3 People, make and sell stuff...?

Question

OK, my sister, friend and I want to make something and sell it, but we don't know what. We came up with a business name, Maraschino, and our little logo thingy is a cherry(maraschino cherries). We wanted to make clothes but we decided that it was too hard, mostly because none of us knows how to sew...lol! We want to know if anybody could give us ideas of something to make, that people would buy. Thanks in advance to everybody!

Answer 1

Well, no one has yet entered the obvious answer, unless I missed it skimming through the answers. You need to decide what you CAN make and what you would ENJOY making, then, how much it would COST you to make it, ADVERTISE it and SHIP it, taking into account man hours spent, materials bought, postage, ad costs, etc.

Even before that you need to do some research and see if there is a market for what you want to make, and how you intend to market and sell it. If online, you need to design a website and optimise it for search engine ranking.

Of course this all depends upon what market you want to reach. If it's just a local one or a network of friends and relatives, you can do most of your advertising with word of mouth, flyers, business cards, etc. Your website would not have to be as sophisticated or optimized for search engines. If a more global market is where you want to go with this, then you will be doing lots of promotional things to get the word out. It's not cheap to do this, but the resuts can be well worth it.

I applaud you for thinking outside the box!

Answer 2

you could design and make buttons, bumper stickers, posters and stuff

and its pretty simple, u just design it and take it to a sticker shop and pay to have them make it, and sell it

Answer 3

Get a slushie maker (very cheap). Just put in a soda and some ice and follow the directions and it makes them fast. They sell good in the summer. Also try making cookies.

I thought you guys would be interested in getting prizes. Not one of those scam websites. You don't get any money-just prizes. I already won a prize so I know it's legit. All you need to do is go to it every time you want to use a search engine. It gives good results, too.

Answer 4

Handbags. They are simple to sew, you can buy yards of fabric everywhere and you can get really crerative. Jewelry is a good one too because you can use the beads on your purses as well!

Answer 5

I have been through this, you have to try out alot of things before you'll find something that works. Also it's easy to learn how to sew (watch some youtube videos) it's how I learnt.

Just start off small and get bigger.

You have to find a market and it just takes practice, I've found my thing now, but it may be different for different people. Just try lots of things and you'll find something that works.

Answer 6

go to cafepress.com , you can design cloths such as t-shirts and sell them, and the best part is that you dont even ever have to see the shirts, cafe press will make and ship them for you

Answer 7

Hello my friend,

If I were in your situation, I would make gift baskets and sell them.

Most of the items that go in them you can get from the dollar store.  (dollar store items are better than they used to be, the trick is finding a good dollar store)

You can put a basket together with lotions, soaps, shampoos, fruit, candy, etc.

Remember, Christmas is around the corner and gift baskets are big sellers.

I hope this helps.

Ollie G

http://www.df4u2.com

Answer 8

There's a cool web site called Etsy where people sell stuff that they make.  Maybe browsing through this site will help you come up with some ideas.  

It sounds like you guys like design & fashion -- why not try jewelry-making?  I used to make beaded jewelry & I started getting into wire-wrapping.  It's relatively easy to learn.  I just needed practice to make it look good.

Good luck!

Answer 9

The logical thing would be to come up with a product first then a company name unless you use your names for the company. think of something you two like to do then try to make it.

Answer 10

You should try making jewlery. Not the plastic kind but places like hobby lobby and craft stores have some pretty beads, and jewlery sales pretty good.

Answer 11

Hi,

Check the Etsy and Dawanda websites to have an idea of what people are selling and buying.

Good luck !

Kind regards,

Joséhttp://www.hushcolours.com

Answer 12

sell cherries=]]

Answer 13

What Kind Of Thing Were you Thinking of making

we have an enterprise day at school were we have to make ideas that we think people would buy

Our form are doing Lamp shades from Coat hangers etc lol

Answer 14

try making cherrie badges

but sow em and add pins like a woolen cherry it would look cool :D:D:D

btw u gota come up with a good idear to marketing because there will allways be someone out there trying to beat u no matter what

its a dog eat dog world out der

Answer 15

make bracelets and sell em or make jewelery

Answer 16

i sell bows online i make good money =]

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Answer 17

hand bags

Answer 18

You really need something thats unique therefore will get you a good profit...

Answer 19

You could sell lemonade....

Answer 20

Do something girly.

like maybe neclace

braclet

key chains

phone chains

some things like that?

idk?

Answer 21

scene/emo  posters.

Answer 22

i was thinking the same, wanted to do my own clothes but didnt know how to saw - the best thing i could come up with was to sell clothing and stuff second hand.

Its unique, it's worth it.

Answer 23

Baked foods. cupcakes, brownies, cookies. Start small until you figure out what you can make

Answer 24

make cell phone acessories.

like charms and straps with your logo on it.

everyone has cell phones theses days...

Answer 25

You could make scrunchies.  they are super easy and like at Christmas use holiday fabric, etc.  My mom used to make them for me all the time.