Sunday, June 30, 2013

Having Recipes For Sale Can Earn A Sizable Income

By Myrtle Cash


If you love cooking and baking, developing recipes for sale might be the perfect choice for a home business. In the beginning you can earn some extra money, but with work you could turn this business opportunity into a full time income. Recipe development is a great and inexpensive business idea.

Selling your recipe creations will only require you to cook if you are in the process of testing a newly developed creation. There is no inventory to track and supply purchases are very limited. In fact, you should only need to buy ingredients for testing and nothing more.

Your creations can be sold individually or packaged and sold in book form. Both methods have a good potential for earning income, as long as you market them right. Providing consumers with a variety of different mediums for purchase can also help boost sales. Some examples you might consider are PDF, e-book, paper back and compact disc.

Pricing is also an important element of success. If you price your products too low, customers won't appreciate their value. If you price your products to high, people will for a comparable and cheaper option else where. Finding the right middle ground for price shows the market that your products hold a lot of value, but are still affordable.

Deciding whether or not to grant exclusive rights to your work is also an important factor. Since you are the creator, it is up to you to choose what rights the buyer has. Allowing them to publish your works in other places can mean you can charge a higher price. If you grant exclusive content rights, they will be able to free publish as their own creations. If you grant limited content rights, they would have to credit you as the other if they were to republish elsewhere.

A themed compilation usually sells better than random works thrown together. A collection of cake or cookie recipes, for example, would be more appealing to consumers than a random collection would be. Theme based compilations also sell great. Some ideas for themes include slow cooker, freezer friendly or dietary restriction recipes. Examples of dietary restrictions include gluten free and allergy friendly recipes.

There are many different online sites you could list your recipes for sale on, or you might choose to simply create your own website instead. Locally, you can market your business by setting up booths at trade fairs and festivals. Both methods are good for attracting customers, but selling online will require a bit more work. If you will be selling from your own site, you will need to market and promote that site so people can find it. If you will be selling on some of the many e-commerce sites you will need some marketing to direct traffic toward your products.

Developing recipes for sale is a fun and cheap business start up. All you need is a computer, a knowledge of how to cook and some creativity to market your products. A low cost business start up, such as this, turns profit quickly because there is little overhead.




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