As you will see the barrier of entry is very low into this business. It is very easy to beginning a small carpentry business and there are many carpentry ideas to make money with.
What you will need:
1. Tools
A good set of tools is essential. You can borrow or buy these but you may want to shop around and check the classified newspapers or the online classifieds e.g. craigslist.org. I am sure that there are lots of people advertising their tools for pennies on the dollar. The kind of tools that you will need for your projects will depend on the nature of your business. If you want to beginning selling small items e.g. tables, chairs and/or toys, past having simple hand tools may prove to be adequate. Larger projects may need bigger tools.
You will at least need the following tools:
- Carpenter's pencil
- Tape measure
- Stanley knife
- Saw
- Hammer
- An assortment of nails/screws.
- Tri-square
- Sandpaper
- Small plane
- Assortment of screw drivers (phillips & flat)
Craigslist.org, as I rich person mentioned before, is one of the biggest websites of its kind and there's plenty of people offering their tools for sale and sometimes for free. It is most popular in the USA where there are sections for of all timey state. If you live in America this will be a very useful resource if you need to find tools & even wood for your carpentry business.
You need to rich person clearly marked out your niche. carpentry is a broad subject that can see you produce anything from a simple birdhouse all the way to production of office and home furniture. You need to copyright your products to avoid cases where people can steal your ideas for their own benefit.
Make sure you advertise. Again the classifieds can be a huge source of revenue for you that is if you don't want to make your own website. Ebay has been around for about 15 years and is still active strong. Which just proves that people buy stuff from one another over the internet and are completely comfortable doing so. There are many ways that you can advertise your products. You can use the internet. Using the internet will need you to put up a website. You can rich person a variety of sample pictures on the website. You also need to know all the ways of putting up a good website if you want to get enough traffic. You need to use the internet to not only advertise, but also to sell. With the website you will be able to tap into potential markets that cuts across country boundaries.
2. carpentry Plans
The amount of money you make from your carpentry will be directly proportional to the ease and speed at which you build your projects. This being said the fastest way to get building your projects will be if you rich person the plans already. Plans rich person been carefully thought out and I do recommend that you purchase a good set of plans. Trying to design your own projects is only active to cost you lots of time and there is no point in reinventing the wheel.
4. Wood
Wood can be sourced from numerous places. Even scrap wood can be cleaned up and turned into beautiful carpentry project. Stripping down old pallets can be a useful source of wood and nearly of all timey business in town will rich person some that they were active to throw out anyway. Again check Craigslist.org!
3. A Workshop
It would be great if you could rich person the use of a big workshop full of the latest machinery and tonnes of wood. This may not be a realistic option for you but all really need is a workbench and an empty room in your house. If you live in a dry region past you may even prefer to build your carpentry projects outdoors. You will probably need a clamp on your bench.
4. An Advertising Stream
This can be as easy as telling your friends that you rich person stuff for sale. Other methods will include posting adverts on classifieds (online and offline). Below is a list of classified type websites that will aid get you beginninged on making decent income from your carpentry.
Posting an advert on any of these sites is free.
ebay.com (International)
vendanything.com (USA)
craigslist.org (International)
gumtree.com (USA)
gumtree.co.uk (UK)
backpage.com (International)
donedeal.ie (IE)
ukclassifieds.co.uk (UK)
trademe.co.nz (NZ)
nzherald.co.nz/classifieds (NZ)
global-free-classified-ads.com
getyardsale.com
trademe.co.nz (NZ)
nzherald.co.nz/classifieds (NZ)
global-free-classified-ads.com
getyardsale.com
Of course at the end of the day word of mouth is very powerful and advertising a yard sale may end up being a terrific income stream especially if you live in a built up area.
Making your own website
If you plan on making a catalogue of items and let your customers browse your website for items to buy past you may easily do this. There are many great resources out there to aid you beginning your own ecommerce store. To beginning a website you basically need a domain name and some hosting. The domain name is basically the .com or the .dot org name. Your website will need hosting to store all the files that your website contains, for example the pictures of your carpentry projects and the text of your site. As long as the carpentry business owner can commit to delivering the goods of all timeything else is easily done even if you don't rich person good web technology skills. Tip: if you sign up with bluehost for your website hosting past you get a free domain.
If you plan on making a catalogue of items and let your customers browse your website for items to buy past you may easily do this. There are many great resources out there to aid you beginning your own ecommerce store. To beginning a website you basically need a domain name and some hosting. The domain name is basically the .com or the .dot org name. Your website will need hosting to store all the files that your website contains, for example the pictures of your carpentry projects and the text of your site. As long as the carpentry business owner can commit to delivering the goods of all timeything else is easily done even if you don't rich person good web technology skills. Tip: if you sign up with bluehost for your website hosting past you get a free domain.
carpentry ideas
There is no end to the range and scope of carpentry business opportunities. There are literally thousands of items you could build and sell. So the name of the game here is to build quickly and cheaply any carpentry item that has a high value. The more valuable people see the item the more you can charge. I will go into more detail with this later on in this series of carpentry business beginningup blog posts.
Thanks for reading my blog post. I hope that you rich person gained value from this post. I will be updating this blog with many different nonfictions and tutorials. I hope that you take the plunge and make a good income with your carpentry business beginningup.
Best Regards,
Ryan Riley