Begin a Career Creating and Selling Gift Baskets for any Occasion

Begin A Career Creating And Selling Gift Baskets For Any Occasion

Do you consider yourself to be the type of person who is full of all sorts of creative ideas? Then you're also probably always trying to find a reason to celebrate any little thing and a lot like myself. It's true. I'm that person who goes nuts at holidays and birthdays, spending hours trying to find the perfect gifts and then dressing them up in creative packages. That is why I got into the gift basket business.

The gift basket business lets your create and give gifts year round all while getting paid for it. Recent studies have shown that it's also one of the hottest businesses going, with recent annual sales of $800 million. If you have tons of creativity and can develop your own special niche, you have the opportunity to be very successful.


These entrepreneurs of the gift basket industry buy gifts and tuck them into baskets, decorative tins, boxes and even bags so their customers can ! give them to someone special in their life. Baskets are designed around a theme based on anything from romance to travel to a new baby. Here is how you can start your own career in the world of gift baskets:

• You should have a basic idea about who your customers are going to be, how you plan on selling to them and how they are going to find you. One way is to set up a little stand in the mall and display your baskets or if you feel safe doing this, go door-to-door of businesses showing them a few examples of your baskets in different styles and colors. Depending on the business, show them a basket with items in it relevant to their business.



• Show a small selection of gift baskets you already have made to friends, family or anyone else. If you own or work for another small business, like an office, a catering business, or even working on computers, ask customers there if they would be interested in buying a few baskets.



• You sho! uld always have one display basket that is better than all the! others. This powerful and exciting example of your craft will show your customers that you have an eye on what makes an attractive, useful and quality basket. You can even specialize in creating seasonal baskets depending on the time of the year and holidays.



• Purchase a few baskets of different styles if you any when you are out shopping or if you see any on sale. Keep an eye out for any baskets that match the season. These types of themes increase interest in your product. For example, red, green or gold baskets work well for Christmas and any kind of red basket will be ideal for Valentine's Day.



• You'll want your gift baskets to be filled with different and delicious items to suit the overall theme such using muffins, fruits, decorated cookies, or ornaments. One trick of the trade is use cheaper, less-attractive items such as grapefruits or big oranges to fill up the bottom of the basket. Then fill up all the extra space with dried straw found in ! all craft stores.



• All your final touches on the basket should make use of things like dried flowers, pine boughs, pine cones or ribbon. Add some excitement to the basket with a sprinkle of mixed nuts in the shell over the top of the entire basket.

By: TLKleban

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! By: TLKleban

Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com

The Fruit Company offers fruit harvested right from the orchards, reserving only the freshest fruit for your gifts. The Fruit Company offers a selection of fruit baskets, gift towers, gourmet gift baskets, premium fruit gifts, and our monthly fruit clubs. Visit them at www.fuitcompany.com.

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