Clams to Cash: How to Make and Sell Giant Clam Shell ... - eXtension
Clams to Cash: How to Make and Sell Giant Clam Shell ... - eXtension
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<strong><strong>Clam</strong>s</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Cash</strong>: <strong>How</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Make</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sell</strong> <strong>Giant</strong> <strong>Clam</strong> <strong>Shell</strong> ProductsPage 38Be cautious, however, that selling shells in bulk does not result in their being used forsome other purpose, which would “cannibalize” another of your more lucrative markets.Suppose, for example, that the cus<strong>to</strong>mer who buys a <strong>to</strong>n of small shells from you for use asaquarium gravel belatedly decides that he wants <strong>to</strong> get in<strong>to</strong> the shell earring business. You’vejust sold him a lifetime supply of raw material, probably at such a low price that he couldundercut you at the retail end.Figure 34.Spraypaintedshells canbe strungin<strong>to</strong>necklaces incombinationwith colorfulbeads <strong>and</strong>other typesof shells.Figure 35.<strong>Clam</strong> shellscan be silverorgold-plated,attached <strong>to</strong> abale <strong>and</strong>strung on adelicate,matching chain<strong>to</strong> make amoreexpensivecostumejewelrynecklace.Figure 36.<strong>Clam</strong> shells can easily be fashioned in<strong>to</strong>memo magnets or key rings.Figure 37.A clam shell aged in seawater becomescolonized with algae <strong>and</strong> benthic marineinvertebrates.Such aged shells comm<strong>and</strong>high prices in the aquarium market.June 1996