Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Turning Hobbies into Money-Making Businesses-2

I used to have a stamp collection with stamps dating back to the 1960s and 1970s but I believe that I gave it to somebody else and now I think back that if I would have kept them it would have grown bigger and maybe it would have become a business. But I also grew out of the stamp collecting habit. But it is not so with many people. They keep on collecting stuff right up to when they leave this world.

I saw a man on TV who had comics from the 1930s and he is now grown out of it and now selling his collection in these hard times. You can go to any classified ads site and find people selling their comic, DVDs, VHS collection. But apart from the familiar collection, I have seen people collecting magnets, bangles, plastic bugs, miniature cars,

Car collection (if you have the money) is big too. Movie posters from the past era and rare books, paintings and the like.

You definitely have the knowledge of what your hobby is so why not put it to good use and make money out of it. Once you get into the business of selling your stuff which was your hobby, you will find plenty of company in that area. You will be able to get in touch with people who share your hobby and maybe you can get rare stuff from them to sell it on your business.

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