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How To Start Your Own Clothing Company From Home

By Maria Bashi
Jun 27, 2017
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Starting a business from home is a lot of people’s dream. Everyone wants to be able to run a successful business from the comfort of their home. If it just so happens that your dream business is a clothing line, you’re in luck. To increase the chances of initial success, it’s important to decide on a single niche of clothing. For example, instead of selling every type of clothing items, focus on selling women’s clothing or children’s clothing. This will allow you to gain expertise in the domain. With the proper expertise, you’ll be able to attract more customers, as people are generally attracted to taking advice from experts, especially when it comes to fashion.

Starting your own clothing company from home requires you to follow these 9 easy steps:

Create An Office

Although you’re at home, you will need a designated space that you can call your office. This will help you concentrate better and it also has a financial benefit: you can file for home office deductions.

Devise A Business Plan

You’ll want to have as much as possible planned out. Decide on a business model, such as retail or wholesale, and create a plan that includes finances, objectives, staff requirements, and so on.

Obtain Your License

A vendor’s license is required before you can start selling products. Your local administration office should be able to provide all the necessary information regarding the filing of the required forms.

Find A Supplier

You can’t sell clothes if you don’t have a supplier. There are plenty of sources from which you can find potential suppliers. The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors is your best bet.  Or if you’re thinking of launching through Amazon, check out this wholesale supplier directory.

Establish The Distribution

While checking with wholesalers that are interested in doing business with you, you might stumble upon those that also do drop-ship deliveries. This means that the wholesaler will take care of the product delivery. This will significantly cut your costs.

Open A Merchant Bank Account

Having such an account will allow you to accept credit card orders. This is the first step towards launching your business online.

Set Up Your Website

Now that you are able to accept credit card payments, it’s time to set up a website. Design your own website or pay someone to do it for you. Your clothing supplier should be able to provide you with all the relevant product pictures. Offer your clients an easy-to-use shopping solution.

Promote Your Business

Online and offline promotion is mandatory if you want your business to be successful. When you send out your products, add business-related brochures in the package as well. Word of mouth is a powerful marketing tool if your customers are happy.

Invest in SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) will give you the upper hand against your competition. Many company owners don’t fully understand the power of the internet. Having a website that ranks on the top page of the search results is an incredible achievement for a company.

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