Beer Company Novelties business. Business Overview Are you searching for a unique retail business that can be operated from home on a part-time basis? If so, perhaps starting a business that buys and sells beer company novelties will be of particular interest to you. There is an absolutely gigantic market for collectable beer company novelties such as signs, posters, games, coasters, and specialty beer bottles. Scouting garage sales, flea markets, and newspaper classified ads...

Airbrushed Helmets business. Business Overview I was introduced to this very unique business venture a few years back while on vacation. A very innovative entrepreneur had set up a retail storefront location in a busy beach area that specialized in selling and airbrushing colorful images on helmets used in a variety of sporting and recreational activities. The way the business operated was pure genius. The shop was bright, colorful, and well located. Airbrushing the helmets on...

Commercial Doormats business. Business Overview Starting a business that designs and sells commercial doormats for promotional purposes is a fantastic business venture to set in motion. Simply design doormats for commercial business applications that have a real promotional message, such as welcome to . . . and thanks for shopping at . . . . The doormats can be manufactured from different types of materials and have many different types of messages. The profit potential is...

Charity Used-Goods Store business. Business Overview I'll bet that a lot of you reading this book did not realize that many charity stores that feature secondhand clothing and household goods for sale are really private enterprises operated for a profit. That is right. The same stores that many of us drop off donations of used clothing and furniture to are businesses that are privately-run enterprises. Only a percentage of the total sales that are generated go back to the...

Used Jewelry Sales business. Business Overview Purchasing secondhand jewelry and reselling the jewelry for a profit can be a lucrative business. Getting started in this type of retail or resale business is easy. Simply purchase secondhand jewelry from newspaper classified ads that appears to be distress sales. The jewelry can then be resold to individuals that are seeking a particular piece of jewelry such as wedding bands, engagement rings, or for any special occasion as a...

Online University Books business. Business Overview New textbooks and course guides are very expensive, especially for students who are struggling to survive on tight education and living budgets. This fact can be the basis of a terrific new online business venture, a Web site that features secondhand textbooks for sale or trade. This type of Web site should be free of charge for anyone to use. Students could post notices or classified ads seeking to buy, sell, or trade...

Online Gift Basket business. Business Overview Here is a simple idea for an online business venture that could prove to be very profitable. Create a Web site that features gift baskets for sale aimed mainly at the corporate market. Keep the site basic and provide perhaps only ten or so preassembled gift basket options. Additionally, try to cover all price ranges, meaning have a basic gift basket at $25 dollars and increase from there in increments of $10. Prices shown for the...

Inventory Liquidation business. Business Overview Every year thousands of retail merchants and corporations across North America go out of business, move, reform, and amalgamate, and often this results in billions of dollars worth of stock and inventory becoming available at bargain basement prices. Purchased right and this same inventory can sometimes be bought for as little as five cents on the dollar. Later this can often be resold for as much as five times the purchase...