How to Start a Home-Based Antiques Business

Have you ever dreamed of starting an antiques business in your home? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? How to Start a Home-Based Antiques Business contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your own business. In this comprehensive guide, two antiques experts provide down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based antiques business, from estimating start-up costs and finding customers to writing ads and taking your business online. Use their handy worksheets, checklists, and forms as practical steps toward achieving your goals. Whatever your plans, large or small, this guide can help you experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based antiques business. Learn all about: Doing Preliminary Research about the Antiques Business Finding Antiques to Sell Setting Pricing Policies and Procedures Displaying Antiques Creating a Marketing Plan Holding Sales and Running Special Promotions Buying and Selling Antiques Online Making Money with Antiques in Other Ways Use these special features and workbook pages: Personal-Evaluation Checklist Sample Business Plan Cost Worksheets Cash Flow Projection Stock RecordsBrooke, Bob is the author of 'How to Start a Home-Based Antiques Business', published 2004 under ISBN 9780762734450 and ISBN 0762734450.