Business Start Up Kit

The essential guidebooks and videos to help you start a picture framing business. Learn how to mat, mount and frame, build tables and fixtures, price, merchandise and conduct design consultations with customers, as well as how to keep the books for your picture framing business. It's all here.

Who is it for?

Those who want to start a new framing business or add picture framing to an existing business. Owners of antique stores, photography studios, gift stores or similar businesses are often looking for a quick, inexpensive, hassle free way to add picture framing to their existing business offerings.

Price and Savings

The package price of $235 saves you $36 off the cost of buying each item separately.

Price and Savings

The package price of $235.00 saves you $35.

Only $235.00

Regular Price: $271.00
You save: over $35.00

Essential Business Books and Videos

Pricing Custom Framing Book

THE book by Vivian Kistler that shows you how to price your custom framing products and services. A simple and succinct strategy to price framing and add to the profitability to your business. Regular $17.00

The Articles of Business Book

Advice from leading experts in the framing industry on financing, pricing, merchandising and more! 177 pages.
Regular $25.00

Building Frame Shop Work Tables

Essential Guides to help you arrange and organize a new frame shop.
Worktables 64pps
Floorplans 32pps
Regular $24.00

Selling at the Front Counter Video

Framer's Work Scheduling Book

Frame Shop Floor Plans

Ideas and techniques for working with the ustomer. Topics covered are: First Impressions, At the Counter, Making the Sale, After the Sale. Increasing sales through superior customer service. 30 minutes VHS
Regular $35.00

A workflow system with directions for processing framing orders.

Regular $20.00

The Library of Professional Picture Framing

A six volume set covering every aspect of picture framing from frame making to matting and mounting and more. The professional framer's

go-to reference for any question that may arise when it comes to picture framing. Regular $135.99.

Floorplans for Galleries and Frame shops

19 floorplans of actual frame shops and galleries. Equipment, lighting, flooring, storage and safety. Front and backroom plans for shops from 400 to 4,000 sq. ft. Design your own with grid paper, furniture and equipment patterns included.
Regular $14.00

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