What to do?

[Mr A P Davies]

I'm sure that's a valid business model....but it's surely high maintenance (i.e. all that work finding the 'right piece' then altering it blah blah).

If you are selling online, ideally you want something that is repeatable (you don't want to be having to create 'one off' adverts for everything you sell). A case of "rinse, repeat"

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Sorry, I think I got my threads muddled up with one who was looking for a sideline.
Your right, it is a lot of hassle and fiddle, and not the way to go about making a tidy income.

 

[Root 66 Woodshop]

Haunted

I don't think it's quite fair to say The Mystery Shopper companies do nothing. They handle the recruitment, do the analysis of the reports and set up the mystery shopping activities.

If it was as easy as you making out - lots of people would be trying to do it.

Taken my post as literal rather than lateral - of course there's work involved and I'm sure domain knew what I was getting at.

I'll make it easier to understand for those that don't understand

You don't need to do the shopping yourselves - hire monkey for that - unless your missus likes shopping... oh we've already gathered that - let the missus be the monkey, pay her the £10-£30 while you don't move off your butt

hehe

 

[Chris Ashdown]

I mentioned what skill I have and my wifes. I'm in a job I don't enjoy and my wife isn't working so I'm not too geverned about what I do. Making money is the key. Yes ideally I don't want to be doing 20hr days and affecting ym homelife but I am willing to put those shifts in if I see potential.

My enjoyments are in Art and design. I do like photoshop, designing, screenprinting, buying selling art etc... but I don't see the money doing photoshop. It can takes hours/days to design something but you won't earn a lot for it.
Have thought about screenprinting art but doubt I could produce that many suitable prints each year to match my salary, and my wife couldn't have a massive amount of involvement. Printing something other than art or tshirts, but what? Have thought about setting up a screenprinting area but the cost of a premises is a lot especially when I will only get to use it at evenings and weekends. Not enough room at home to do it. Ideally need to find a artist or 2 to share property costs with. I have money for second hand equipment and could fit out my self but the monthly property fee is too much. I would need to find local people to share with too.

Wife is very organised and good at dealing with people and logistics/office. We also have an autistic child but that area does seem well covered by charities etc. There are some related products but having looked at these it seems it;'s well covered already and I don't see what we can add or improve on.
Selling something does seem best suited as I can setup, wife can run during day and pack/post and it has scalability but that's where I am stuck.

I do agree though i'm expecting it to fall in my lap and have someone hand it on a plate what we should do :-(

Have you consider direct to garment printing (DTG) great prints and no screens to make up and only a spare room required

Printwear & promotion show at NEC 28th Feb has lots of idea's

Xpres.com or themagictough.co.uk have a large number of idea's you could venture into at low cost all can be done from home, but don't think t-shirts as that market is over crowded but plenty of room for other idea's

 

[aRBemo]

You should only ever start a business doing something that you are intersted in. Otherwise it is just a job. I met a woman at a business metworking meeting recently who started a business promoting events with a friend because her friend talked her into it. She has no enthusiasm or energy for it and came to the network meeting to get new ideas. She had one good idea but admitted there was no money in it. I have a portfolio career, I do voluntary work helping people to overcome social isolation, I am an Artist and help others to exhibit their work and I am a Web Develeoper for my own company. One is my to help others, one is for sheer enjoyment and the other is to earn a living. I am really spoilt as I enjoy all three and spend all of my time working on them. This ensures that I remain enthusiastic and on-track.

 

[Chris Ashdown]

You should only ever start a business doing something that you are intersted in. Otherwise it is just a job. I met a woman at a business metworking meeting recently who started a business promoting events with a friend because her friend talked her into it. She has no enthusiasm or energy for it and came to the network meeting to get new ideas. She had one good idea but admitted there was no money in it. I have a portfolio career, I do voluntary work helping people to overcome social isolation, I am an Artist and help others to exhibit their work and I am a Web Develeoper for my own company. One is my to help others, one is for sheer enjoyment and the other is to earn a living. I am really spoilt as I enjoy all three and spend all of my time working on them. This ensures that I remain enthusiastic and on-track.

Not to sure of that first sentence

You don't have to be interested in the goods you sell, you can just be interested in say running a company any company, or selling for any company.

I be many taxi drivers have no interest in their business apart from the weekly money

 

[aRBemo]

Like I said in the second sentence then it is just a job, I did that for most of my life. Now I look forwards to the days challenges and rewards.

Oh and I was a Taxi driver for 10 years and it was just a job not a business in the sense of something that mattered

 

[deniser]

What about buying an existing successful online business? I would sell mine at the right price....

 

[japancool]

How about my business, I sell a well known brand of canned processed pork meat, made by Hommel.