me of these magazines, get copies of them by hook or crook, and find out what's being offered to people in the industry.

Trade magazines are where new products are first introduced, and you can often get exclusive rights to a marvellous idea just because you were brave enough to ask.

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So you've done some investigating into mail order and haven't found something you'd like to sell. Here are some tips that should point you in the right direction.

First, you must have a specific category of goods you'd like to sell.. You must enjoy what you're doing or it won't be worth your trouble, so you should pick some category of goods that falls within an area of interest to you.

Don't be afraid that the market might already be saturated; if a lot of people are already selling that class of goods, it's because the market calls for that much product.

If you're a hot dancer, you might be able to put together a dance course of dancercise program, or sell dancewear. If you're into tennis, the number of gadgets for tennis players,, or in fact, any sport or hobby is staggering, and marketed correctly, most of them will make money. If knowledge in a certain field is your stock-in-trade, by all means, become a writer!

Books are probably the safest and hottest commodities you can sell by mail. There are trade magazines for virtually every kind of business and private venture and every private interest group or hobby in existence. Check your library for the name of these magazines, get copies of them by hook or crook, and find out what's being offered to people in the industry.

Trade magazines are where new products are first introduced, and you can often get exclusive rights to a marvellous idea just because you were brave enough to ask.

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trouble, so you should pick some category of goods that falls within an area of interest to you.

Don't be afraid that the market might already be saturated; if a lot of people are already selling that class of goods, it's because the market calls for that much product.

If you're a hot dancer, you might be able to put together a dance course of dancercise program, or sell dancewear. If you're into tennis, the number of gadgets for tennis players,, or in fact, any sport or hobby is staggering, and marketed correctly, most of them will make money. If knowledge in a certain field is your stock-in-trade, by all means, become a writer!

Books are probably the safest and hottest commodities you can sell by mail. There are trade magazines for virtually every kind of business and private venture and every private interest group or hobby in existence. Check your library for the name of these magazines, get copies of them by hook or crook, and find out what's being offered to people in the industry.

Trade magazines are where new products are first introduced, and you can often get exclusive rights to a marvellous idea just because you were brave enough to ask.

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cer, you might be able to put together a dance course of dancercise program, or sell dancewear. If you're into tennis, the number of gadgets for tennis players,, or in fact, any sport or hobby is staggering, and marketed correctly, most of them will make money. If knowledge in a certain field is your stock-in-trade, by all means, become a writer!

Books are probably the safest and hottest commodities you can sell by mail. There are trade magazines for virtually every kind of business and private venture and every private interest group or hobby in existence. Check your library for the name of these magazines, get copies of them by hook or crook, and find out what's being offered to people in the industry.

Trade magazines are where new products are first introduced, and you can often get exclusive rights to a marvellous idea just because you were brave enough to ask.

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ur stock-in-trade, by all means, become a writer!

Books are probably the safest and hottest commodities you can sell by mail. There are trade magazines for virtually every kind of business and private venture and every private interest group or hobby in existence. Check your library for the name of these magazines, get copies of them by hook or crook, and find out what's being offered to people in the industry.

Trade magazines are where new products are first introduced, and you can often get exclusive rights to a marvellous idea just because you were brave enough to ask.

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me of these magazines, get copies of them by hook or crook, and find out what's being offered to people in the industry.

Trade magazines are where new products are first introduced, and you can often get exclusive rights to a marvellous idea just because you were brave enough to ask.

One of the most important considerations is availability.

If you have exclusive rights to a product, you can virtually write your own ticket. Mind you, it must be an item in fairly great demand or something for which you can create a demand.

It should generally be an item you cannot buy in stores or cannot be bought in stores for the price you can ask by mail. If it can be bought in stores at a comparable price, then your offering should have some special feature about it that makes it unique. Don't try to compete with retail outlets.

The next consideration is price and quantity.

You must be able to produce or supply yourself with the item at the very least at one-third of your selling price, and in most cases the higher your markup the better. The actual selling price must still represent good value to the customer, but don't be too concerned about undercutting just yet, since the difference between retail and supplier's factory-direct price is usually substantial.

In order to get the price necessary to provide a good profit margin, you should not have to buy up a factory's entire production either. It should be possible to buy hundred or gross lots at a fa