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I recently just moved to a small town. After being in this small town for a little over a month I have began to think that it would be a good idea to open a store that sold items that are not so accsable in a small town. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I could go about getting items in mass quantity for less money and on how to start the  business idea up?

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I grew up in a small town, I graduated with 30 people!  What types of things are you interested in selling?  Try to decide what type of items you would like to sell.  Then I would talk to the towns people to see what they feel they "need" close by to purchase and see if that correlates with your what you are interesting in selling.  As a small town girl, I would advise you to make some connections in the community so you have the support of the people.  Without the support you have no store!

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You may want to see if you could sale Dippin Dots Ice Cream. You could be the only person in town sell such ice cream.

Corey, can you give us a few examples of the items you are thinking about. Since you say "in mass quantity" I am thinking you don`t mean things like furniture and appliances but rather, items similar to, but not necessarily dollar store type of stuff. Do you mean just a  hodge podge of things like "Everything from soup to nuts". We have a small general store and pizzeria cafe type place near where we live and they have some grocery items, kitchen gadgets, nuts and bolts type stuff, some tools, rent videos, just a little of everything, Is this what you are thinking?

This might seem simple, but have you been to the local chamber of commerce in the town. Or go to the local shops to find out how you can help improve their business by becoming a wholeseller to them. Go to the local barber shop listen to the conversations. Doing that the town will tell you all you need to know about what the need and what their wants are. I am doing this right now I live Chicago, but the neighbors are like small towns. I when to meetings in my local area and find out they needed business training for HOSO in the area. I am working on providing a class that will teach that. It`s not a big project, but just think I will get to know a lot about potential customers should I teach the class.

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I am in the middle of launching my new company.  We are a direct sales company, selling all consumables (Candles, Bath and Body, Facial and Hair care, and Mineral Cosmetics).  I have about 20K invested into the business at this point and am trying to find 5000-7500 in order to secure a few things that I do not yet have for the launch.  I`m hoping to find a private person either willing to make a loan at a higher interest rate, or a silent investor.  My personal credit is in shambles due to a divorce, so traditional means of lending, and Prosper are not options.

Any suggestions?

We respresent several international corporate investors that seek to invest in start-ups, property developments, MBO`s, MBI`s, LBO`s, business expansions, mining projects, etc.

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