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Start a Used Records & CDs Business

What you will be doing.  Do you have a closet full of old record or CDs?  They can be turned into a profitable business.  Vinyl records are a collector’s item these days and so are great music CDs. Shine them up and offer them for sale. 

How to start.  First, make sure that your merchandise is of the best quality.  Play each record and CD to make sure that there are no scratches or skips.  Sleeves or cases for each record and disc complete with song name, album, and artist should be printed or typed clearly on a label. 

Choose a business name.  Register your name with the appropriate local agency and apply for a business license.  The business name, your name, website address, and telephone number can be embossed on pre-printed labels to add to the back of each record and disc case. 

You can choose to sell locally and/or via a website on the Internet.  If you sell locally, you can use flea markets and trade shows as venues of choice.  On the Internet, you can set up your own website with a virtual store for selling merchandise. 

Starting costs.  Using the Internet, the starting costs may not even top $800.  This depends on how many CDs and records you already own or can find through other means.  A computer will be needed for Internet access and a printer and telephone for customer service issues and printing invoices and financial statements. 

Advertising and website setup costs are billed by the month by most providers so the amount is spread out over an entire year instead of all at once.  Affiliate programs with other music websites and blogs can further reduce that cost.  A digital camera can be used to take photos of each item to be uploaded to the website for view by potential clients. 

Skills needed.  Music lovers do well with this type of business.  Knowing a little something about music helps you to accurately gauge the selling price for each item.  The more popular the singer, the better the music will sell even if it is a used CD or record in mint condition. 

Marketing.  Advertising in music magazines and music stores through flyers and print ads gets the right people looking in your direction.  Print ads are still beneficial if you run a mostly Internet business.  A color portfolio of your merchandise that is updated when new items are added to the collection or others are sold is a good selling point at trade shows.   

Records are collector’s items now.  There is nothing like the crisp sound of the needle on vinyl.  Turn those 45s into cash money.

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