Introduction

Welcome to this section of the site dedicated to setting up as a small mail order business.   Over the years I have found myself giving advice to many new businesses, and some not-so-new. The contents of this section have evolved from those various bits of advice! I  will always  welcome feedback  from any of my readers -  perhaps  I make assumptions that you know something and in fact I need to go further back to get you on board. I won't know if you do not tell me!

What  you  will  find  here  is  my  own  personal  experience  in  running  one  mail order  business,  but  to  this  basic  knowledge  I  have  added  much  information that  I  have  learned  from  my  dealings  over  the  years  with  existing  small business customers. I am always here to help you in the process of setting up your  mail  order  business  and  all  contact  information  will  be  provided  at  the end.

We  also make  the assumption throughout these  pages  that you are either  a producer  of  some  products  or  that  you  do  not  'manufacture'  anything,  but simply buy in goods to which you add value and resell.

There will be some of you who will read this from start to finish; on the other hand they may some of you who have been in business for sometime and are only  now  wishing to  branch  out  into  mail  order  and  who  might  therefore  be cherry-picking  some  sections.   So  you  may  think  that  you  have  read  some parts elsewhere on the site - but we are ensuring that every related subject is thoroughly covered within any one section.

I encourage you to read all the sections.  If you want a permanent copy of the content then you can get a copy here by registering with us. 

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Down to business.  First of all there are a number of basic issues you need to consider when you are getting started in the mail order business. It might seem we are taking this in reverse order, but you will see our logic as we progress - we hope!