| Let's face it. Times are tough. Businesses are | | | | face it, who wants to store that many boxes in |
| closing. Banks are foreclosing. And people's assets | | | | their garage? The best thing to do is to find one |
| are disappearing faster than Balloon Boy's chances | | | | or two other people that are willing to go in on |
| of a reality TV series. So is it still possible to retire | | | | the project with you so that you can get a case |
| at that magical age of 65, or is that doomed to | | | | or two, and not worry about relocating your |
| be just one more fairy tale told by our parents? | | | | spouse's car (or marriage) to make room for |
| Well, if you are an average American stuck | | | | your new economic venture. |
| working a normal nine-to-five, your chances are | | | | Next you need to advertise. When you start out, |
| pretty bleak. However, if you're one of the | | | | you won't have a lot of money to advertise with, |
| thousands of Americans who have started selling | | | | so beginning vitamin sellers usually use word of |
| nutraceuticals, business is booming | | | | mouth. It sounds silly trying to sell vitamins to |
| What is nutraceutical sales you ask? Is it, like, | | | | your friends or neighbors, but vitamins are pretty |
| some sort of voodoo pharmaceutical sales? Nope. | | | | expensive at a store and if you have 300 |
| "Nutraceuticals" is just a fancy way of saying | | | | vitamins for five dollars and the store down the |
| vitamin and mineral supplements It used to be | | | | street has them for $20 guess who is getting the |
| that you could only get vitamins in pill form, but | | | | business? |
| nowadays you can get nutraceutical supplements | | | | Eventually, as you get better at networking and |
| in energy drinks, special shakes, candy bars, teas, | | | | selling, you'll find your business growing, and |
| and just about every edible and drinkable delivery | | | | before you know it you'll earn more and more |
| method you can think of. | | | | extra cash to pay off credit cards, car bills, and |
| According to a recent article in Nutraceuticals | | | | more. |
| World, " vitamin drink sales alone grew by 18% | | | | And nowadays with many blogging websites |
| over the last year, with total sales topping a | | | | offering free services, you can set up your own |
| whopping $1.8 billion. | | | | website to sell your product off of right on the |
| So what is driving this growth? Anna Ibbotson, an | | | | internet, without ever leaving your home! |
| industry manager of chemicals and materials at | | | | Some vitamin companies will also offer wholesale |
| the global consultancy Kline & Company says | | | | buyers the option of purchasing what amounts to |
| that as many people lose their jobs, or finding | | | | a virtual franchise on the Internet with a space on |
| themselves without health insurance, they are | | | | their website. Tapping into this option can be |
| turning to vitamins and supplements to keep | | | | useful in networking nationally (and sometimes |
| them healthy and out of the hospital. So instead | | | | even internationally!). |
| of an apple a day, the new fashion trend has | | | | However, the biggest, and best advantage to |
| become multivitamins and protein drinks. | | | | selling vitamins is that the business is on your own |
| But here's the big question: How can I cash in on | | | | time. This is a big relief for single parents, |
| this market? | | | | individuals with little time for a second job, or |
| It's actually a lot easier than you think. A simple | | | | people that just want a flexible schedule. |
| search through Google will bring up literally | | | | It's strange but who knew that those good ol' |
| hundreds of companies offering bulk packages of | | | | edible Fred and Barney Flintstone Chewables could |
| vitamins and nutraceutical supplements. Of course, | | | | be the key to financial independence, or that |
| many of the vitamins are only cheap enough to | | | | Vitamin-C could cure your credit card ills? |
| sell if you buy twenty or thirty cases, but let's | | | | |