Wow! Beautiful job! I had a gift shop up until 7 years ago, but I made diapers wreathes and cakes beside gift baskets. I never used that style bag.. I’ll have to try it! I’m now working out of my home. Thank you for sharing!
You both are very cute together. I just started my basket business but it's stressing me out to come up with different creative baskets. I think you doing 2 kinds of baskets may make more sense. Independent grocery store sounds like a great thing also.
Haha thank you. We do need to tailor our baskets to specific needs sometimes but we generally stick to common themes and styles. It's very trendy right now to create charcuterie style baskets.
This was very helpful. I'm just getting started with my basket business and I really really I had a solid place to sell them rather than do the street thing. But I know I have to start somewhere. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
Thank you for the compliments. Yes you have to start somewhere and honestly sometimes starting small is more beneficial as you can decide how many baskets you want to take on.
I would make gift baskets for people to give as gifts but I never thought about selling. When you make the baskets do clients tell you what items they want in a basket and you just buy the items? Thank you for sharing!
I recommend selling them since you already know the craft. Clients will give a general idea on what they are looking for and then we will tailor it to that theme. Of course some people are very specific as well and you will have to decide how lenient and open you will be to catering to that. Oftentimes people will just give their price range and we will do the popular charcuterie theme.
Haha thank you! We basically have everything we need for our baskets at our store. The only thing people will add is their own bottle of wine which usually they provide as we can't sell alcohol here in Ontario.
I always find it that Christmas is really bad dor us we do HORRIBLE on this day. So i spent $2100 in product and only made $1400 back😢 and fathers day the same. We do our best on Valentine's and mother's day.
interesting... I haven't heard of this experience yet as usually people really have an amazing December. Perhaps the competition is really fierce in your area where it makes hard to sell baskets at a good rate? Fathers day is definitely not the best month but it should not be a loss. Well you know more about your business than I do, so maybe avoid those holidays. Either way I wish you the best of luck.
Looks very neatly packaged, i am just wondering if the heat of airdryer melts the chocolate items? and heat mixed with plastic releases toxins into food products, is there a different way to get the plastic that neat without blowing heat onto plastic and food?
You bring up a good point. We use a very low heat to shrink the bags. Which barely would reach the prepackaged products. Many products in our baskets are jarred or in cardboard. I also believe they are food safe and FDA approved. I see where you are coming from and there may be other ways to obtain this look without heat but I have yet to research that.
Yes baskets are the perfect addition to your store! Well wholesale companies will vary from country to country and state to state and i'm not sure if you are just looking for the basket bottoms or the products to put in the basket. If it is just the basket material(bows, bottoms, cellophane) and you are just starting I would suggest just buying a few from your local dollar stores and seeing if there is a market for baskets at your store. After that look into wholesalers and maybe you can get some volume discounts!
So other than the bow, you don’t add lovely filler and things to make the basket attractive. Would’ve looked so much more festive with beautiful gold or tan beige grass tucked on the sides.
Thanks for watching! We do usually use fillers depending on what season it is. We use the colourful grass for Easter. For Christmas we usually put in small foiled covered chocolates, and even an ornament with the bow to dress it up for Christmas, as well as tinsel. These baskets were used as examples and were not dressed up to the full extent for Christmas as I tried to make them universal since I sell baskets prior to Christmas. We have done very well with our baskets over the years and continue to grow our orders and sales each and every year.
Felicia does one need a special license to resell the items we put in our baskets legally? I dont want to upset the actual companies that create the items. How do we get around this?
No special license required. In my province as long as you have a business license and proper food handling license you do not require any special license. The companies i'm sure are more than happy to be selling their products in your baskets.
Great video. Your beautifulness exudes both inside and out. I make and give gift baskets as Thank you presents and give friends and family for special occasions. They are always a hit. 💝🌸🎁
I think baskets are a great gift for anyone. It is a gift that people can use and share with guests at their house or simply use for themselves.... many options haha.
I don't believe we mentioned a $30 basket... Perhaps it was a 30 dollar profit on the basket ? We start all of our baskets at $50. But to answer the question yes every item must be accounted for.
There are many ways to do this. I would say the easiest and cheapest way is advertise well lit quality pictures of your work on local sites and marketplaces, titled "Gift baskets for realtors." Drop of samples at brokerages or find out local places where realtors gather and ask to set up a table. There are countless ways you can do this, just think of it like this how can I be infront of them when they need it?
Hey this was $50,000 in sales over the last 2.5 years.... so that is not pure profit. It is a small portion of our current business that has been growing over the years.
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Wow! Beautiful job! I had a gift shop up until 7 years ago, but I made diapers wreathes and cakes beside gift baskets. I never used that style bag.. I’ll have to try it! I’m now working out of my home. Thank you for sharing!
That's awesome. We have yet to expand to making cakes or wreaths but there is definitely a market for it!
I'm so greatful to you for making this very on point video❤ I hope both of you will gain more and more success in whatever you do in life
Really appreciate this comment today 😁
Thank you both for sharing this video. Happy Holidays!
You both are very cute together. I just started my basket business but it's stressing me out to come up with different creative baskets. I think you doing 2 kinds of baskets may make more sense. Independent grocery store sounds like a great thing also.
Haha thank you. We do need to tailor our baskets to specific needs sometimes but we generally stick to common themes and styles. It's very trendy right now to create charcuterie style baskets.
Very impressive! Thank you for the great insights! Im from Canada also. 🇨🇦
Thank you my fellow Canadian.
Good for you. Keep up the good work!!
Thank you for watching !
This was very helpful. I'm just getting started with my basket business and I really really I had a solid place to sell them rather than do the street thing. But I know I have to start somewhere. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
Thank you for the compliments. Yes you have to start somewhere and honestly sometimes starting small is more beneficial as you can decide how many baskets you want to take on.
Hi! I’m starting my basket business. How are you doing?
I would make gift baskets for people to give as gifts but I never thought about selling.
When you make the baskets do clients tell you what items they want in a basket and you just buy the items?
Thank you for sharing!
I recommend selling them since you already know the craft.
Clients will give a general idea on what they are looking for and then we will tailor it to that theme. Of course some people are very specific as well and you will have to decide how lenient and open you will be to catering to that.
Oftentimes people will just give their price range and we will do the popular charcuterie theme.
@@lifeasiknowit89 Thank you!
Loving this channel. I’m also a basket maker. Business is good but can be better I’m not consistent. Ty so much for sharing
That is the main hurdle with being self employed you have to cultivate discipline to get things done.
You both are so adorable. Thanks for sharing. Do you use only products from your store? Or do you have wholesalers you order from for large orders?
Haha thank you! We basically have everything we need for our baskets at our store. The only thing people will add is their own bottle of wine which usually they provide as we can't sell alcohol here in Ontario.
@@lifeasiknowit89 thanks for your response 🙏🏽
Thank you for sharing this with me.
Thank you for stopping by!
I always find it that Christmas is really bad dor us we do HORRIBLE on this day. So i spent $2100 in product and only made $1400 back😢 and fathers day the same.
We do our best on Valentine's and mother's day.
interesting... I haven't heard of this experience yet as usually people really have an amazing December. Perhaps the competition is really fierce in your area where it makes hard to sell baskets at a good rate?
Fathers day is definitely not the best month but it should not be a loss. Well you know more about your business than I do, so maybe avoid those holidays. Either way I wish you the best of luck.
Thank you!! Looks beautiful and very informative ❤❤❤
Looks very neatly packaged, i am just wondering if the heat of airdryer melts the chocolate items? and heat mixed with plastic releases toxins into food products, is there a different way to get the plastic that neat without blowing heat onto plastic and food?
You bring up a good point.
We use a very low heat to shrink the bags. Which barely would reach the prepackaged products. Many products in our baskets are jarred or in cardboard.
I also believe they are food safe and FDA approved.
I see where you are coming from and there may be other ways to obtain this look without heat but I have yet to research that.
I have the products just trying to find where to purshase my baskets, bags and bows
Hmmm I don't know where you are located but I'm sure you could find them at many thrift stores and dollar stores.
Thank you for your help!
Not a problem and many more to come 😁
what's size is the shrink bag?
I have a grocery store too and am looking to start making baskets. What wholesale company do you recommend?
Yes baskets are the perfect addition to your store! Well wholesale companies will vary from country to country and state to state and i'm not sure if you are just looking for the basket bottoms or the products to put in the basket. If it is just the basket material(bows, bottoms, cellophane) and you are just starting I would suggest just buying a few from your local dollar stores and seeing if there is a market for baskets at your store. After that look into wholesalers and maybe you can get some volume discounts!
I think shredded paper looks nicest on the bottom of the baskets, not sure about a box
You are right that would look better but it is not as solid. We honestly use the box because we have hundreds available and it is sturdy and flat.
Love your channel
Thanks boss.
Thinking about getting started doing this with local products. Great tips on building and where to market. Thanks
Thanks we really appreciate it!
what are the bases that you use instead of gift baskets please? i can’t find anything like that online ! maybe im not searching the proper words?
So other than the bow, you don’t add lovely filler and things to make the basket attractive. Would’ve looked so much more festive with beautiful gold or tan beige grass tucked on the sides.
Thanks for watching! We do usually use fillers depending on what season it is. We use the colourful grass for Easter. For Christmas we usually put in small foiled covered chocolates, and even an ornament with the bow to dress it up for Christmas, as well as tinsel. These baskets were used as examples and were not dressed up to the full extent for Christmas as I tried to make them universal since I sell baskets prior to Christmas. We have done very well with our baskets over the years and continue to grow our orders and sales each and every year.
Great job!
Thanks so much
Does the heatng not melt the chocolate?
Not really, we have experimented with this and it hasn't been a problem. That being said, I wouldn't test it any longer than I did on the video haha.
Beautiful basket ❤
Thank you!
What size bag is that? Where do you source them? I do diaper cakes
The majority of the bags we use are 28inch by 34inch. We source them from a company called ULINE.
@@lifeasiknowit89 got on the Uline website but don’t see bags like that. Only rolls
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Felicia does one need a special license to resell the items we put in our baskets legally? I dont want to upset the actual companies that create the items. How do we get around this?
No special license required. In my province as long as you have a business license and proper food handling license you do not require any special license. The companies i'm sure are more than happy to be selling their products in your baskets.
Great job!
Thanks Sharon!
Where do you get your shrink bags
Uline.ca
If you are just starting it out and don't want many at once. They can sometimes be found at Dollartree or local party stores.
where do you get your baskets from?
When we first started we would use the dollar store boards/charger plates.
Now we have a wholesaler who ships to us, I believe it's called Flanagan.
cool thank you@@lifeasiknowit89
Thank you for sharing you r nformation
No problem thank you for watching !
😊 thank you for all the wonderful information! Very cute couple too!❤
Thank you for viewing... and the compliment!
How do you make that bow?
I guess we will have to make a tutorial on that... perhaps a short will do the trick!
You should tape the sides Before you heat it . 😮
Great video. Your beautifulness exudes both inside and out.
I make and give gift baskets as Thank you presents and give friends and family for special occasions. They are always a hit. 💝🌸🎁
I think baskets are a great gift for anyone. It is a gift that people can use and share with guests at their house or simply use for themselves.... many options haha.
Did you include the cost of the basket, bow, and bag into that $30 cost?
I don't believe we mentioned a $30 basket... Perhaps it was a 30 dollar profit on the basket ?
We start all of our baskets at $50.
But to answer the question yes every item must be accounted for.
How do I promote my gift baskets to realators
There are many ways to do this. I would say the easiest and cheapest way is advertise well lit quality pictures of your work on local sites and marketplaces, titled "Gift baskets for realtors."
Drop of samples at brokerages or find out local places where realtors gather and ask to set up a table.
There are countless ways you can do this, just think of it like this how can I be infront of them when they need it?
@@lifeasiknowit89 what item do you usually put in a gift basket for realtor ?
$50k over 2.5 years? Does that include costs, or is that profit?
Hey this was $50,000 in sales over the last 2.5 years.... so that is not pure profit. It is a small portion of our current business that has been growing over the years.
Where are you from.
Hey there, we are from Ontario Canada!
For free to your clients
Exactly. For real estate if Felicia has a client who bought a house with her we send them a basket.
Hello
Julio Valdez Brownsville Texas
Can you help me with 62000 baskets for Super bowl fans?
Dollar Tree store baskets in Brownsville Texas
$40 worth for only 20 dollars call before 9 am, thank you for helping me.
Can I win money?
Julio V
Hmmm, what exactly are you looking for?
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