My Party Store

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Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy... I am so thrilled right now!!!!!! Though it is tedious work using my tablet to do my listings; I have now started working on my Party Supply Store, to get it up and running. I do not have table and chairs, so I am having to do this sitting on the floor. Hurting my back. But before I became homeless...I once had one of the biggest party supply stores out there. I had thousands of dollars of inventory that eventually all went up in smoke. So now starting from scratch again. One of the websites where I had listed my inventory, I found several hundred dollars in orders that no one could pay for, because I had my old paypal email address on there, so they could not pay me. This just confirmed to me, I can get my business back up and running. Now I am accepting Stripe payments too. The thing is... I have to sell my supplies at retail prices, or I would not make a profit. However, you would not believe the amount of sales I got, when the customers could have driven a few miles down the road to get them at a discount store. They did not want to deal with the hassle of getting in the car to go get it. A few of my customers lived in my neighborhood, a couple of doors down. LOL But my biggest clients were out of the country. Party supplies are just not offered overseas like they are in the US. Especially the variety that we have... And according to my buyers, napkins were the worst. I would have some clients spend anywhere from $200-$400 in napkins alone, so they could have them for their dinner parties. It is going to be a long road before I can get it as big, as I once had it. But it will be well worth the effort. Right now...since graduation is coming up...these will be the listings that I am concentrating on now. Between my legging business, party supply business, and I eventually want to add Avon (I need $25 to get started)...I should one day have a nice income coming in. The positive thing about running an online business is: low overhead, and the store runs 24/7. I can not tell you the amount of the times I would wake up the next day, and see several sales waiting for me to ship. It was so exciting!