Be Your Own Boss

Be Your Own Boss!

Couldn’t you use some extra spending money? When you turn a fun hobby like button-making into a profitable business, you can earn as much as $25-$100 per hour!

Contract with local restaurants, businesses or schools to be their button source! Buttons cost less than 35 cents to make (even less when you create your own artwork!) and can be sold for $1.00 or more!

Watch your newspaper for upcoming special events or festivals, and then contact the organizers to make promotional buttons or name tags for all involved.

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Set up your own booth at flea markets or fairs, and make and sell photo buttons. With an instamatic or digital camera and a variety of button parts (pin-backs, magnets, key chains) you can take photos and sell them as finished products right on the spot! Photo buttons can sell for $3.00 or more.

Contact political candidates in your area to sell them custom-made make buttons that support their election. This is a great way to grow your button business!

Make purse mirror, magnets or key chains with any of our hundreds of pre-printed designs, and you can sell them for $1.50 or more to earn extra cash!

Contact schools in the area to be their local button supplier for the following year. Sell school spirit buttons, showcase upcoming musicals, plays or even sporting events.

Contract with local tourist attractions that have big turnouts in the summer months: zoos, amusement parks or even beaches/park districts. Sell them buttons for resale or make them name tags, button registration IDs, etc.