Used mannequins are often sold online; they are a popular item on eBay. There are many people always looking for these to display their products on or with, and provide a professional look with their sales. Because the word 'mannequins' is unusual, they are actually sold under many different forms of spelling of the word also. A surprising fact is that selling mannequins can be a lucrative business.
You can sell the parts for $50 and up, a full mannequin for around $200. This is why sales of these items can make for a lucrative 'business idea'. Remember that there is such a variety of mannequins looked for by businesses. They range from both adult sexes, from old fashioned to modern, and varieties of ages starting with babies to adults, for all of the different size clothes offered in stores. There are also different types such as the type that are used to assist tailors for proper sizing of garments they make. Then the decorative cage-like old-fashioned types that are adjustable. These all make desirable mannequins and are searched out for by businesses to sell their products.
You may be asking yourself, "How do I go about finding these used mannequins to sell them?" You can find out what stores are going out of business and offer to take their mannequins off their hands. They may be so happy that someone will pick them up and be relieved that they don't have to pay for them to be hauled away as trash left behind. If they are not as appreciative, you still may be able to acquire them for a small fee that will allow you to a good profit from selling them yourself.
For a successful business like this, you will need to have a place to store the mannequins and many extra parts, until you sell them. Make sure that you have enough room to do this. Shipping them is not all that difficult, just make sure that you protect them and insure them also, just in case they are broken while on route to their new owners. If you wrap them well they should ship fairly easily.
The now well known throw-away generation can be the answer to you making a good living from items that are still usable, they just need to be found by new businesses that are happy to use them. What a great way to recycle needed items that are still valuable to others. If we can help out the planet by making use of a product that doesn't need to be buried in our land-fills, we will be doing our part to help.
Try to come up with a clever name for your business, display these mannequins and various parts on a web site, you will be able to offer them to anyone in the world literally. So, a web site store would be worth investing in to sell these popular items. To start making people aware of your business you can offer a few items on auction sites, you will be surprised how this will put you into contact with those that are interested in acquiring these needed items, and prefer not to or can't, pay the high prices for new ones.
Resources:
http://www.onlymannequins.com/?gclid=CIu2rZDQkJQCFQuXGgodUH3_tw
http://www.mannequinmadness.com/
http://www.manne-king.com/used_mannequins.htm
http://www.davessurplus.com/seasonal.htm
http://reviews.ebay.com/Buying-a-Used-Mannequin-Get-smart-about-buying-dummies_W0QQugidZ10000000001009023
December 3, 2009
