Each house has windows, furniture with glass, mirrors. Glass surrounds us everywhere: in everyday life and in public life. Products made from it are in demand, moreover, they are fragile and often require replacement. Therefore, glass workshops are in high demand.
Instructions
Step 1
Register with the tax office as a state of emergency, register with the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.
Step 2
Rent or buy an area for your workshop that will be 15 to 30 square meters. The building should be located in a prominent place in your city, for example, in the construction market. Consider making it easy to get to your workshop by transport.
Step 3
Learn glass cutting technology with specific training or glass cutting tutorials in the form of online articles, books and magazines. You must be a first-class specialist, even if later, or maybe immediately, you will use hired labor in your business.
Step 4
Purchase the necessary tools: a table for cutting glass (automatic or manual), pyramids (for placing finished orders and solid sheets of glass), a quick cutter, a compass glass cutter (for cutting glass circles), a special liquid or oil to facilitate glass cutting, an oval cutter, glass breaker (an indispensable tool for cutting glass), special templates to round corners, suction cups for glass transfer (manual).
Step 5
Be sure to find out the location of the nearest companies that sell mirrors and glass in your area. It will be even easier to do this via the Internet, there and study offers for different types of glass, such as frosted, colored, etc.
Step 6
Engage your prospective buyers with all sorts of advertising (sign in your workshop, posting leaflets in mailboxes, advertisements in local media). Take orders from individuals, as well as conclude contracts with shops and departments that sell mirrors and other glass products, furniture workshops, companies that produce windows and doors.
Step 7
If space permits in the workshop, effectively display several samples of your products - a beautiful mirror or a glass table. All other products that deserve attention, photograph and post photos on a special stand. This will attract customers who initially approached you about basic glass cutting, but may order something larger in the future.
Step 8
Create your website, post your offers and photos of completed products. Also, use the huge potential of free classified ads sites to attract customers.
