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I received this question from a subscriber to our Choose Your Opportunity mailing list.

“How do I begin a home-based scrapbook business (sell products online)? Where do I get products at wholesale so I can sell them at retail?”

The first step is to determine who you are going to sell to and what they want to buy. This recent post offers tips on defining your niche: Not Sure How to Find Your Niche Market? It’s not specific to scrapbooking, but will give you a good idea of how to narrow in on a market.

Sell a popular product to an underserved market or sell a unique product to a market that is spending money.

For information more specific to scrapbooking, check out How to Turn Your Love of Scrapbooking into a Profitable Business. Even though it’s a couple years old, the information is still current.

Wholesale is not my area of expertise so I can’t be any help there. Sorry. Perhaps becoming a direct sales consultant would suit you. Find information on various scrapbook direct sales companies at ScrapbookingBusinessOpportunity.com

If anyone can suggest a good wholesale resource, please post the information in a comment.