Kites In The Wind
Kites in the Wind
Have you noticed how hard it is to find a decent kite these days? Start a website that sells all sorts of kites: locally made, vintage, your own kites, brand named kites, and more. What a fun business!
It seems like when we are in the mood to fly a kite, it is almost impossible to find one and then when you finally find one it is not what you were looking for. You buy it anyway because it is all you can find.
How many of us would fly kites more if we could find the kite of our dreams? We have seen other people fly them or we have seen them in advertisements in the media. Where can we find these beautiful kites we always see others flying?
When we cannot find items now, we look on the internet for them. Often times, it only takes a few days to arrive and it is just what we wanted. Open up your own store website and offer every different kind of kite you can find. You can even design your own kites and sell the kits for them!
For those people that have never flown a kite, you can offer a page that familiarizes people with kites. Show the basic rules of how to successfully build kites and then how to fly them. Showing how to accomplish successful kite flying could boost your sales quite a bit.
One of the best ways to advertise in your area is to fly your kites where other people are enjoying the weather. Bring a good variety of kites with you and offer to sell kites as you are sailing yours. They will be so happy to be able to buy one from you and sail it right then. Make sure you bring plenty of spare parts too for those that may need them. If they are not able to buy a kite from you at the time, offer a business card with your site address on it so that they can order one from you at another time. You will be so surprised at how quickly your business can grow. Remember that certain seasons are better for kite flying than others are, but if you are selling on the web, business should be constant. There will always be somewhere on earth with the right weather for kite flying.
Because kites are typically light in weight, it should not cost much to mail them. Encourage your buyers to pay for Priority shipping if they want them right away. In addition, to compete with other businesses make sure to ship out the kites as quickly as possible. You might also encourage return buyers by offering a discount after they have bought so many kites.
If you are able to find several different suppliers that are willing to drop ship the kites to your buyers, it will not require much money on your part to get started. The main investment will be in setting up your website and then advertising. It is always a good idea to have business cards printed or print them yourself. Flyers might be a good idea too, posted in areas like parks and playgrounds. Offering to supply kites to local toy and sports equipment stores could be a business possibility too.
Resources:
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kite1.html
https://id213.chi.us.securedata.net/gzintlinc.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=4
http://www.gombergkites.com/
http://www.intothewind.com/
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