Small Mail Order Business – Helpful Tips

Starting a small mail order business can be very profitable if done carefully from the start. I’ll share with you some of my helpful tips to get you moving in your own small mail order business.

Your small mail order business always starts with a good product or service that you want to sell. Your product can be a book you’ve created, an instructional DVD, or another type of product. If you don’t have a product or service, sit down at your computer and start searching the internet for mail order products. There are many wholesale companies that would be willing to sell you their products at wholesale prices. To get your creative mind going, you can sit down with a pen and paper and write down all your ideas to make an instruction manual. These are the best types of products to sell by mail order. Think about what you are passionate about and write a 20-30 page brochure. Many mail order companies create their own instruction manual from scratch and can earn thousands of dollars. For more product information, you may write to: Mail Order Associates, Inc., 120 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Montvale, NJ 07645.

Once you’ve found your product or created your brochure, you’ll need to decide on the price of the product or manual. Most brochures can sell for anywhere from $12 to $39, the more pages you write and the more information you provide to your readers. The cost of printing your manual will be less than a dollar, so your profit margin is excellent. Create a simple 2-3 page sales letter with a great headline to capture your reader. You can print it on nice glossy copy paper. Have someone proofread your sales letter for punctuation and spelling before you send it.

If you are focusing on selling your instruction manual through your small mail order business, there are several ways to sell your manual. I would recommend that when you’re starting out, find a good local publication that accepts paid classified ads. You could place a small classified ad above your manual. When someone responds to your ad, you can send them your sales letter. You now have your first client with his name and address. You can continue to send them your updates or new products. Take some time and create a monthly newsletter to get in touch with your new customers. Stay focused and continue to make new contacts and you will be well on your way to having your own successful mail order business.