There are many work from home business success stories that start in the comfort of one’s surroundings, and one of those business ideas is candy wrapping.

Creating custom wrappers for candy and candy bars is a profitable business that can increase your bottom line in a hurry. You will primarily be designing wrappers to be used as party favors, birth announcements, weddings, business promotions and many more.

You can also create specialized holiday candy wrappers for the main candy-giving holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Christmas and Easter.

It certainly helps if you are artistic and creative and it will also help if you can use graphics software on your computer. However, there are many templates available online for sale that can assist you in designing candy wrappers.

You will need to be organized and have some marketing skills to be a work from home business success. Organization is key. You must keep yourself and your jobs in line as well as allowing you to be semi-flexible with your scheduling should your client become demanding.

You will need a computer and a color laser printer to begin your business as well as a graphics program such as Adobe Photoshop. If you plan on offering other options such as adding photos to the wrapper, you will need a scanner or a digital camera if you will be taking the photos yourself.

Of course, you will have the ongoing costs of high-quality semi-glossy paper to produce a professional product. If you will supply the candy bars or candy, you will need to purchase a supply of miniature or regular size chocolate bars or candy, which you can purchase from a warehouse store locally.

Start up costs to become a work from home business success will depend on what you already have at home and what you plan on offering for services.

A good computer with a color laser printer will cost between $500 and $1,500, scanners are under $100 and digital cameras begin at $250. Add in the cost of paper per job and the candy itself as well, which vary by stores that are locally available to you.

Typically you can make from $0.80 to $5 per regular size chocolate bar, with room to negotiate for larger orders. The miniature bars are less expensive, but custom orders for customized chocolate or candy shapes are much more expensive.

You will also want to charge a flat fee for designing the candy wrapper between $25 and $75 depending on the complexity and scanning photos or images to input into a ready-made design, usually around $5. Shipping charges should be added on top of the cost of the design and wrappers.

Market yourself through your chocolate bar wrappers (place your ad on the back), or perhaps do a few ‘free’ jobs for friends or local organizations, put ads in the newspaper and maintain a website of your own and market your business online.

Before you know it, your candy wrapping enterprise will truly turn into a work from home business success story.

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