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Re: Newbie with questions
Research long and hard.
Currently you are a "stay at home mother of two teenage boys".
Boys that need rides? Need supervision sometimes? Are in their last few years of activities and being home before they slip away into adulthood?
Currently you have 100% flexibility. Work from home, at night, on a weekend, all day - whatever fits.
Open a brick & mortar store - of any kind - and you have a MAJOR commitment. With a tanning salon, it is 363 days/year, minimum of 10-12 hours per day.
75 hours/week minimum - for you to work - or for you to hire someone and trust your "investment" in their hands. For $7/hour?
Expect a MINIMUM investment to be about $100K. Don't be surprised if it gets to $200K - to get something that can be big enough to sustain the overhead necessary to actually make a profit. Some actually spend $300K and more.
Immerse yourself in posts. Go back years - lots of "golden nuggets" out there in the past.
Come back, ask questions. See if this is the BEST way to sell your candles, or if the earlier ideas re. consignment or on ebay or craig's list or an on-line site or renting a booth in a craft fair or any OTHER ways will involve less risk and less commitment - with as good or better return.
Happy researching!
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