What you need to know about home based businesses

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What you need to know about home based businesses

Types of home based businesses:

·      Work
for others- signing up with an existing company where you usually sign up under
someone else

and they receive a commission on your sales.

·      Work
for yourself (new business)- start your own business from scratch.

 3
types of Selling:

1.  Products-
items customers purchase

2.  Service-
time or skills

3.  Membership-
membership to a website, club or organization

Inventory vs. orders:

·      Inventory-
You have to have products on hand to sell to customers. 

o 
Pro’s- easy sell to those in a
rush for their product, samples on hand to show/display

o 
Con’s- needs a large amount of
money up front to purchase the inventory items, requires storage space (some
may be heat/cold sensitive), if items don’t sell and expire you lose your
money.

·      Orders-
You take the money and orders from customers and submit them for products.

o 
Commissions paid afterwards-
example: $100 in orders, when you submit them you pay $100 and the company will
send you your commission check at a later date.

o 
Instant Commissions- example:
$100 in orders, when you submit them you pay the total minus your commission.
(so if your commission is 25% you’d pay $75 for $100 order)

1 Comment

  1. Unknown says:

    I am starting up my own home based business and will be making ALL NATURAL/NO CHEMICALS Soaps, body lotions, Body Scrubs, Bath Salts and Lip Balms. I am only selling items made from plant based products that are not grown with chemicals and are eco friendly. I hope that I can show the Cedar City public they can get quality natural products without having to spend a fortune doing it.

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