Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #259817 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
"I highly recommend reading the How to [Start] a Home-Based Business series. Each book in the series acts as your personal guide to starting and running a home-based business."
-Steve Rubel, Santa Barbara News Press

From the Back Cover
Have you ever dreamed of starting an antiques business in your home? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? How to Start a Home-Based Antiques Business contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your own business.
In this comprehensive guide, two antiques experts provide down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based antiques business, from estimating start-up costs and finding customers to writing ads and taking your business online. Use their handy worksheets, checklists, and forms as practical steps toward achieving your goals.
Whatever your plans, large or small, this guide can help you experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based antiques business.

Learn all about:
Doing Preliminary Research about the Antiques Business
Finding Antiques to Sell
Setting Pricing Policies and Procedures
Displaying Antiques
Creating a Marketing Plan
Holding Sales and Running Special Promotions
Buying and Selling Antiques Online
Making Money with Antiques in Other Ways

Use these special features and workbook pages:
Personal-Evaluation Checklist
Sample Business Plan
Cost Worksheets
Cash Flow Projection
Stock Records

About the Author
Jacquelyn Peake was the popular author of a dozen how-to books, including How to Recognize and Refinish Antiques for Pleasure and Profit, also by The Globe Pequot Press.

Bob Brooke is a prolific travel and business writer, whose articles have appeared in many national and international publications, including Delta Sky, Business Traveller(UK), British Heritage, and AntiqueWeek. He is also the author of six books. He has received Mexico's prestigious La Pluma de Plata Award and the Real Award from Westin Hotels for his travel writing.

Customer Reviews

Home Based!
When you read "home-based", believe it. It's geared toward those who want to turn their living room into an antiques store and comes complete with tips on remodeling your home. With that said, much here could be applied to those who want to start a shop outside their home or sell on the internet.
This book covers the "nuts & bolts" of running a business, from writing the business plan to advertising and merchandising. It also covers pricing, displaying, and other ways to make money in antiques. It covers all bases on where to get stock. All in all, it seems to be very thorough.
I wasn't looking to turn my living room into a store and didn't expect a book on basics of starting a business. However after reading it I've found this book full of useful information.