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The main problem, as I see it, is you have to stand out from the competition in some clear way, It's easy to cast the far east products as rubbish but in fact, many are well made and sold at prices that reflect the low labor costs in that area, to break that, you need marketing to show the world your product is better or perceived to be better, many of the top fashion houses make the same old items year after year which are quality made but questionable if they are really worth 20 or 50 times over what some experts that show on this forum could reasonably get

You need to find a niche that you are comfortable with and do it well, but i expect the largest untapped area may be in tooling where skill and design still leave a open playing field

Anyone can have a hobby and fool themselves they have a business, but to make it a real business you have to have enough work to pay all the bills and be able to have holidays and a bit but away for future changes you may need to make to stay competitive

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Leather seems to be like what we always said in aviation, "you can make a small fortune in aviation, if you start with large fortune". I look at what I make per hour in leatherwork, and compare that to the $100 dollars an hour I get for keeping my hand in my previous work, and it doesn't make business sense, so I'd better enjoy it!

I do it MOSTLY because I enjoy it. If it only pays for itself, it's a win for me, as I've recently retired, and am trying to keep from tapping into Soc. Sec. and my retirement funds. So far, so good.

Jeff

So much leather...so little time.

 

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