How To Start a Gift Basket Business on a Shoestring Budget

Many people will tell you that a gift basket business can be started at home. In fact, there are many benefits of having a home based gift basket business. One benefit is that a gift basket business is a great way to get started in your own business if you don’t have a lot of money. Many gift basket businesses are home based and have been started with as little as $100. One way that you can keep the costs low for your gift basket business is to buy your products and supplies from closeout or surplus suppliers who sell to discount shops and the dollar stores.

By purchasing your gift basket supplies from closeout and surplus suppliers, you will be able to purchase small number of items at an extremely cheap price. An example of this is DollarDays. DollarDays is an online supplier to many of the dollar stores across the united States.

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By visiting their website, you can find an assortment of products and a constant flow of closeout items that you can buy to fill your gift baskets. There are few other company with over 25,000 products for you to choose from where you can shop online. They are a premiere online wholesaler and closeout company helping small businesses and entrepreneurs to compete against larger enterprises. As mentioned previously, they have over 25,000 high quality goods at wholesale and bulk prices. Products are sold by the case and prices of their wholesale supplies are as cheap or in many cases, cheaper than wholesale suppliers who buy in bulk. DollarDays prides itself on being a wholesale supplier who supplies entrepreneurs and home based businesses.

Registration on DollarDays site is free and after that you’ll be able to shop online for the things you need for making your gift basket business successful. Shopping for your gift basket business on DollarDays website is perfect for teens or anyone on a shoestring budget because they offer hundreds of items for 49 cents or less. They even have a gift basket section which includes bath set gift baskets, food gourmet gift box, welcome home gift baskets, picnic gift baskets and so many other types of gift baskets. You’ll be able to buy gift baskets that are already pre-made - and add your own special touch to them, or you can buy individual products and put together your own gift baskets - all at low cheap closeout prices.

giftbasketWhile you’re on their site, be sure to check out their Closeout Corner for cheap gift basket products for all occasions like corporate gifts, business gift baskets, real estate home selling gift baskets, thank you corporate gift baskets and other great wholesaler deals on their bulk bargains.

DollarDays isn’t the only supplier that you can get inexpensive supplies for your gift basket business. To find other suppliers, do a search in your favorite search engines and you will find a lot more.

One last way to start your gift basket business on a shoestring budget that I would like to discuss in this article, is to start off with only a select few gift baskets. Most people make the cardinal mistake of providing a wide range of products without any experience or resources. This is probably the biggest reason why many startups fail. I would recommend that you offer only a few types of gift baskets to start with and as you grow, build a good track record and then gradually enhance your product range.

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3 Responses to “How To Start a Gift Basket Business on a Shoestring Budget”


  1. 1 Closeout King Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    These are some great tips, thanks. I’ve been thinking about a gift basket business, just because I never see gift baskets anymore. I think they became extinct in this part of the United States.

  2. 2 Amber Sep 5th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    Glad you like the tips. And you’re right - I have noticed that gift baskets are hard to find in some areas. This might make it an even more better idea for teens to start a business in this area.

  1. 1 the great Pingback on Apr 27th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

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