Gift Basket Business - Join the $5 Billion Industry
Want to make gift baskets for fun or profit? You're in the right place!
Hello, I'm Shirley George Frazier, gift basket expert, owner of GiftBasketBusiness.com, and author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the world's two best-selling books on making and selling gift baskets.
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I'll share great tips with you to make gift baskets for fun or profit. If you're ready to succeed, I'm pleased to be your mentor.
Find Supplies in a Snap
Foods, snacks and more combined on one site
Making gift baskets is fun and fast, especially when you know where to find great foods, snacks, gifts, and more to create your winning design.
One question I'm often asked at seminars, conferences, and adult school classes is, "Where can I find products?"
I now direct them to the GiftBasketWholesaleSupplies.com Web site where everything is available online.
The site is organized in U.S. state order, and there's also a section for Canadian-based products.
You no longer have to use search engines to find supplies that, in some cases, are right in your backyard.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
One question I'm often asked at seminars, conferences, and adult school classes is, "Where can I find products?"
I now direct them to the GiftBasketWholesaleSupplies.com Web site where everything is available online.
The site is organized in U.S. state order, and there's also a section for Canadian-based products.
You no longer have to use search engines to find supplies that, in some cases, are right in your backyard.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Where Do I Find Baskets?
Great baskets are as close as in your own home
When you think about making a gift basket, what's the first item you need to get started? A terrific, empty basket that's sturdy, looks good, and puts a smile on the receiver's face the moment he or she sees it.
Baskets are available in many sizes, shapes, styles, and colors. They're made from wicker or wire and created with or without handles. Some styles are lined with fabric while others are trimmed in a color that coordinates with the main part of the vessel.
You can see samples of great baskets on this new baskets site. Be sure to see the page with pictures showing empty baskets next to finished gift basket designs.
Look for a basket that's waiting for a reason to become a gift in your basement, attic, or garage. If nothing's there, try a local retail stores to find your perfect basket.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Baskets are available in many sizes, shapes, styles, and colors. They're made from wicker or wire and created with or without handles. Some styles are lined with fabric while others are trimmed in a color that coordinates with the main part of the vessel.
You can see samples of great baskets on this new baskets site. Be sure to see the page with pictures showing empty baskets next to finished gift basket designs.
Look for a basket that's waiting for a reason to become a gift in your basement, attic, or garage. If nothing's there, try a local retail stores to find your perfect basket.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Holiday Gift Baskets Require Great Snacks
Items that can be opened and eaten right away are best
What goodies are inside of your holiday baskets? You'll get raves if you start with the type that can be opened and eaten immediately.
If the receiver loves making breads, dips, and soup mixes, that collection makes a wonderful basket. But what will she eat while preparing the foods? Add a delicious mix to her gift basket, such as:
*Popcorn
*Nuts
*Chocolates
*Wafers
*Biscotti
*Pretzels
*Salsa chips
*Potato chips
Great gift baskets include a balance of open-and-eat treats and hearty, quick-to-make foods. Add both for a wonderful assortment no one can resist.
You'll find more ideas at GiftBasketBusiness.com and by watching videos at GiftBasketTutorials.com.
If the receiver loves making breads, dips, and soup mixes, that collection makes a wonderful basket. But what will she eat while preparing the foods? Add a delicious mix to her gift basket, such as:
*Popcorn
*Nuts
*Chocolates
*Wafers
*Biscotti
*Pretzels
*Salsa chips
*Potato chips
Great gift baskets include a balance of open-and-eat treats and hearty, quick-to-make foods. Add both for a wonderful assortment no one can resist.
You'll find more ideas at GiftBasketBusiness.com and by watching videos at GiftBasketTutorials.com.
How to Find Gift Basket Products
An easy way to get supplies without leaving your home
My travels to speak about gift basket topics take me to gift shows throughout the U.S., and when I travel, I look for familiar and unique products that customers want in their baskets.
Where can you learn about terrific products?
First, keep the tried-and-true products in mind: sausage, cheese, crackers, nuts, cookies, and beverages.
Next, keep your eyes open for these items when you shop at local stores.
Finally, visit my show reports online. I share sources from events in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other locations.
Best of all, you'll find gifts and foods to fill your baskets while sitting at the computer.
Where can you learn about terrific products?
First, keep the tried-and-true products in mind: sausage, cheese, crackers, nuts, cookies, and beverages.
Next, keep your eyes open for these items when you shop at local stores.
Finally, visit my show reports online. I share sources from events in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other locations.
Best of all, you'll find gifts and foods to fill your baskets while sitting at the computer.
Get Raves with Ribbon
Making beautiful bows starts with the perfect ribbon.
Every designer considers the bow atop each gift basket as the crowning masterpiece. It's the enhancement that convinces customers to buy fast before someone else gets their hands on it.Gift basket makers keep dozens of ribbon spools available, using each one at a time or combining two ribbons together to create a dazzling bow.
They've also become creative in organizing their ribbon, using everything from clear containers to rain gutters as holders.
Read more about ribbon options for your all-occasion baskets. From organza to satin to solids, you'll find many possibilities to keep your gift baskets selling swiftly every day.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Take a Gift Basket Class
Learn in a fun and casual environment
There are many options available to learn how to make gift baskets like the pros. You can:
1. Buy a book. The Gift Basket Design Book shows step-by-step design instructions.
2. Get a video. Gift Basket Basics, in DVD or VHS format, provides great instructions you can follow.
3. Take a class. Demonstration and hands-on classes are taught around the world.
You'll find a list of my upcoming classes on the GiftBasketBusiness.com Web site, and the article Finding Classes in Your State is another source for locating a design class.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
1. Buy a book. The Gift Basket Design Book shows step-by-step design instructions.
2. Get a video. Gift Basket Basics, in DVD or VHS format, provides great instructions you can follow.
3. Take a class. Demonstration and hands-on classes are taught around the world.
You'll find a list of my upcoming classes on the GiftBasketBusiness.com Web site, and the article Finding Classes in Your State is another source for locating a design class.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Where's the Money to Make Gift Baskets?
Support your basket habit with cash from unlikely sources
Every idea needs a money to make it work, and gift baskets are no different.
Products and supplies such as baskets, shred, foods, and gifts are required before you start making your gorgeous designs. Other items are listed on the GiftBasketBusiness.com frequently-asked questions pages.
I talk to people who find money in the most unlikely places. One woman's father entered her gift basket business idea in a contest sponsored by American Express. His essay won her a $10,000 cash prize and laptop computer.
I read about an Internet company that gave grant money to people who submitted their business plan, and I shared the info in my weekly gift basket newsletter. A woman contacted me by Email to say that her plan was accepted, and the Web company sent her $3,000 to start making gift baskets.
I'd be skeptical about these stories if I hadn't seen and heard about it on my own, but it's all true.
Money sources still exist on the off the Web to fund your gift basket business. The how-to-find money pages at GiftBasketBusiness.com tell you where to start searching for start-up capital. Be patient as you research, and soon you'll start your gift basket-making plans.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Products and supplies such as baskets, shred, foods, and gifts are required before you start making your gorgeous designs. Other items are listed on the GiftBasketBusiness.com frequently-asked questions pages.
I talk to people who find money in the most unlikely places. One woman's father entered her gift basket business idea in a contest sponsored by American Express. His essay won her a $10,000 cash prize and laptop computer.
I read about an Internet company that gave grant money to people who submitted their business plan, and I shared the info in my weekly gift basket newsletter. A woman contacted me by Email to say that her plan was accepted, and the Web company sent her $3,000 to start making gift baskets.
I'd be skeptical about these stories if I hadn't seen and heard about it on my own, but it's all true.
Money sources still exist on the off the Web to fund your gift basket business. The how-to-find money pages at GiftBasketBusiness.com tell you where to start searching for start-up capital. Be patient as you research, and soon you'll start your gift basket-making plans.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
How to Make Gift Baskets
Gift baskets reign as one of the most-popular gifts to create and receive. That's why I entered the industry in 1990. I wanted to make something beautiful with my hands while bringing joy or comfort to the recipient.
Gift baskets are made for all occasions, from birthdays to bereavement. You'll find many ideas for creating them on GiftBasketBusiness.com and GiftBasketTutorials.com, two sites where I share tips to help you start a gift basket hobby or business as a part-time or full-time enterprise.
If you prefer to learn about creating these masterpieces at home through books, DVDs, and other resources, there are plenty of materials available today, which you'll find through the above two Web sites.
Many designers who started making gift baskets as a hobby are now earning revenue in excess of $100,000, and so can you if you are determined to learn not just how to make gift baskets but also understand the steps to manage a business. That includes buying inventory, accepting credit card payments, and marketing your gift baskets to corporations who buy them for employees and clients.
Visit GiftBasketBusiness.com and GiftBasketTutorials.com when you're ready to learn all about making and selling gift baskets. I'll be your mentor and show you how to create a rewarding and prosperous life.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Gift baskets are made for all occasions, from birthdays to bereavement. You'll find many ideas for creating them on GiftBasketBusiness.com and GiftBasketTutorials.com, two sites where I share tips to help you start a gift basket hobby or business as a part-time or full-time enterprise.
If you prefer to learn about creating these masterpieces at home through books, DVDs, and other resources, there are plenty of materials available today, which you'll find through the above two Web sites.
Many designers who started making gift baskets as a hobby are now earning revenue in excess of $100,000, and so can you if you are determined to learn not just how to make gift baskets but also understand the steps to manage a business. That includes buying inventory, accepting credit card payments, and marketing your gift baskets to corporations who buy them for employees and clients.
Visit GiftBasketBusiness.com and GiftBasketTutorials.com when you're ready to learn all about making and selling gift baskets. I'll be your mentor and show you how to create a rewarding and prosperous life.
About the Author:
Shirley George Frazier is the world's authority on the gift basket industry. She's the author of How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, the industry's best-selling books. Shirley speaks about gift baskets at trade, business, and consumer shows worldwide and is quoted in many gift industry and business publications. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter at GiftBasketBusiness.com.
Gift Basket Product Sources
Find baskets, ribbon, cellophane and more
- Basket Suppliers
- Information on where to locate vessels to create your gorgeous designs.
- How to Wrap Your Gift Baskets
- What's the best material to wrap your baskets - cellophane, shrink wrap, or basket bags?
- Ribbon and Bows
- What type of bows are best to sit atop your beautiful baskets?
- Gift Basket Drop Shippers
- Want to sell gift baskets but don't have time to make them? Drop ship vendors create them and share the profits. Learn how to choose a reputable drop ship supplier.
Helpful Gift Basket Web Sites
There's lots of help on the Internet
- Gift Basket Business
- The premier Web site with tips, news, ideas, and lots of support to start a gift basket hobby or business on a part-time or full-time basis.
- Gift Basket Newsletter
- Looking for great gift basket ideas? You'll find that and more in the Gift Basket Business newsletter. It's published every Wednesday and Sunday and delivered by Email.
- Gift Basket Articles
- Gift Basket Articles contains great information that's all about gift baskets. You'll find articles on starting, buying products, selling to corporations, making money, and much more.
- Gift Basket Tutorials
- Watch as gift basket designs are demonstrated by video online! The site also includes a list of items to put into baby, spa, get well, and other baskets.
- Gift Basket Blog
- The Gift Basket Blog features links to gift basket news story around the world and ideas on how to turn those ideas into your own money-making opportunities.
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Gift baskets sure is a wonderful business! check out my Candy Bouquets lens! I rated you 5! Posted June 26, 2007 |
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Gift baskets reign as one of the most-popular gifts to create and receive. That's why I entered the industry in 1990. I wanted to make something beautiful with my hands while bringing joy or comfort to the recipient. Posted June 15, 2007 |
