About The Polish Pottery Business
After years of running a Chamber of Commerce that specializes in helping Polish companies export their products and in providing information to people who are interested in home businesses selling Boleslawiec Polish Pottery and other products, one is able to see common threads develop, This page discusses the problems faced by people who want to start a small business selling Polish pottery.
Let me first give you a very quick summary of the options that you have to buy Polish pottery so that you can run your own Polish pottery business. I will discuss this from the aspect of a person based in the North America who wants to sell Polish pottery anywhere in North America.
Tips And Hints On Starting A Pottery Business
Success is not just a matter of buying pottery and putting it up for sale.
Success is all about marketing. It is all about bringing people to you and taking them from your competition.
You have to know how to advertise. You have to know how to do it free or at extremely low cost.
Before you buy any pottery or set up a web site or do anything, think through your marketing plan.
If you are not sure what that means, or how to do it, look at Smart Marketing.
And you must understand how to use eBay. Read Why You Need eBay Classified Advertising
Setting Up Your Own On Line Pottery Store
If you are going to sell Polish Pottery, you will need an on line store. Don't spend a lot of money to get started. This is how we recommend that you do it. Go to How To Set Up And Online Store
Selling On eBay
You have a lot of competition. And to make money, you have to buy the product at as low a cost as possible.
You can do best by buying products directly from Poland.
Because of shipping costs, it is best to buy as much as you can at any one time. See Shipping Small Orders
Sell sets and unique pieces. Make up place settings. Sell pieces that you don't see very often.
Sell Coffee and Tea Sets,
Cats,
Christmas Ornaments,
Bells,
Candle holders.
Once you get big you can order much larger amounts and compete with those who order many thousands of dollars of pottery at a time.
Pick your own little niche and sell specialty products and sets that you make up.
Sell At Shows
Put a nice package of pottery on a table. You can either sell it or use it to take orders.
In any case, have your business card there.
Run a contest to give away something and get contact information for customers.
Put out the specialty items we mentioned above. They will attract attention.
And, in particular, put up a display of three cats. Just watch the people who have no idea what Polish pottery is come to your table.
Sell Wholesale
You do not have to have a big inventory to sell wholesale. What you have to have is samples that you can show.
You can sell to others who want to sell on eBay.
Sell to gift shops, restaurants, hotels, guest lodges, bed and breakfast.
Sell Christmas ornaments, candle holders and cats. They have a broader market appeal than the place settings. Have them put up a display of 3 cats.
And if you can't convince them to buy, put your pottery on display and pay them a commission on anything that they sell.
Just find places that can display your pottery in the lobby, at the checkout counter or in their gift shop. Think about how many times you have seen such things done when you travel. Do the same.
Sell to people who go to shows and outdoor markets. Or once again give them the product on commission.
Building a wholesale business is great. You build a network of people who sell for you and who become regular customers. By way of example, if you develop 10 customers who buy from you $500 in pottery per month, you will be selling $5,000 per month with very little effort.
Wholesaling is a great way to go.
Getting Started.
Start by doing some planning. You are going to have to use eBay in one way or another to survive in the pottery business. If nothing else, you must use the eBay classified advertising system to get extremely low cost advertising to the fantastic number of people who go to eBay for pottery.
Read Smart Marketing
Read Why You Need eBay Classified Advertising
To get a quotation directly from a Polish Pottery factory representative, go here.Polish Product Information Center
To get Polish Pottery Catalogs, go to Polish Pottery Catalogs
There is a lot of money to be made selling Polish Pottery. It is a just matter of deciding on your source of supply and getting your pottery in front of people. People buy what they see. Get some and get started.
I hope that this helps you.
Gary Granai
Director
Poland Import Export Chamber of Commerce on Line
http://www.chamberofcommerce.pl
My Phone is 508 471 4462 in Webster, Massachusetts
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