How To Start And Run A Successful Mail Order Business

Your Complete Package for Success—Signed, Sealed and Delivered! Busy families no longer need to take the time to run to the mall and shop for the perfect item. They simply click their mouse and have their treasures delivered from any corner of the country right to their doorstep. Shopping has never been so convenient and the opportunity for starting and running a successful mail order business has never been so great! If you want to work from home, running a lucrative business that costs little to start and requires no specialized skills, mail order may be for you. Working from a kitchen table, you can take orders, process payments and dispatch shipments picked up by a parcel service from a remote warehouse run by yet another vendor. This exclusive guide to mail order takes you step by step covering every aspect of startup and operations, including hard-won advice and helpful hints from successful mail order entrepreneurs. Learn how to: • Stay on top of market and industry trends • Choose products that sell • Set your pricing and other policies • Fulfill orders • Build an internet presence • Create a winning catalog or brochure • Choose a high-response mailing list • Use the best resources and tools in the industry With the boom in online shopping, mail order businesses are more profitable than ever, and Entrepreneur gives you everything you need to get started. Don’t wait! Start your mail order business today!

Everything you need to know to run a profitable and satisfying mail order business from your home. From painless business planning to achieving success in cyberspace, this book’s step-by-step methods are practical and easy to understand, and they will put you on the path to building your own home-based business. Whether you are looking to assess your personal skills, estimate your start-up costs, choose the right products, or stay profitable once you are in business, each chapter will guide you on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based mail order business. Look for useful charts and worksheets throughout the book, including: Common Questions and Answers Profiles of Successful Businesses Expense Summaries Sample Press Release Direct Mail Checklist

Launch and grow your home-based mail order business with this step-by-step guide. Learn about equipment, pricing, online marketing, and much more while using worksheets and checklists to get organized and achieve your goals.

If you want to work from home, running a lucrative business that costs little to start and requires no specialized skills, mail order may be for you. This book shows you to mail order and takes you step by step covering every aspect of startup and operations, including advice and helpful hints from successful mail order entrepreneurs.

Written by a former advertising consultant and owner of a successful mail-order business, this guide outlines the essentials of starting and running a part-time or full-time mail-order business. Explains how to choose a product, contact manufacturers and convince them to ship your products for you. Also shows how to be your own sales force, how and where to market and advertise a product, write persuasive sales literature, and deal effectively with printers to get the best discounts.