Profitable Maternity Wedding Dress Business With Page 1 Google Ranking | | Undisclosed Relocatable | | This niche business is re-locatable anywhere and attracts customers from all over the UK. Sells online via a page 1 ranked website and via appointment from a home based showroom. Would suit anyone looking for a home based business that is easy to run. Freehold to buy Profitable Maternity Wedding Dress Business With Page 1 Google Ranking is located in Relocatable. | | ADVERT NUMBER : 36669
ADVERT IMPRESSIONS : 159,313 TIME(S) | | | | BUSINESS SECTOR: | Retail | | TRADE TYPE: | Cloths & Fabric Shops | | SALE: | Private Sale | FREEHOLD: | £15000 | | | | | BUSINESS DETAILS: | This is a specialist maternity wedding dress retailer currently based in Uckfield, East Sussex but can be relocated anywhere in the UK due to its specialist nature. We currently attract customers from all over the UK due to there being less than 5 specialist maternity wedding dress retailers currently in the UK. There is also an online e-commerce website that takes sales from those too far away to visit. Around 1 in 5 brides are pregnant when they get married although not all are showing so there is a good demand for our services. We enjoy a lot of customers from London and people will travel 100’s of miles to visit due to the lack of businesses like us. The business is currently home based but would fit nicely with an existing wedding dress retailer. The sale of the business is due to our growing family and not being able to dedicate the time for appointments that is required. The website is currently ranked on page 1 of Google for the main search terms “maternity wedding dresses” and “maternity wedding dress” which generates around 2000 unique visitors to the site per month. There is currently no spend at all on advertising but the business could obviously be grown if advertised. We have in our first year of trading serviced around 200 expectant brides. We currently have around 15 appointments with brides a month but this can be grown if the business was to be advertised. We have never done this as it was only meant to be a part time second income and we were not looking to do much more than this. Most sales are through appointments in our home based showroom but we do enjoy occasional sales via our website to brides that are not able to travel to see us. These are sold on a sale or return basis so they can try the dresses on at home. This only accounts for around 20% of the sales for the business at most and can also be expanded upon if advertised. There are currently 2 suppliers to the business, 1 UK based and one in the USA. There are other manufacturers that can be bought on board to expand the product range if required. The mark up on the dresses sold is 100% so we double up on the trade prices and the dresses retail from £130 to £350. Our UK supplier is soon bringing out 3 new designs that will retail slightly higher and our USA supplier had a number of designs we have not yet taken on so there is plenty of room to expand the dresses offered if required. Business Financials:
The business started in September 2008 and in it’s first year has turned over £35,500 and made a nett profit of £4,500. This is due to the start-up costs and stock outlay for the business as well as advertising in the first 6 months while we were establishing the name and getting the website to a level where it requires no advertising. This is now done and is ranked highly enough to operate without advertising at it's current levels. The only outlay the business currently has is stock and payment processing fees. The business is expected to continue at it’s current levels so year two nett profit forecasts are around £12,000-£15,000. If advertised and expanded this will obviously be higher. Who Should Buy This Business:
This business would ideally suit someone looking for a nice second income to run from home part time as we currently do or an established wedding dress or clothing retailer that would like to expand into this lucrative and niche market. You will benefit from the businesses website which had been heavily promoted and now has a page 1 ranking on Google for the main keywords for the business which will drive traffic to the business for no outlay at all. We have not had to advertise the business anywhere else for around 6 months and the site still attracts over 2000 unique visitors a month. About the Seller:
We are a husband and wife team and we set the business up in September 2008 to provide a second income for the family. This has worked very well but due to the family growing even more it is becoming more difficult for my wife to run the business from home. We do not have the time to expand into premises or employ someone due to other work commitments and the home based showroom is now needed for the growing family. What is For Sale:
The website with page 1 rankings for the main search terms and a fully functional e-commerce website. Current stock of wedding dresses totalling around £4500 at retail value. Dress rail, dress steamer, mirror, mannequin and other fittings. We have accounts available for inspection and are currently turning business away as my wife cannot do appointments any longer due to the new babys arrival. | | | | | | SOLD or WITHDRAWN FROM MARKET | | | | | | | | | | | |
