Consign Coffee Cups for Church and Charity to Have a Promotional Product Money Machine

Printing coffee cups, or any one of many other products, for churches and charities, with home-based product printing equipment, can make up to $300 per hour for the home business operator, and much more for a charity client. While printed cups can be ordered from wholsale suppliers, profits are far higher using pad printing equipment at home, and that is what makes this idea so lucrative. Home based product printing equipment is available with home business programs from various suppliers, or using dye-sublimation equipment.

This business concept starts with the charity of your choice. Charities will work with you on this idea because it simply offers them "free money," so the marketing barriers to landing the job are few. Yet, there are some. The first is finding the person to make the decision, the second is finding the budget within the organization. Both problems are solved by offering charity products on consignment. That means, simply, the charity does not have to pay until the product is sold and the money is in hand. By not asking charities for money up front, orders can come easily. If the charity or church has a current fundraising need, say, building fund, or choir robes, then most church members will want to buy the product, and most will feel obligated to do so.

The cost and risk of this consignment is negligible. The artwork must be prepared in order to create the printing template for the machine. With hand operated pad printing equipment, that takes ten minutes and costs four dollars. Next, the blank cups are procured. Since the home business operator does the printing, there is no need to place a large quantity order, as promotional products suppliers normally require. So, the blank cups come from the local wholesaler for about one dollar. A new church can be started off with a case of 36, so there is no risk of over-production. The profit math is as follows:

- The church sells the cups for $8. That's not a bad price for a custom logo cup.

- The church keeps half of that ($4).

- The blank cup costs $1, so the net profit is $3.

- With hand-operated equipment we can print 300 cups per hour. That is $300 per hour working at home, which is not bad wages for watching a TV program, and more than some lawyers and doctors make.

- Note that the church makes more money than the operator does! It never cost them a cent to make this money; indeed, it is "free money," and one can derive great satisfaction doing this well by doing good things for people.

Some churches have sold 150 or more cups per event, and do 4 or 5 events per year. They use other products as well (Christmas ornaments are very effective in this program.) Other charities have sold much more. One charity that benefits critically ill children, sells thousands of pieces per year from a home business operator.

Expand this idea in your business planning, and pretty soon you have generated very significant repeat income. Garner new client charities by showing samples from one charity to the next one. Then, when we offer consignment, the sale is simple, and the offer rarely declined. We like to work on one charity project per week. It takes about a half day's work, including client interaction. Doing this charity work on just a part time basis can add thousands to our monthly family income. It's easy to grow this business. Charities are no different than the rest of us, they tend to become "addicted" to free money. So there is a great built-in reorder aspect to this idea. It does indeed become a money machine.

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