Start Your Own Gift Basket Service (Paperback)

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Product Description

Turn your creative talents into a great business!

Finding the perfect gift for that special someone or occasion can be a daunting task. Factor in drive time, budgets and multiply recipients and its nearly impossible. That's why many corporate customers and individuals have turned to gift baskets as the ideal solution. If you're creative, have a good eye for color and love to shop, this hot business could be your path to financial independence. Startup is easy: You only need a minimum amount of equipment, and you can work from your home, full or part time. Plus, you get the opportunity to be artistic, creative and entrepreneurial! This guide tells you everything you need to know to start a successful gift basket business.

• Identify a target market
• Develop an effective marketing plan
• Find and build relationships with suppliers
• Manage the administrative side of the business, include record-keeping, billing, taxes and insurance
• Find customers, and market your business

With Entrepreneur magazine's Start Your Own Gift Basket Service, you'll learn how to design the business the way you want it, whether it's part time or full time, homebased or in a commercial location, with employees or without. Pick up this book, and get started making your dream a reality.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891984888
• ISBN-13: 978-1891984884
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #632,383 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good start, July 19, 2005

By	Y. Hernandez (NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a good start for people wanting to launch a basket service. It gives the reader tips and warnings from people who are already in this business. I like the format.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Too Involved, July 30, 2005

By	K. Mitchell (Olympia, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book didn't go too in depth at only 122 pages, but this would be a good book for someone just toying with the idea of starting a gift basket service. It would help a person decide if this business was right for them. Also, there were quick tips on almost every page that I thought were helpful and informative.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Start Your Own Gift Basket Service, March 18, 2008

By	R. Rocque "Mom in Northern Wisconsin" (Marinette, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book covers all the basics of what you need to know to start your own gift basket service. It gives you ideas of what to offer and how to market your business. If you are considering a home business, like to be creative and have thought about the gift basket business, this book is a good start.