As a National Wholesale supplier of window blinds, shades and shutters, I have had the privilege of helping many men and women start their own businesses. It is most satisfying to see the success of our stay home moms who develop significant home based businesses in the window treatment field. Many of our established and several of our newest distributors are recognizing benefits well above their former career incomes. And, they do this while exercising and spending time with their new born and other young children.

I just wanted to take a few minutes to share the methods for their success and describe the steps you need to take in order to achieve the same success.

Starting your own blinds business, the right way, will cost about $275 in most cases.

Step 1: Goggle your state’s Secretary of State web page. Most offer online applications to establish an LLC. This is a limited liability corporation and is your protection to prevent business litigation from attaching to your personal assets. Most states charge $100-$200 for the filing.

Step 2: Goggle Online Federal Tax ID Registration… and register your new LLC to get a Tax ID number.

Step 3: Find your local State Sales Tax office or visit your State Comptroller’s web page for a re-sale certificate application.

Now that you have a business shell and all the needed government numbers, you are ready to get some customers. Years ago, I started my business in this same fashion. I made Flyers on bright colored paper and passed them out daily to new homes under construction. I pushed my baby jogger, logged a lot of miles, lost the baby weight and started making money in just a few weeks. After you get a few customers, word of mouth starts traveling real fast.

You simply respond to the calls, arrange a daytime meeting to review the color selections and take a 1” steel tape measure so you can get perfect measurements. We have detailed instruction on how to measure and install like a pro on our website. Visit our site at Then, you create a bid sheet from and Excel Template and fax, mail or email the details to your prospective customer. When they are ready to proceed, have them sign the proposal and deposit 2/3 of the bill. Collect the final 1/3 after installation is complete. Collecting 2/3 generally insures that you have collected the full cost of the product. The rest is your profit. A typical 20 blind home should net about $400 in profit if you or your spouse have the ability to install the blinds. I was fortunate that my husband can install a blind in about 3 minutes so we had plenty of $600 days… after he got home from work.

After a few years, we were putting friends all over the country into the blinds business and were supplying their blinds. We finally opened our Web Store to help facilitate their ordering and decided to make it available to anyone who could receive a shipment within the continental 48 states. wants to help you become the successful, independent income-producing mom that we know you can be. You don’t have to have multi-level marketing parties or chase after your friends and family. You can offer better than Big-Box Store quality, personal service, broader selection and do it all for less while making real money.

You’ve just got to be willing to get the ball rolling and I promise that this is easier, faster and cheaper than other in home businesses. You don’t have to buy your blinds from me to be successful. Just follow the steps and let all your friends who are building homes know what you are doing.