Wrap Candy Creations Online Manual
(How To Start Your Candy Wrapper Business)

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Custom Candy Wrapper Creations
Owned by wrapcandy.com
And written by Maria Vowell
Revised by Teresa King

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Introduction

I hope you find this manual informative and easy to follow.  I have tried to include everything you will need to get your “Customized Candy Wrapper Business” off to a successful start.  If you read through this and need more information, you may want to buy our full 40 + page Candy Wrapper eBook

The profit potential in running this type of business is enormous.  Whether you are looking to make this a full time business, or just looking to make a little extra cash, you will find that selling customized candies and gifts is a very rewarding experience.  If you are like me, and already own your own business, then you will be delighted to see the ways that this type of products can be used to increase your business.

Remember, With our Wrapcandy.com Software,  you can use your own images, too.  Pictures of your children, grandchildren, pets, and friends are a good start.

Materials List: 

Paper

            You can use regular copy paper when making your wrappers, or you can use glossy.  I have had good success with paper all the way up to the 74-pound card stock.  No matter which paper you decide to use, make sure to price your wrappers accordingly as glossy is a bit more expensive than regular.

Scissors

            Once you feel that the investment will be worth it, then you can upgrade from scissors to a paper cutter.  A paper cutter costs about 30 dollars and can be bought at your local office supply store.  This makes it easier to cut your wrappers in bulk, but until then scissors work just as well.  They just slow the process down a bit.

Adhesive

            I use Avery permanent glue sticks as my adhesive.  These can be found in school supplies of any department store and are acid free and photo safe.  They bind very well and no problems with drips and such that are obtained from using liquid glues.

Candy

            You can take any kind of candy and create customized wrappers for them.  The candies that are used in my samples and templates are:

Regular Sized Hershey’s Candy Bars or Crunch Bars

Hershey’s Miniatures 

Computer

 Chances are the computer you are using is just fine for starting out.  When you start making money, you may want to upgrade to a better computer.  I personally like Dell Computers.  They are easy to upgrade, affordable and  very reliable.

Color Printer

You can either use a Laser Printer or Inkjet Printer.  A common misconception about Inkjet printers is that they are of lower quality.  This is not true.  Newer Ink jet printers can produce the same quality output as a laser printer. 

There are some advantages to Laser printers however.  Laser printers ink (toner) costs less per sheet than a standard inkjet printer.  Also, there is a less chance of your work being smudged ad it is instantly fused to the paper instead of "dried" to the paper.   If you are going to buy a laser printer, be sure to spend some time shopping around.

Here I have listed the dimensions for the labels Wrapcandy 6.4is excellent for creating all sorts of labels for just about anything like wine bottles, soaps, wedding bubbles etc.  All you have to do is grab whatever you want to create a customized label for, measure the label that came off the product and add it just into the program.  Once it’s added, all you’ll have to do is choose that label whenever you get ready to design.

Creating Your Wrappers

First you will want to decide what type of wrapper you will want to create, and choose the appropriate clip art that you want to use.  I have included several tutorials on the CD that walks you through these steps to help you learn better.

The possibilities are endless to the types and styles of different wrappers there are that you can create.    Using the same basic technique, you can create wrappers and labels for all types of products.  Experiment a little and see what new ideas you can come up with.  Don’t just limit yourself to candies either.  If it’s a product with a label on it, then you can customize it this way. 

Note about wrapping suckers, when you create wrappers for the suckers, they will be two separate pieces that you glue together.  Trim the plastic wrap around the suckers to make it smaller, so that you can create a small envelope to insert the suckers in by gluing the sides of the wrappers together.

Getting Customers

OK now that you have created your first wrapper, and pretty much have an understanding on how to create others, we will deal with obtaining customers.

Besides the normal ways of getting customers, like classified ads and placing flyers around town, there are other unique ways that you can use to guarantee that customers will have your phone ringing off the hook wanting to place orders.

First thing you will need to create are samples for your customers to see.  Decide which candies you are going to sell, and create at least 5 samples of each with a variety of different themes.  The most popular are Birth Announcements, Weddings, Business Promotions, Birthdays and Valentines.  The more samples you have to show, the better your chances of obtaining the customer.  If you want to go all out, then create a sample for every major holiday on the calendar and don’t forget to include holidays of different religions and for people with different backgrounds.  The more choices you give a customer, the better the chances of getting hired and of getting repeat orders.

Considering that chocolate melts very easily, then I also suggest that any “chocolate” samples you carry, be created a slightly different way.  You can cut blocks of wood that are the exact same sizes as the candy bars.  Once sanded and wrapped in foil, they look just like a candy bar.  There’s no need to do hard candies and gum this way, but for chocolate it is highly recommended to use this technique just for the purpose of displaying your wrappers

If you don’t have someone to cut the wood out for you, then you can always visit any store that sells lumber and get one of the workers to do this for you.  They may look at you weird, but most hardware stores will cut wood for you free if you are buying it from them and if they are basic straight cuts.

Now that you have your samples done, you need to create some order forms.  You can create your own, or have some custom made at your local print shop.  Make them in such a way as to where you can gather all the required information on one single page. 

Next, you need to make sure you have a selection of graphics for your customers to choose from.  I purchased several clip-art programs that also included a book with all the pictures in it.  I take these with me so that my customers can have a wide selection to choose from.   Once your business picks up, you will probably do the same, but for now you can just print out some clip-art you already have, or can find free on the internet, and put them in a folder that you can use for showing them.  

Now you are ready to start selling.  When you first start out, you will be spending a lot of time visiting local businesses and stores to get your business noticed.  Gather your samples and go to area places of businesses to see if they will let you place some of your samples in the store someplace.    You’ll be surprised at how many places will let you do this, just make sure you speak to the manager in charge and not someone that isn’t authorized to grant permission.

Once you have the OK of the manager then make a note of what type display you would like placed in the store.  I usually frame a flyer that lists my services and the costs,

along with a picture of some of my samples.  Leave enough room at the bottom of the frame where you can glue a sample of your work to the front of the glass.  

If the manager won’t let you put up a framed display, then you can always use a regular flyer with a smaller sample glued to it.  You’ll probably have to recheck it weekly though as little fingers can sometimes grab the sample without their mothers realizing it.

Once you have at least 10 stores to display your work, then you can spend some time at home creating the displays.

The more stores you get your displays in, the better your business will grow.  This is just one way to build up customers fast.

Tips…Tricks and Techniques

Mothers are very favorable customers, as they love to purchase anything that will bring a smile to a child.  One guaranteed way to make sure that you reach a lot of mothers is to make a deal with your local banks.  Most banks already give suckers to children they see in cars at the drive through windows.  Speak to a manager in charge about taking their suckers and doing customized wrapping for them for free, in exchange for your ad being placed on the back of the wrappers.  The bank gets a unique product to give their customers, and you know your advertising is reaching the correct market.  You can also do this for other businesses that cater to a certain group.  If your local McDonalds (or any other restaurant that gives Birthday Parties) is individually owned then visit them also and see what kind of deal you can work out for them to place them in the party bags they provide with the Birthday Parties they host.

Offer a discount on your candies to people and businesses that will let you place a small ad on the back of the wrappers you create for them.  I usually offer a 10% discount, and although I haven’t had much luck with businesses taking me up on the offer, a lot of Churches, Schools and individuals will jump at the chance to save a little money.  The small discount is a small price to pay for the advertising you get in return, and the extra customers it will bring in.

Don’t forget Halloween, the perfect time to wrap your candy while reaching tons of mothers with your ads.

Make a gift basket that can be placed in a hospitals gift shop, or on the maternity ward with your customized candies in them.  Most hospitals will not mind you placing them on the nurses counters or in the gift shop, just make sure you get permission first.  You can create Birth Announcement baskets and Get Well Soon Baskets.

Hospitals also give new mothers a bag of gifts that include samples and products of baby items when the new mothers leave the hospital.  Most will include a sample of your candies as well.   Create these samples as a normal birth announcement, and place your ad on the back.  Use hard candy or gum when making these samples so that they won’t melt.

For birthdays, why not create a whole Party Set-up?  For each child include a candy candle, small bag of customized candies with a small party favor, a matching hat and a customized gift basket for the Birthday child, where the mother provides her present to the child in it.  Have her give you the present before you create the basket.  The hat can be made out of 74-pound card stock and are very simple to make.  Just a basic circle cut ¼ to the middle and elastic attached.  Mothers and children both love these little sets and they have proven to be very popular sellers.

Contact local area entertainment companies.  The types of businesses that hire out clowns, Barney and dressed up characters.   These are also great businesses to sell your products to.

Simple Technique I Use To Generate Hundreds Of Hits To My Web-Site Per Day

Another technique you can use is a guaranteed money maker and guaranteed to bring you so many customers that you won’t be able to keep up with the orders alone.  I use this technique to bring hits to my web site, but it can be used to promote any type of business, including the one you’re starting now.

First you will need to decide which candy you want to make in bulk and which is most affordable.  I use suckers and Hershey’s mini candy bars.  Suckers are the most economic as you can buy hundreds of them for just a few dollars.  This is one project you will probably want the children to help with.

You want to create wrappers that promote your business on them for the candy you choose to use.  One the front, you design it as you normally would for a regular customer.  You then place your business information on the back.  Once you have made a nice bunch of these, then make a nice display that can be set out beside registers.  These will be provided free and customers will definitely pick one up quicker than they will a business card. 

I usually place these in a small basket that can be gotten at any dollar store.   Make sure you place your phone number on the wrapper so that they can call you to place their orders.  

Although this does cost a little more than regular classified ads, the return is a lot better.  You can place a Classified ad for around 3 dollars where maybe 10 people will respond, or you can buy a bag of suckers for 3 dollars and have 50 people respond.  I have always gotten better responses by using this technique than I ever have by placing classified ads, no matter which business I am promoting. 

This also goes for web-site hits.  I have invested hundreds of dollars in banner ads on-line, with little response, yet when I place a few thousand suckers (costing me about $25.00) in an area where businesses are, I always see my statistics go crazy on my hit counter.  Yes, it also takes some time to wrap 1,000 suckers, but I have my wrapper area set-up to where I can produce 1,000 suckers easily within a few hours with the help of a child or a friend as we visit or just during watching the news or a DVD movie.

A Unique Way to Sell Your Designs with Online Auctions

I was browsing eBay one day when I saw that a lot of sellers were selling their wrappers on this popular auction site.  I decided to try selling my templates instead of wrappers to see if they would get any bids or not. 

I was very amazed to not only get bids on my templates, but some of them went as high as $40.00! 

The way I did this is, I first designed a knock out wrapper for weddings.  I scanned a picture of the candy bar wrapped, and posted an auction.

I started the auction off at $9.99 and let the bidding begin

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

Now this section is not for the faint at heart J Here I will discuss other techniques you can do to make sure you stay one step ahead of any competition you may have. 

First you need to develop a habit of looking at ANYTHING you see in a different way than what you normally see it.  If you’re a crafter already, or an artist, then you probably know what I mean.  I have always had the knack to look at a stick and see something beautiful in it.  My family was amazed at the creations I made when I was little out of basic plants and leaves found in my back yard.

The day I realized myself that I had a unique talent, that not many people have, was the day I took some sticks, a pile of leaves, some pine cones and other plants, along with a bottle of Elmer’s glue, and spent all day creating a nativity scene for Christmas.  See I was raised in a very poor household, and I was so jealous of all the pretty nativity scenes my friends had, when we were decorating our tree with popcorn.  When I finished my nativity scene I took it to my mother so she could place it under our tree and she had a fit over it.  I thought nothing of this because that’s what mothers do when children create things. 

Then my brother’s started praising my work.  This amazed me because my brothers usually made fun of me not praised what I did.  My pride for my nativity scene grew over the next few weeks as more friends and family members praised me on the work I did.  Then I had an Aunt offer to buy it from me and that’s when I realized, hey, they aren’t saying this to be nice…they really mean it.  I of course did not sell; I gave it to my mom.  But that’s the day I realized that I had a unique talent that not everyone has.

If you already have this talent, then you know exactly what I mean.  If not, don’t worry…you can develop your skills enough to where you can do the same thing.

First, you need to spend an hour or so in the craft section of your local department store to familiarize yourself with the materials you can obtain quickly if needed.  Walk up and down the aisles studying everything on the shelves and making mental notes of what you see.  I do this all the time at Wal-Mart…drives my family crazy but I’m picturing in my mind the materials on hand and what I can possibly use them for.

Next you want to visit nature (I know, sounds weird but do it, it’s very relaxing) Remember how when you were little you saw faces in the clouds?  Maybe in a tree’s bark?  Start looking for these again.  Sit outside and study the clouds until you start seeing animals or people in them again.  Walk through a flower garden and see if you can find the fairies among the blooms.  If you’re having a hard time picturing things in nature, take a child with you and ask them to point what they see out to you.  You’re basically trying to see the world with child like eyes again.

Once you’re able to naturally see things in nature again, start focusing on other things.  Like I can look at a ball of yarn, grab a doll…picture a dress on the doll and start crocheting away until I have the dress created that I pictured in my mind. 

Take some paper mache, an old bottle and make a clown out of it.  What you are doing is trying to get creative using your own methods without having to rely on another’s instructions.

Now turn that creativity towards your wrappers, and you will be surprised at what you create. 

Say that you have a lady that wants 500 candy favors for her wedding guests. There are only 2 companies in town that make candy favors, and she has contacted you both and said “don’t worry about the price, I want the best and whoever shows me the best design, will get my business” OK, so how do you ensure that you get the account?  Well first you see what you normally do and improve it a bit.  Say you usually design wedding wrappers with a little flower bouquet on it, the brides and grooms name etc.  How about adding a small poem to the back of the wrapper.  But of course that is obviously simple and something you are sure your competitor will think of as well. 

So you sit back and think, think weddings…wrappers…weddings…rings…wine…flowers

Basically running through your mind anything you can think of that is wedding related.  Hmmm…rings hit a note.  Rings are small, maybe you can glue some rings onto the wrappers for a neat 3D effect.  Hmmmm…glue….nah, but what else.  That’s when you start going through the stuff you remember seeing in the craft store.  Hmmm ribbons…rings….and those cute little heart shaped hole punchers…THAT’S IT!!

So you rush out to grab a heart shaped hole puncher, some beautiful lacey ribbon and a pack of the little plastic wedding rings you saw in the weddings section.

You design the wrapper with the poem on the back, and leave enough space on one side to punch two little hearts, one above the other.  You thread the ribbon through the hearts, tie 2 rings on with a pretty bow…and put the wrapper on your bar.  You are so pleased with the results; you have a beautiful wrapper with an added touch of class.

When you show the lady your design, she of course sees that you have designed it with a unique twist and you get the job.

Who says that wrappers only have to be made of paper?  If you have a customer that won’t mind paying for little extras, then by all means start creating wrappers that have your own unique touches to them.

Once you start seeing them as more than just wrappers, the possibilities are endless.  You can create plain black and white wrappers, glue a crayon on the bottom and have something a child can color at a birthday party.

You can create a valentines wrapper that has a vase printed to one side.  Punch a tiny hole right on the top of the vase, and insert a tiny flower into the hole and glue it in place.

Once you start thinking about it, you can come up with so many unique wrappers that your competition will not be able to keep up.  And hey, you know that once you start doing this then your competition will start copying your work….don’t sweat it.  While your competitors are copying, you’re creating and will win every time. 

OK, now that I have you rolling on the floor with laughter, thinking I’m a nut…I just want to point out that I may be a nut, but it works J and it works every time. Now go watch some clouds and see if you can find the little bunny sitting in the grass J and start thinking creative thoughts.  Don’t look at it as a stick; see it as a beautiful fairy wand with leaves trailing on one end and a pinecone as the star.

You can also look at clip art or pictures this way and change them a bit to make beautiful designs.

To do this, you need to familiarize yourself with your graphics program really well.  Say you have a picture of a flag, and eagle and the statue of liberty.  You can combine these three together and make a unique wrapper for the fourth of July.

You could put the flag in the statues hand and have the eagle flying above it, or you could put the flag in the eagle’s beak and have it sitting on the torch.  There are so many ways you can get creative with graphics that you won’t have any problems creating designs that are beautiful, unique and unlike any other offered elsewhere.

I know one lady that created a beautiful flower garden on one of her wrappers.  She took a picture of a white fence, added pathway with flowers on each side and a beautiful willow tree.  At the end of the pathway she added a bride and groom with a flowered arch.  She wrote their names to look like clouds in the sky and added a small bird with a heart flying in its beak.  Her wrapper turned out so beautiful that she is able to sell it at $5.00 per wrapper easily and have people ordering it like crazy.

So get to know your graphics program well, learn it well and think of your wrappers as canvas where clip art is your paint. 

If you have any problems learning graphic design, don’t worry J  I thought of that as well.  I have obtained the services of a highly skilled graphics artist who will be offering his help in the support forum.  His name is Mark and he is the graphic artist I hire when I am in need of graphics for my banners and web sites, and is a pro at what he does.

He doesn’t have the time to teach in the forum, but he will answer basic questions and help point you in the right direction.

Get Other Companies To Promote For You

OK now this is not an area I have tried yet, but one of my customers did and she was so amazed at the results that she quit her day job one week after she started this sort of marketing.

This takes a bit of time to get started, but once you have it in place then you won’t have to worry about anything but filling the orders as they come in.

First go through your yellow pages and highlight any business that you think would be interested in using your wrappers to improve their products.  Wedding consultants, florists, day care centers, party supply stores etc.

OK, now you want to create a few samples of your best wrappers, and visit each of these businesses.  Speak with the owners and ask them if they would like to make a little extra money off the products they already sell. 

Basically what you will offer them is a laminated flyer that they can use to show customers what they can provide to their products for an additional fee.  A florist can tie a candy bar to a balloon for Valentines Day, or add one to a bouquet.  A party supply store can include customized suckers to go with birthday invitations.  For weddings, you can offer customized wedding bubbles, tea bags etc. as favors.  The list can go on and on.

Not all the businesses will be interested, but if you can locate a few it will be enough to get you started, and as your popularity grows, then others will be seeking you out so that they can also offer your products as well.

Once you have a few business owners interested, then make an appointment for them to visit you somewhere so that you can show them samples of what you have already created.  Work together to create at least 10 basic designs that you will promise NOT TO USE anywhere else.  Let the business owner know that no one else will be offered the designs he/she decides to use. 

Now you want to design templates of the designs, so that you can easily change the information needed and get the order out fast, as a lot of these will be individual orders instead of bulk.  Especially like for the florist. 

Say at Valentine’s Day you work with the florist to design 3 beautiful wrappers for her customers, she then decides to add one candy bar with one rose and one balloon to sell.  She will take the orders, send you the customer’s information, you will print the wrapper, cut it out, wrap the bar and deliver.  She might send you 15 to 50 orders a day, based on how many orders she gets where all the orders will have to be changed.  You charge her a flat fee of say $1.50 for each wrapper, and she will adjust her prices accordingly to make up for the cost.  Some may even up the price a bit themselves.  Once you get to know the business owners well, you will find that by working together both of your profits will increase dramatically.

After you create designs that are suitable to the business owner, then you will want to make a flyer out of a sheet of paper.  Include your business information and the pictures of the designs.  Don’t put the prices on the flyer; just have something the owner can show the designs to her customers with.  She will let them know the prices she wants to charge.  Make sure you laminate the flyer, as it will be handled a lot. 

Now a few problems you might encounter.  One, a business might not want your information on the flyer, so that no one can see where she gets her products.  If they don’t, then design the flyer, as they want it.  For those that don’t mind, you will probably get people calling wanting to order direct from you instead of the other business.  If it’s a design that you offer that business alone, then make sure you tell them that they will have to order through the other company in order to get that design as that design was created for them only and you can’t sell any wrappers using it to anyone else.

Another thing you may want to do is stipulate that you must have at least 24 hours to fill orders, and that if someone wants a rush order then they will have to pay extra for it.

During some holidays, you might want to hire part time help as well so that you can get the orders filled quickly.  When you hire help, let them do the grunt work like going to purchase supplies, cutting and wrapping while you do the creative work and printing. 

And above all, MAKE SURE you check with your local chamber of commerce and get that business license you will need.

If you’re concerned about taxes, do as I do. I throw all my receipts into a big brown envelope and take them to H&R block.  Copy all checks you get paid with, write down any cash you get paid and keep adequate records.

You can visit any local H&R block agency and one of the workers will be more than happy to help you in any way you may need it if you have questions.

Using Crafts To Generate Business

If you make crafts for a living, or even if just for a hobby, then you can use that talent to make even more profits.  First I’ll give you an example of how you can double your profits if you already sell crafts for a living.  We’ll use Gift Baskets as an example, but this technique can be used for any type of craft or baked good that you sell.

Let’s say that you sell gift baskets that include bath products (beads and soaps).  You usually sell these baskets at $15.99 each.  Now let’s have a look at those beads and soaps.  If you add a customized wrapper to the product you are already selling anyway, then you can easily get double that from customers.   So create a wrapper for the soap, place a nice small romantic poem on the wrapper and add a few candies to those baskets to increase the value of your product.

Also create a few other items that match the theme of the particular basket that is being sold that can be sold individually.  Let’s say that a husband wants a nice basket for Valentine’s Day for his wife.  You normally sell baskets for this holiday that include items for a romantic night in the tub.  Soap, candle (which can also be wrapped customized if candle is in a glass holder) candies that he can feed to her, bubbles and a small bottle of oil that he can use for a massage.   Well you can also make another sale to this same customer if you have a bottle of Champagne that has a customized label on it along with two wine glasses with ribbons on the stems. 

Or how about some cheese and crackers on a tray that can be shared by the two?  (Yes you can even put customized wrappers on crackers).  Once you sit down and start brainstorming, you will be amazed at the types of products that can be customized to bring you more profits in your business. 

You can do this for any type of product you already sell.  If you’re a florist, you can make candy flowers to include in your bouquets.  If you make jams and jellies, then it’ll be simple to make customized labels for your jars.  If you bake cookies then it’s very simple to cover a box that holds your sweets.  You can also use 74-pound card stock to make your own boxes. 

You’ll be amazed at the results you get from just using the above techniques.  There are other helpful suggestions in the tips…tricks and techniques section of the manual, but I doubt that you will have to advertise your business any other way to bring in customers.  The above will have so many peoples calling to place orders that you just may not be able to keep up with the orders on your own.

A Word On Pricing

The cost to create your candies is very little.  You can pick up candy by the bags at your local department store or warehouse.  If you are a member of Sam’s Club then you can get them even cheaper.  When determining your costs, you’ll have to take into account what type of candy you are creating, the cost of the candy and the time involved in designing the wrapper. 

I usually charge $4.00 for the designing of any type wrappers and then charge a set fee based on which type of candy it is they are ordering for.  If they require a photo, then I charge an additional $1.00 for this, as the photo usually requires cropping and shaping.  Of course the customer will need to provide the photo in .jpg or .gif format, unless you have a scanner and can scan the picture yourself. 

If they order from a template that is already designed, I do not charge the $4.00 fee.   For each candy, I usually charge the following:

You can also take the cost of the candy, and triple it to come up with a base price.

Make a Killing Without Having to Purchase Inventory

You can also make good money without investing a single penny in candy by creating wrappers only.  Total cost to you is for the paper and what little ink it takes to print them out.  I know a lot of people who sell only wrappers and still make a nice income from doing so.  The advantages of this is that you can sell these nationwide without worrying if your candy will melt during shipment, and you’ll also get orders from people who would not normally buy them already wrapped.

Some potential customers that like to buy wrappers only are Churches (they let the Sunday School Classes do the wrapping), Schools (the let the students do the wrapping), some mothers like to purchase wrappers only for birth announcements and birthday parties so that they can add something personal in the creation of the candies and nursing homes have been known to buy wrappers only as this gives the residents something fun and creative to do while raising funds for outings.

By selling wrappers only in bulk your profit margin increases dramatically plus you save a lot of time by not having to wrap them yourself.

When selling wrappers only, I usually have a minimum order of 25 wrappers and charge according to the type of candy.  I also charge the regular fees if they need photos or designing.

What I normally charge per wrapper:

For Regular Size Candy Bars            $0.50

For Life Savers                                   $0.50

For Kit Kat Snacks                              $0.25

For Dentyne and Trident                     $0.50

For Mini Candy Bars               10 for  $0.25

For Suckers                            10 for  $0.25

Considering that most of these types of businesses usually order 100 or more wrappers, then this is very profitable and time saving as you just create the wrapper, let your printer run and cut them out.  You can have 100 wrappers ready to go within 30 minutes if you cut while the others are printing.

New Ideas

Many women make children’s birthday parties.  They use those pop up ice cream cones and wrap them up with children’s names. They throw parties for neighbors and friends at a price, of course.  You can purchase party supplies on line from wholesalers.  One thing I have not seen at this writing, are party kits.  You can create party packages and get the names of each child. Balloons, party favors and even wrapping can be found at discount prices when you buy in bulk.  Many of these outlets come and go, or one day they have what you want, and the next day they have other things.  Because of this, I will keep an updated page for you on www.candykit.com/wholesale where you can find easy things to purchase.

You are also invited to join for free www.fazzles.com for a twice a month newsletter that has all kinds of goodies for working at home and general fun crafting ideas, recipes, car tips, household tips and parenting tips. You can go there and see some back issues before deciding if you would like to sign up.  Your email will never be abused, and if you no longer want to receive the newsletter, it’s a click away to say good-bye. 

Join our forum at www.wrapcandy.com/clipartforum you will meet other people who are enjoying the wrap candy for fun or for profit.   As you grow your business either through online auctions, from talking to your local merchants, friends and neighbors, there are ways to create an income online.  You will need a website.  Most people who love crafting will love creating their own websites. It takes learning, but it is not hard to learn at all. 

If hosting interests you, your only decision will be what domain name you will choose, and whether you want it to be for a business or pleasure.  If for pleasure, then a simple priced hosting will perfect for you at www.hostswan.com it is also good for business too, don’t get me wrong.  It is just there are all kinds of hosting packages nowadays. 

Simple basic hosting where you pay each month and don’t make any money by sharing your hosting company to paying a higher price but can tell others to get hosted too, and you would make income for each month that they purchase their hosting.

Hosting can range from 7.00 to 25.00 per month.  An average price for a domain name is about 12.00 per year.  Your website can be your storefront.  I make a nice living at home doing various things on the web and enjoy what I do.  Your decision can be yours to whether you want to make a spare 200.00 per month or more, depending on what you decide you want to do.  It takes time to get started, but once it gets going the income increases with your efforts.

If you are serious about getting started in a net business, may I recommend www.net-marketers.com for beginners to more advanced. It’s a one-time fee, and you will get a whole lot of information for your money.  You can also sign up for free to www.tipsfortop.com for a weekly newsletter that helps you on your path to success.

From all of us..

Maria Vowell  www.hiprofits.com

Teresa King  www.tipsfortop.com

Ryan Sawyer www.wrapcandy.com

To Your Success!

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