Selling Hot Sauces & Condiments

[tinner666]

Are any of you making it in the Hot Sauce business or is it just a sideline?
Just wondering after a crazy runaround this week with city hall. Even though I had paid for my Contractor and Merchant licenses, they dropped the Merchant Lic. I got it back today to stay legal, but I figure I'll just be one of thousands selling sauces. For now, it will be a sideline.

I now have 2 sites http://tinsmith.freeyellow.com/ The first needs a rebuild and a new one that needs building. The actual dot-com is albertsroofing.com

And this one.
http://frankssauces.com/

[DEFCON Creator]

Sorry to hear that Tinner,
Seems like you are getting the runaround pretty good through the red tape. I wouldn't give up hope though...Good things come to those who won't give in. I had a few 'reality checks' early on, and still have a few minor obstacles, but if it's what you want to do, run with the ball!

[Tina Brooks]

Frank,

The Peppermaster and I do this full time.

You will, regardless of your Merchant license, be one of thousands of companies doing this.

You'll be pleased to know though that the market is far from saturated.

I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties with Government, as you get bigger, you'll discover that there are even more difficulties to overcome. As a contractor, you know what you need to do. As a hot sauce seller, you'll have to learn.

It sounds to me like contrary to the difficulty, you landed on your feet. That tells me that you've got something going right.

I'm curious, have you decided to do this part-time because of the Government SNAFU or for other reasons. If it's because of the Government, please reconsider. When everything is in place, they become tertiary.

T

[tinner666]

I feel that at 50+ years of age, I'm gonna need something to fall back on in times of trouble, and as a possible alternative to roofing. :D
I fell twice last year and broke the same arm, different bone each time. Since I didn't have something to fall back on, I went back onto the roof both times and continued to work though the 'bad times'. Braces and duct tape work wonders in a pinch. :lol: Never did get to the doc to put on a cast. :lol:
But one of these times, I'll be laid up and could maybe run an online store from bed. Wouldn't be first time I was broken and couldn't work for a year. :?
Just laugh along with me. :lol: I hope to go out with a bang, not laying around waiting to leave this world. :lol:

[sweatnspice]

Tinner - An online store is easy enough to "run" - but the fufillment takes a lot of work, so I hop eyou have help. It's something you really have to love as well, but if you can work with it, it's worth the ride. Best of luck to you

[Cap'n Bones]

Howdy Frank, Sounds like you're already on your way to getting started in the hot sauce biz. I can tell that you have PASSION, this is something that Nick mentioned and it plays a huge role in making things happen. Definately, need some product knowledge which you seem to have. Being self-employed is a big positive as well. You'll need to be flexible with your time. Keep this in mind, part-time retail requires full-time efforts to keep it running. I think you'll do well. Give it your best and see what happens!

Cap'n :cheers:

[tinner666]

Thanks for the votes of confidence fella. I'm gonna need it. :D

[Tina Brooks]

Well, you've made some friends here with some quality suppliers, so, it's a good probability that those of us whose sauces you carry, will give you some good publicity.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Tina? Is that you? That statement almost sounded pro-capitalist.

[Tina Brooks]

I'm a Libertarian, we're more right wing than you give us credit for.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Who's giving credit? I'm just enjoying the verbal sparring match.

[Tina Brooks]

ok, for you... COD. That's the best you're getting. :twisted:

[tinner666]

Once I know what to put in the catalog and decide on pricing, I plan on delivering the sauces around the local area. Richmond is small enough, and I'm all over town anyway as a roofer. I doubt I'll have to travel more than a mile or two out of my way.
Still building the site on my local computer and haven't uploaded it yet. Since I'm using Fusion and it's not 'listed' on my host as a regular. I have to wait for support to give me more info on my CSR which is needed for the SSL padlock. We'll see. Thanks for the kind words.

[Tina Brooks]

Why didn't I understand a word you just posted?

[DEFCON Creator]

It wasn't written in French. :lol:

[Tina Brooks]

Something tells me that had it been written in french it wouldn't have made more sense.

[Cap'n Bones]

Would that be New French, or some prehistoric form of French? You really need to be more specific in your explainations on language. :wink:

[Tina Brooks]

Oh now, you're just trying to confuse me.

[DEFCON Creator]

It's not confusing, here below the Arctic Circle we cook our wings in Freedom Fryers.

[Tina Brooks]

Well, now, there's a topic for the political thread. How stupid was that whole thing? Ya know, everyone, including the Freedom... I mean the French, were lol over that one.

[DEFCON Creator]

We all laugh at the French. It amazes me they never changed the name of the Arch de Triumph to the Arch de Defeat.

[tinner666]

Why didn't I understand a word you just posted?



I think SSL is Secure Socket Lock, or something. CSR is a SSL-Certificate S-something Request.
It gets you a padlock on a site doing e-business. Like signing into Paypal.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-comparison

Just Common English :lol:

[msdsauces]

SSL = Secure Socket Layer
It’s used to encrypt sensitive data/information that you transmit over the web. Ex: credit card numbers.

You don’t need a SSL certificate if you’re just using paypal as a payment method. Paypal does the SSL for you. If you’re actually taking credit card orders on your site, its crucial that you have a SSL Certificate.

[Tina Brooks]

Why didn't I understand a word you just posted?



I think SSL is Secure Socket Lock, or something. CSR is a SSL-Certificate S-something Request.
It gets you a padlock on a site doing e-business. Like signing into Paypal.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-comparison

Just Common English :lol:

Oh... now I know what you're talking about... Sheesh, I'm dense sometimes... We just renewed our cert. We have SSL because we take credit cards but as slayer says, if we were only using paypal we wouldn't need it.

T