COTTAGE
INDUSTRY
COTTAGE INDUSTRY
WHAT IS A COTTAGE INDUSTRY?
COTTAGE INDUSTRY RELATED TOPICS
THE ADVANTAGES OF
THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY
SMALL BUSINESS AND
THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY
COTTAGE INDUSTRY LINKS
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SECTION 1
COTTAGE
INDUSTRY
What Is a Cottage Industry?
A cottage industry is a small-scale, decentralized manufacturing business
often operated out of a home rather than a purpose-built facility.
Cottage industries are defined by the amount of investment required to start,
as well as the number of people employed. They often focus on the production
of labor-intensive goods but face a significant disadvantage when competing
with factory-based manufacturers that mass-produce goods.
Key Takeaways
•A cottage industry is a small manufacturing operation,
often run out of a person's home.
•Cottage industries play a significant role in the economies
of developing countries.
•Small-scale cottage industries also are an important source
of employment, especially in rural areas.
Cottage Industry
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cottage-industry.asp
Cottage
Industry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system#Cottage_industry
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SECTION 2
WHAT IS A
COTTAGE
INDUSTRY?
The term cottage industry once applied to manufacturing that took
place in people’s homes, prior to the industrial revolution. For
example, farmers might take in extra sewing or make cloth, which
was then sold to a larger retailer, in order to earn a few extra
dollars during the slow months of winter. Today, the manufacturing
of goods is largely done in big manufacturing plants, eliminating
the individual textiles or sewing worker at home.
A few of these small businesses still exist, like home assembly or
stuffing envelopes. Most often, today’s cottage industries involve
using advanced technology to work from home, via fax, Internet and
telephone.
What is a Cottage Industry?
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-cottage-industry.htm
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SECTION 3
COTTAGE
INDUSTRY
RELATED
TOPICS
What Types of Products Are
Made in a Cottage Industry?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-types-of-products-are-made-in-a-cottage-industry.htm
How Do I Choose the Best
Rural Business Ideas?
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-choose-the-best-rural-business-ideas.htm
What is a Scalper?
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-scalper.htm
What are the Advantages of Telecommuting?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-advantages-of-telecommuting.htm
What is Cultural Industry?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cultural-industry.htm
What is the Gray Market?
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-gray-market.htm
What is a Freelancer?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-freelancer.htm
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SECTION 4
THE
ADVANTAGES
OF THE
COTTAGE
INDUSTRY
Cottage industries have existed for centuries, as weavers and knitters
produced handmade items from their home workshops.
By definition, cottage industries operate out of workers' homes and are
run by a few people, mostly family members. Historically, most cottage
businesses have been-textile related, both in the U.S. and around the
world. In 2011, however, many state legislatures passed bills allowing
home bakers to enter the cottage industry to the benefit of both the
workers and their communities.
Work From Home
A major benefit of cottage industries is that they allow people to work
from their homes. Women have benefited the most because they can work
from home while still tending to their families. Many cottage businesses
include the entire family in their operations, however, including husbands
and children. Some businesses start as cottage industries and then become
too large, necessitating a move out of the home into a business environment,
but at that point they likely have the financial means to make the move.
Save Operating Costs
By operating the business from home, cottage businesses save money by not
having to rent a commercial kitchen, office space or plant, and the associated
utilities and other costs. Cottage industries also are exempt from many of the
licensing and registration fees businesses often have to pay. This allows
entrepreneurs to start their business without investing major capital or taking
out loans. Cottage businesses may need local licenses to operate, but these are
usually not as expensive nor as difficult to obtain as the licenses normal
business operations require.
Local and Fresh
Consumers benefit from cottage industries because they are able to buy local
products and, in the case of food products, items they know are fresh. They
know where the products were made and that they likely were made with fresh,
local ingredients as well. They are able to enjoy items of higher quality
than those that are mass-produced, with the added benefit of knowing who
created the items.
Help Local Economy
While consumers appreciate having access to locally produced products, the local
economy benefits from dollars spent nearby. Ingredients and supplies purchased
locally help the local economy as well. Most states' cottage food industry laws
also allow goods to be sold at local farmer's markets and roadside stands, which
helps these local business enterprises to prosper. Neighbors get to know their
neighbors and derive additional satisfaction from knowing they are helping a local
family by purchasing their products.
The Advantages of the Cottage Industry
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-cottage-industry-56698.html
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SECTION 5
SMALL
BUSINESS
AND THE
COTTAGE
INDUSTRY
How to Operate a Cottage Industry Bakery
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/operate-cottage-industry-bakery-10501.html
Types of Businesses to Start
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/types-of-businesses-to-start/
Starting a Home Business
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/starting-a-home-business/
The Advantages of a Fragmented Industry
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-fragmented-industry-30745.html
The Advantages of the Service Industry
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-service-industry-19164.html
Small
Business
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/
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SECTION 6
COTTAGE
INDUSTRY
LINKS
4 Examples of Cottage Industry
https://simplicable.com/new/cottage-industry
8 Thriving Cottage Industries
http://www.ibisworld.com/media/2013/01/19/eight-thriving-cottage-industries/
10 Cottage Industry Business ideas
http://www.mytopbusinessideas.com/cottage-industry/
50 Best Small Scale Cottage
Industry Business ideas for 2020
https://www.profitableventure.com/cottage-industry-business-ideas/
Cottage Industries
http://www.assembleandearn.com/cottage-industries-3/
How to start a Cottage Industries Business
http://www.wahm.com/articles/how-to-start-a-cottage-industries-business.html
How to Start a
Home-Based Food Business
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/start-home-based-food-business-1326200
List the Benefits of
the Cottage Industry
https://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/list-benefits-cottage-industry-11960.html
Small, Micro and Cottage Business Ideas
https://theruraleconomist.blogspot.com/2015/02/small-micro-and-cottage-business-ideas.html
Top 10 Cottage Industry Small
Business ideas in 2020
https://www.profitableventure.com/cottage-industry/
Top 60 Profitable
Agriculture Business Ideas
https://www.99businessideas.com/agriculture-business-ideas/
What Are Some Types
of Cottage Industries?
https://www.reference.com/business-finance/types-cottage-industries-c19d45bee0255ef2
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OLDEST
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Mother
Earth
News
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American
Craft Council
http://www.craftcouncil.org/
Instructables
http://www.instructables.com/
Black Stump
https://www.blackstump.com.au/index.html
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MIMI
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Readers Digest
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Wowpedia
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How Stuff Works
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How It Works
Magazine
https://www.howitworksdaily.com/
VisiHow
http://visihow.com/Main_Page
How Products
Are Made
http://www.madehow.com/
Muses Realm
http://www.musesrealm.net/index.html
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