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How to Decide If Making Gift Baskets for Stores is For You

Filed Under Pricing Strategies, Sales-Increasing Strategies 

It’s natural, as word gets around about your designs, for other retailers to contact you to create their gift baskets.

At first, you may be flattered.

Then you might wonder if splitting your time between your business and someone else’s is possible or if it’s a smart move, as this new type of client may ultimately become a competitor.

Your decision to accept or decline these projects depends on pre-set goals. If “no,” you simply turn down the request, but if “yes:”

  • How much will you charge?
  • Will you supply the products, or will items come from the retailers’ inventory?
  • What stipulations will you place in the contract?
  • Will you design on a seasonal basis or all year long?
  • Is training the retail store’s staff a good move or one that will cause you trouble?

    • These questions are part of the decision-making process, as setting goals and objectives ahead of time will allow you to understand the monetary benefits of becoming your area’s ultimate gift basket expert.

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    Creating gift baskets for other stores may be glamorous, but without knowing how to get accounts and what to charge, there’s a huge chance that you’ll leave lots of money on the table. Can you afford that?

    Join me on Tuesday, April 1, for a 60-minute teleseminar that reveals how to increase your income by outsourcing your gift basket expertise. This teleseminar is open to the first 12 people who sign up to ensure that all questions are addressed during the call.

    More information on this page:

    http://www.GiftBasketBusiness.com/teleseminar.htm

    Read these related articles:

    1. How Do You Price Your Gift Baskets?
    2. Making a Profit, Frequently-Asked Questions, Selling on Consignment
    3. How to Make Sure You Have Enough Gift Basket-Making Items to Satisfy Customers
    4. Finding Cash to Fill Your Baskets
    5. Clients Gone Wild (and How to Tame Them)

    Comments

    2 Responses to “How to Decide If Making Gift Baskets for Stores is For You”

    1. Holly Martin on September 29th, 2010 1:03 am

      the great thing about teleseminars is that you learn a lot in the comforts of your home”,;

    2. Shirley George Frazier on September 30th, 2010 9:25 am

      Hi Holly,

      You’re so right about the convenience of attending teleseminars.

      I guess the hardest part is deciding which ones to sign up for and remembering to set an alarm so you don’t forget to listen. However, those two parts are easily done when the topic is valuable to your overall success.