How to Make Money

Chapter 14: LAMP SHADES

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About This Book

A practical compendium of short, runnable business plans and money-making ideas aimed primarily at individuals seeking small-scale enterprises. Each section outlines startup steps, suggested supplies, costs, promotional copy and selling tactics for ventures such as a neighborhood pantry, homemade candy, custom shirts and neckties, tea rooms, real estate sales, dyeing services, kindergartens, lamp shades and newspaper bargain columns. Emphasis is placed on cash trading, sample handbills, scripts and simple marketing moves like introductory free offers, sample placement, and buying wholesale. The tone is instructional and focused on actionable checklists and scaling suggestions to help readers launch and expand modest enterprises.

LAMP SHADES

The actual material cost of making a silk lamp shade that retails for $15 is about $5. Any girl who can sew will find making lamp shades an exceedingly simple matter. All department stores sell the wire frame, and transparent silk in many colors and designs can be bought at any good dry-goods store. The sales plan is this:

Make arrangements with a department store or any other store who will display them to sell them on commission. For instance, you allow them $5 profit on a $15 shade. If you show good taste in selecting designs and colors you can build up a very profitable business in a short time.

There is also a constant demand for a shade made of cardboard, hand-tinted in water colors which makes an excellent imitation of genuine parchment.