Unique Gift Idea – Teddy Bears With A Twist
Published in Toy And Game Goldmines
Personalized items are a great seller! You can sell teddy bears with T-shirts that have a custom-made message for each individual customer. It could be a name, a marriage proposal, anything…they make great gifts.
Teddy bears are toys that practically everyone has played with or owned at one time or the other in their childhood. Nowadays, people of all ages love owning, or receiving as a gift, teddy bears on special occasions. Teddy bears are not just considered toys any longer, they are often used as a tool for solace and comfort when sleeping, feeling lonely or when in difficult phases of life. Some police agencies give teddy bears to children of accidents or violence to comfort them.
Therefore, instead of giving just ordinary teddy bears as gifts, you could start a service of providing teddy bears having personalized messages on them. These personalized teddy bears are sure to be a great seller, like all other personalized items. You could sell teddy bears wearing T-shirts having custom-made messages catered to an individual customer. Write any message on the t-shirt; a name, a marriage proposal, birthday wish, anything the customer wants to meet the occasion for the gift.
You will need to make a small investment to start this service. You will have to buy teddy bears of different colors, shapes, and sizes. (Or make them.) Accordingly, you will also need t-shirts with different sizes for use on the teddy bear. Then of course, you need a computer and paint for creating the text and pictures for personalizing the teddy bears. You can also use the specialty paper for ink jet printers that print transfers for clothing. You can find it in most office supply stores.
It is better if you have an artistic hand (but not a requirement) and creativity to produce better results in personalized teddy bears. You could find talented friend to help or hire a graphic artist. Check high school and college art classes and talk to the teachers and professors of them to find someone.
Once everything is ready, you can start your business.
Printing pamphlets for distribution is a great means of getting people to know about your services of personalizing of teddy bears. Include the price range you have and your contact information for personalizing of teddy bears. Distribute these pamphlets in your neighborhood, toy stores, and shopping malls where a maximum amount of people will receive the pamphlets.
It is also better to have a web site for this service of teddy bears with a message. The site should include photos of personalized teddy bears that you have designed and created, so that people visiting will get an idea of your caliber in personalizing teddy bears. You can also place pictures of the different types of teddy bears you have so that the customer can decide which is for them.
With the web site, all that the customer has to do is select the teddy bear and choose the design that they would like to place on the teddy bear. Then they have to give you the wordings they want placed on the t-shirts and if they want anything to be written on a gift card that you provide free. You then offer to gift-wrap the teddy bear to reach the recipient within 3-5 days of placing of the order.
Once you receive orders from a few people and make them happy, they will tell their friends and family about it and that in turn should get more orders for personalized teddy bears. (Here’s a tip: Make it a habit to ask ALL your customers and the recipients for a testimonial about the teddy bears they gave or received. IF possible get a photo of the recipient and their teddy bear. Then add these to a list on your web site called “Beary Happy Customers”. Sound corny? Yes it does, but visitors to your site will read them and that could be the one things that sells them on buying your teddies.
Just remember to keep your prices reasonable, if they are too expensive, you will only reduce the number of customers for your personalized teddy bears.
Resources:
Buy the bears already assembled:
Teddy Bear Supplies to make your own:
Directory of all kinds of craft supplies:
www.craftsitedirectory.com/teddybears/
