Another excellent opportunity in this business for those who can plan ahead is taking advantage of situations that arise. The discount you get on the first half helps to pay for the second, and you still can deduct your commission. An order of 10,000 might enable you to buy 1,000 at 4 or 5 cents each. There will also be occasions when the customer's order gets close to the price break line, but doesn't touch it. A third major opportunity for bumper sticker sales is promotions.
Banks are usually willing to contribute to the high school sports program.
But, if they contributed that same or even smaller amount towards bumper stickers that advertise the team, the booster clubs would realize much more, by selling the stickers for fifty cents apiece. You pay the copy change fee, but you benefit from the price breaks, which is much better. You can even get a sponsor for the paper backing on the self-adhesive stickers. Promotions can also be used strictly to get business. One entrepreneur sold an order for 10,000 in an small town by selling each of the nearly 30 merchants small orders of the same sticker that advertised their town.