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Start a Name Certificates Business

What you will be doing.  The first thing that we get when we are born is a name.  People choose names for different reasons, but each name has things that are special about it.  A gift for a new baby boy or girl would be a certificate that tells all about the history of their name. 

With a name certificate business you will research names and look for interesting facts that surround them.  Using software, you can design unique certificates for customers.  These certificates can be big enough to hang on the wall, miniaturized and laminated to carry in a wallet or on a keychain, or rolled up like a scroll to be kept as a keepsake. 

Some businesses that specialize in name certificates feature interesting things that happened on the day that the baby was born.  Choosing the niche will be a challenge, but once chosen, the ideas will come about how to best keep your particular product unique. 

How to start.  This business starts with research.  In order to create the certificates, you will need a list of names.  Check newspapers and bookstores for baby name books to find the most popular ones. 

The basis of your business will be the more common names that never go out of style.  Starting a database of names, meanings, and interesting facts, give you a pool of information to choose from when designing your certificates. 

Setting up an online website gives a larger medium to showcase your certificates.  Show potential customers the design templates that you offer, name fonts, and details.  If you want to offer a variety of styles such as religious facts, name anagrams, fun facts, famous people, and the like, let customers choose which they would prefer for their child. 

Starting costs.  You will need software, computer, printer, paper, telephone, fax machine, Internet access, and storage for the finished certificates.  If you already have a computer and printer, then the bulk of your cost is taken care of.  Advertising will be a factor, but as far as overall costs, they will run around $500 minus the computer.   

Skills needed.  Creativity is a must.  The more your certificates stand out, the better they will sell.  This type of business does require you to talk with gift shops and visit places where children frequent like daycare centers.  You don’t need a degree in marketing but an attitude of success goes a long way to getting your unique product out there.  

Marketing.  Putting up flyers where parents will notice them is important.  The name certificates are a positive gift at any age for a child.  It is something that they can always treasure and display.   

Gift shops in hospitals are a good place to sell your certificates.  Custom certificates can be made by requesting them online at your website.  Each item you sell should have your contact information and your website address.

The more obscure names will be harder to manage, but an enterprising young businessperson can figure it out.  Selling sets of name certificates on eBay could be a way to reach retail shops that are interested in this sort of item for their shops.  Setting up a forum on your own website provides ideas from customers of what they would like to see you offer. 

This name certificate business could expand into other personalized services such as name bookmarks that feature meanings.  Where the business goes is up to you.  All of your work could be featured in a book to help parents choose a wise and meaningful name for their children.

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