Starting An Online Business
A while ago I was thinking about starting up my own business.
It seems to run in the family as both my brother and sister own their own companies, so in all honesty sometimes I feel like the odd one out.
I wanted a business that I would enjoy and preferably I could initially run from home. I had a few thoughts about what I could do, but my favourite idea was getting a website built where I could sell filled children’s party bags.
Even though my kids are all grown up, I can still remember the nightmare it was trying to organise their party bags. It would seem that children are pretty fussy when it comes to items in their party bags. In my day a piece of cake and a few pens and paper was ample, but things have moved on and children unfortunately expect a great deal more in their party bags.
I began to research potential suppliers and found some fantastic wholesalers. I placed a small initial order and put together a few different party bags, aimed at children aged between 3 and 8 years old. Then I had a thought that as well as just party bags, I could get a website built that covered the whole party event. I could also sell balloons, party accessories, birthday cakes and even games for the kids to play.
Now it just so happens that my brother’s business is web design and they specialise in search engine optimisation, so that saved me a whole heap of problems searching around for a reliable company to start me on my way to my first million.
My sister owns a shop, so as well as selling everything online, I also had the potential to sell from her shop.
Things were gradually coming together and I was really excited about my future. However, as with everything in life, money was the key element and to get the business up and running would have cost at least 15K. As I had been out of work for a few years, finding this amount of money was going to be quite hard.
Then out of the blue my brother’s company offered me a job, which I welcomed with open arms. With me now in full time employment, my plan for a website is still simmering in the background, and I am sure that within the next couple of years I will be able to get it back on track, but for now I am happy being at work and enjoying the extra freedom that money brings.
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