivated that you automatically start to track for the things you most want. Stop saying it and start doing it!

Make a dream book, cut out pictures of what you want to accomplish in 2010 and paste them into your dream book along with the goal and the ACTION STEPS you will take to make it happen!

Jackie Ulmer's article on "Dream Books" inspired this post and inspired me to greater goals for the greater good thru giveaways, donating to causes I support, fundraising for the Arthritis foundation and many other important causes which I will list in another post shortly.

Of course I also have financial goals to be able to achieve and support donating to foundations and causes goal. To achieve all my goals for 2010 I need YOUR support. How can you help? Some ideas:
Prayer,
Purchase candles, makeup and other spa products,
Join our "Candle of the month club" or free Associate biz,
Host a Home party, Gift Bag party, Eparty, Online party!

GiveAwaysEnter to win !!Set those goals for Vision 2010 and have a prosperous and Happy new Year!

Teachers gifts, Gifts for the office

Looking for some unique and great teachers gifts?
This bloggers choice awards would go to these gifts for under $25.
First we highly recommend a a Scent Simmer™ with Bulb is an electric simmer pot, which can be used with our signature Melts™. can be used at home, in the class room, or in an office.
The scent Melt will freshen the air and is safe around children and pets.

All the Teacher needs to do is plug-in the simmer pot in any outlet, add a wax scent Melt and the room will be filled with a beautiful scent. A great way to freshen the air especially during winter months when you can't air out the room by opening a window!


The other gift for teachers is Sisters gourmet cookie mixes, as seen in Oprah magazine, use CODE Oprah and get the mix for just $10.00.

There you have unique ideas for Teachers gifts or a gift for freshening the air in offices that are safe.

Teachers gifts, Gifts for the office

Looking for some unique and great teachers gifts?
This bloggers choice awards would go to these gifts for under $25.
First we highly recommend a a Scent Simmer™ with Bulb is an electric simmer pot, which can be used with our signature Melts™. can be used at home, in the class room, or in an office.
The scent Melt will freshen the air and is safe around children and pets.

All the Teacher needs to do is plug-in the simmer pot in any outlet, add a wax scent Melt and the room will be filled with a beautiful scent. A great way to freshen the air especially during winter months when you can't air out the room by opening a window!


The other gift for teachers is Sisters gourmet cookie mixes, as seen in Oprah magazine, use CODE Oprah and get the mix for just $10.00.

There you have unique ideas for Teachers gifts or a gift for freshening the air in offices that are safe.

Theme Christmas tree

This Christmas tree reminds me of my favorite Christmas movie "It's A Wonderful Life"

This free Christmas tree picture features a gold star-topped tree with a theme of traditional red and gold. Decorations include ribbon, bead clusters, fabric covered ornaments and hanging figurines. Notice the Victorian-style carolers in front... a delightful accent!
I Love all things Christmas
here is a picture of a Christmas ornament designed just for me,



Do you use the same decorations every year or do you have a themed Christmas?