Secrets of Success from Professionals!
Starting & Running a Consignment Business is a compilation of input from several successful entrepreneurs in the consignment-resale-thrift business - (73) 8.5" x 11" pages of single-spaced no-fluff content - very few pictures - just bottom-line essentials assuring a good start in this competitive lucrative business.
How to Start a Consignment Shop
Learn all about how to start a resale business - start-up costs and necessities, computers, software and peripherals, how to choose a high traffic location and an effective name, legal requirements and forms of business, insurance, contractual agreements and store policies. The money you save in mistakes avoided and the peace of mind knowing you've crossed all the legal T's far exceed the Insignificant cost ($13.95) of this book many times over!
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Operating a Resale Store
The guide also provides guidelines for how to run a resale business for both computerized and pencil/paper operations, including advertising and the many places to advertise for free online and off, setting the shop image and atmosphere, stocking, presenting, pricing and manually or automatically discounting, managing layaway sales, gift certificates and coupons and disposition of unsold items (returned, donated, destroyed, transferred to store ownership).
Simple Resale Management Help
The guide discusses the importance of accepting credit cards and offers alternatives to avoid the high costs and frustrations of ordinary merchant accounts. Basic administrative tasks are explained, like bookkeeping and accounting basics. sales tax, legal issues, payroll and general banking.
Consignment Operations and Automation
Specific recommendations are made for hardware and software, pricing labels and tags, bar coding, what equipment and supplies you'll need and the best sources for acquiring them. Software cost can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand making the choice of software a very important consideration.
All of these how-to-consign topics are covered in detail in this comprehensive guide - $13.95. It is based upon input from many seasoned professionals who know the steps a shop owner must take to successfully open and run a thrift store, resale shop or secondhand boutique.
