Re: Can you make a living from Dollhouses ?

On Sun, 11 May 2008 02:58:25 +1000, "Dollhouse Detective"
<sherlockme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>I've been looking at evolving my hobby into a business. I have noticed
these 
>things about the market for 'Dollhouses' here in Tasmania, Australia;
>
>1. Once somone has a quality dollhouse, its theirs for life... so that
$200 
>to $900 dollar one off sale gets the customer ready for collecting but
thats 
>it.
>
>2. The Good Furniture is so expensive that you simply wouldn't let a
young 
>human play with them... so do you market furniture as a Collectable ?
>
>3. The Margin on Kids 'simple' houses and furniture kits is so small that
I 
>can't see any money there.
>
>4. Could you create enough interesting "Do It Yourself Kits" and
Components 
>to sustain a mail order business from people wanting to make their own 
>dollhouses ?
>
>
>
>I am very interested in any constructive thoughts anyone may have... I
just 
>don't want to work for anyone else ever again and would love to be able
to 
>make a living out of my enthusiasm for Dollhouses.
>
>Tony
>
>
As long as you can live on five cents per hour, you can make a living
in making miniatures. Satisfaction with ten cents per hour will see
you a successful retailer of other peoples product. BTDT and couldn't
even score the T ****rt.