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Building Quality Cat Trees
(Date posted: June 26, 2011)

(This wealth article was written by Angela L. See article source below.)

If you are a cat owner, chances are that you have seen many poor quality cat trees for sale both online and in pet shops, and noticed the exorbitant prices that they sell for.

If you are handy with basic tools, and can read simple plans, this could be a great opportunity for you to build superior quality cat trees, and sell them for a good profit. Even if you use better quality materials than the cheap and nasties, and sell for similar prices, you will still be able to generate healthy profits, and have yourself a worthwhile business.

All you need to get started are some lengths of timber, some carpet off cuts, sisal, and a basic tool kit. All of the materials are easy to find, if you go to a carpet warehouse, you will be able to pick up off cuts very cheap, sometimes even free. You may even have some off cuts laying around your home if you have had your home recarpeted. Larger hardware stores will be able to provide you with the other supplies.

Basic tools that you may need will include:

  • Drill
  • Saw
  • Staple gun
  • Non toxic glue
  • Craft knife
  • Hammer
  • Screwdriver
  • Tape measure
  • Pliers

To get off to a flying start, you should use a set of professional plans, this way all of the measurements and dimensions are already worked out for you, all you need to do is follow them.

Once you have built a few quality cat trees, you will want to take photos and advertise them. You can advertise them online, either on your own website, or through classified ads like Craigslist and gumtree, or sell them on eBay or other auction sites.

Using your photos, you can also create flyers on your computer and print them out and post them up on community noticeboards, or do a letterbox drop with them.

A great place to sell your quality cat trees, is at Cat Shows. Usually, for a small fee, you will be able to set up an exhibit, and have your products displayed in front of dozens, maybe hundreds of dedicated cat lovers. Make sure you take plenty of business cards, brochures and any other advertising material with you, so that people can contact you if they wish to purchase one of your cat trees at a later date. If you can build superior quality cat trees, and market them at a reasonable price, you will find that after you have shown them at a few cat shows, you may not need to advertise much afterwards. Chances are, you will develop a very loyal customer base who will buy again and again from you. Many of the people at cat shows are also breeders, and if you offer a small discount to breeders, you may be able to negotiate for them to give their new kitten owners one of your brochures, thus introducing more new customers.

As you can see, there is a lot of potential to build a very profitable and successful home based business building superior quality cat trees. If you conduct yourself professionally and offer a product which is better than the standard inferior quality cat trees which dominate the market, you have a very good chance of succeeding.

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