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IMPORTING VILLAGE TREASURES

           Hello and Welcome to Prosperity!

       Congratulations on taking the first step toward beginning a new life that will not only enrich you financially but will help others as well.

       This book is all about making money importing beautiful handcrafted products from all over the world and selling them to a hungry market. With all the money to be made you might think it’s complicated, but it isn’t when you know how, and we’re here to show you how. We take all of the guess work out of it!

       In this book we have provided step by step instructions on how to start making excellent money from your home. How to find these treasures, how and where to sell them, pricing, markups, payment processing, shipping, etc., and chapter after chapter of resources, marketing techniques, buyers & contacts.

Here are the Importing Village Treasures chapters along with their subtitles.

 
Importing Village Treasures
  
Real Life Success Stories
Importing Income and Generating
Wealth From Your Kitchen Table
  
From South America to Southeast Asia: The Handicrafts Are as Abundant as the Wealth They'll Create For You.
     
  • I Found Success – You Can Too!
  • How it started
  • How It Works
  • Making money!
  • A beautiful trip
  • Helping those less fortunate
  • What’s included in this book
  
  • A WorldWide Opportunity
  • The Fabulous Internet
  • Andres & Juliana
  • You Don’t Need to Travel
  • Haitian Happiness
  • The Cooperative
  • A Very Hungry Market
  • Tangible Rewards
  • Profitable Partnerships So Easy to Learn

 
It's All About Money
  
Empowering the Disadvantaged
Pricing Products and Carving Out Your Niche in this Lucrative Market
  

Empowering Others as You Empower Yourself – “Doing Well by Doing Good”
     
  • The Travel Brigade
  • Our travel network
  • International shoppers
  • Markups
  • Pricing
  • Marketing Practices
  • Creating demand
  
  • A wonderful windfall
  • So many beneficiaries
  • Transforming a community
  • Waiting to do business
  • Terrific profits
  • Everybody gains
  • Handicraft resources
  • Success - it's waiting for you

 
The Keys to Success
  
Marketing Your Products
Ten Keys to success - What to Do. . . and What Not to Do
  

It's the Key To Success and It's Easier Than You Think
     
  • Learning From Us
  • What to Do
  • What Not to Do
  • Choose Unlikely Destinations
  • Promote, Promote, Promote!
  • Package Perfect
  • Make it Easy to Buy
  • Watch for Trends
  • Careful Shipping
  • Communications
  • Don't Over Extend
  • K.I.S.S.
  • Take it Easy
  • This Wealth of Resources
  
  • Standard Marketing Methods
  • Free Publicity
  • Marketing on the Internet
  • Do you need a website?
  • Free website design
  • Pick a domain name
  • Merchant Card Services
  • Automate your business
  • Marketing your products.
  • Search Engines Made Easy
  • Pay Per Click
  • Affiliates
  • Co-registration
  • eZines and Newsletters
  • Call to Action
  • Link Exchanges
  • Classifieds
  • Blogs
  • Article marketing
  • A Dozen Ways to Get More Traffic
  • EBay – The Road to Success

 
Selling on Ebay - 150 Million Buyers
  
The Best Business and Trade Listings

Everything You Need to Know to Make Big Money Selling Your Products on eBay

 

A Complete List ofEvery Resource for Importing Handicraft Products

     
  • Like Christmas every morning
  • Join the eBay community
  • Setting up shop
  • Create your listings
  • Fees – Best Bargain Anywhere
  • Watching Your Auction
  • Pay day
  • Your feedback rating
  • Your ‘About Me’ page
  • Listing your items
  • Review Completed sales
  • Describing your items for sale
  • Payment and delivery arrangements
  • How to Add audio to your listings
  • Automate your auctions
  • Open an eBay store
  • Free shipping supplies
  • Pack and ship carefully
  • Sign Up for BuySafe and SquareTrade
  • Getting Google traffic
  • How to Spice up your auctions.
  • Set your starting bid low
  • What if you make a mistake?
  • What about violations?
  • Keeping your customers happy
  • Be careful using reserve auctions
  • Use regional listings
  
  • All the resources you need
  • What are handicrafts?
  • The Fair Trade Organization
  • Fair Trade principals
  • Added Value All Around
  • The Next Step
  • Fair Trade Expos
  • Fair Trade Organizations
  • PeopleLink
  • Self-Employed Women’s Association
  • Traidcraft
  • TransFair USA
  • World Craft Council
  • World Trade Net

 
Traveling & Making Contact
  
Major U.S. Gift and Trade Show

How and Where to Travel to Find Real Treasures

  

List, descriptions, dates and contact information for the most important Trade Shows in America. These are the places for selling your products and meeting new buyers, wholesalers, distributors and business partners.
     
  • Selecting a Destination
  • Travel Arrangements & Bargains
  • Meeting People - making contacts
  • Buying Your Products
  • Money—Changing it and Keeping it Safe
  • ATM & credit cards
  • The local currency
  • Travel Checklist
   

 
U.S.Business, Goverment and Trade Associations
  
Words of Wisdom
     
  • Federal Trade and Business Listings
  • CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER
  • AIR TRADE ARTIST RESOURCES
  • Additional ARTISAN Resources
  
  • Here’s Why You’ll Succeed
  • Testimonials
  • Guarantee
  • Copyright
  • Phone Assistance




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