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Building dollhouses for sale?
Is there any money to be made by building dollhouses for sale? From
the looks of things from eBay, no. But I could be wrong? Cathy Weeks |
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Cathy Weeks wrote:
Is there any money to be made by building dollhouses for sale? From the looks of things from eBay, no. But I could be wrong? Are you talking about assembling kit houses, or doing custom woodworking for the discerning collector? I think the problem with trying to sell them on eBay is the shipping. People there are looking for a deal, and freight and insurance can be a real killer. Start looking around now for a place to work with, and around the end of summer start advertising to your target market. If you are finishing kits for the holiday gift season you'll want to have plenty of time to do the work. As Gerry says, you can get customers by working with a shop that sells kits. If you were planning to do custom woodwork, then I think building a portfolio of pieces and going through IGMA and the show scene is the way to find the collector market. Local shops can help by displaying samples of your work and selling smaller pieces between shows. Dawn |
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I would LOVE to find someone who would be interested in building me a
dollhouse. Does anyone know any good sources/names, etc...? I made a huge kit house years ago. It was spectacular but I swore I'd never make one again and I mean it! Anne |
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On 1 Feb 2004 19:12:25 -0800, (Cathy Weeks)
wrote: Is there any money to be made by building dollhouses for sale? From the looks of things from eBay, no. But I could be wrong? There appears to be somewhat of a market for people who build custom houses. There are a number of artisans who build dollhouses which are 1:12 models of the owner's homes. Perhaps you could go that route, depending on your tooling, skills and experience. -- Chuck *#:^) chaz3913(AT)yahoo(DOT)com Anti-spam sig: please remove "NO SPAM" from e-mail address to reply. September 11, 2001 - Never Forget -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Sorry for the delay in responding but I was out of town and for some reason
I couldn't post to the newsgroups through the laptop I took with me. Custom builders do fairly well in that their work is usually expensive. However, I don't know how much of a market there is for them. Putting together kits and painting, shingling, electrifying is very time consuming and you'd probably end up working for less than the minimum wage. I've seen some very expensive, custom made and finished dollhouses at shows and I rarely see them sold. They may sell at the very big shows such as Chicago and Philly but not at the smaller shows. A woman with a table across from me at a show had some fairly pricey dollhouses and she didn't sell any and frankly I thought they were overpriced. She had 2 tables at the show and at $185 a table plus hotel that's a costly investment. The problem with completed houses is the high cost of shipping and it might have to be crated. This could limit your market to a small geographical radius. Your best bet would be to try and work with a local dollhouse shop but then you'd have to give the owner a commission. Another possibility is to do small, theme houses or shops. Carol S P Miniatures http://www.spminiatures.com "Cathy Weeks" wrote in message om... Is there any money to be made by building dollhouses for sale? From the looks of things from eBay, no. But I could be wrong? Cathy Weeks |
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Carol is so-o-o right. I build the small dh kits to a price for the people
who ask who live in this economically poor rural county. I do it for the children who will play with them and I won't make money from it :- ) "Carol" wrote in message Custom builders do fairly well in that their work is usually expensive. However, I don't know how much of a market there is for them. Putting together kits and painting, shingling, electrifying is very time consuming and you'd probably end up working for less than the minimum wage. I've seen some very expensive, custom made and finished dollhouses at shows and I rarely see them sold. They may sell at the very big shows such as Chicago and Philly but not at the smaller shows. A woman with a table across from me at a show had some fairly pricey dollhouses and she didn't sell any and frankly I thought they were overpriced. She had 2 tables at the show and at $185 a table plus hotel that's a costly investment. The problem with completed houses is the high cost of shipping and it might have to be crated. This could limit your market to a small geographical radius. Your best bet would be to try and work with a local dollhouse shop but then you'd have to give the owner a commission. Another possibility is to do small, theme houses or shops. Carol S P Miniatures http://www.spminiatures.com "Cathy Weeks" wrote in message om... Is there any money to be made by building dollhouses for sale? From the looks of things from eBay, no. But I could be wrong? Cathy Weeks |
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