When I heard about this business idea I thought how lovely!
This unique idea is about cultivating a steady supply of butterflies and having a service that releases them at special occasions such as weddings, engagement parties, baby showers, birthdays, anniversaries, and even funerals.
Your services could also work for announcements, promotions, and other big business related events.
Many cultures see butterflies as good fortune, they seem so magical in many ways.
And the emotional response that people would have seeing such beauty flying around them to highlight a special occasion would be one of the ultimate rewards of this business.
This business idea would be wonderful for someone who has a natural interest in butterflies and insects, and would be interested in learning to breed them.
Or perhaps you live near a naturally wild source of abundant butterflies and you would be able to catch a regular supply.
This business idea would be easy to market, you will simply need to get the word out about your service to wedding and special event planners in your area.
After you do a few events your business is sure to grow a lot just by word of mouth alone.
This is a rare service, so if you are not aware of anyone supplying it in your area you can be assured of little to no competition.
You will find that most people are not even familiar with this type of service.
Be sure to always carry plenty of business cards with you when you are at these special occasions, the guests will most likely be so impressed that they will contact you for their special occasions also.
You might leave some advertising of some sort at your local party stores if they will agree to let you.
Also give some thought to the many separate businesses that might draw your potential customers such as wedding chapels, bridal stores, card shops, baby products stores, funeral homes, etc.
Visit these businesses and see if they will allow you to leave information with them to pass on to their customers that may be interested in your services.
You can sell the butterflies for about $10 each dozen and you should have a minimum amount required to do an event, at least 10 – 12 dozen.
Otherwise it would not be worth your time and gas costs to provide the service at the event.
Make sure that you can give your customers options of types and colors of different butterflies too.
Have good quality photos of the types that you will be able to offer them at the time of their celebration. This is why it would be a good idea to do your own breeding or to make sure that you have a solid relationship with a butterfly breeder/farm so you know exactly what you will have to offer.
Obviously, this is not a great idea for people that are squeamish when it comes to handling insects. So, consider this aspect if you are thinking you would like to start this business idea.
You will want to be able to house many butterflies and harvest them as they mature. This will require a lot of handling of them.
You might want to invest in several different containers to release them from also, letting your customers decide the one they prefer you use at their special occasion.
You can also
build a website
and showcase your services with beautiful photos.
That way when people get your business card or receive information from a business or event planner they can check you out on the internet.
This will give you even more credibility and help your customers be more prepared to order the specific amounts and types of butterflies they would like for their event.
Butterfly Events
is a business providing this service so check out their website to see an example of this magical business idea.
