Cottage Industries

Cottage Industries is one of the better known home based product assembly job offers. It has some interesting points going in its favor. Usually assembly at home jobs require you to send the money and also your finished product via the postal mail. However, Cottage Industries offers the option of visiting their office and dealing with them in person. This probably does not mean much to someone who is not living in the Orlando area but it should. Cottage Industries is trying to exercise a transparency in their dealings with the home worker. They are not hiding behind a P.O. Box Address.

The second thing is that they seem to have a fairly square refund policy. You are refunded your deposit after you have completed one kit for them. If you do not then you are given only half your money back, regardless of how much raw material you have consumed.

You are also not required to make any further deposits to receive additional raw materials, either for correcting mistakes or for your next batch of items.

We did get a report from one of our readers who called up the Cottage Industries office. She was disappointed because they did not have the item available that she wanted to assemble and she was not given a date till which it could be available. If you make a call and find similar results, do post a comment here. The list of products available with the Cottage Industries is somewhat updated and listed below.

If you have the chance of going around to their office and paying them a visit then you must by all means do that.

A very important point to keep in mind if you want to assemble products for Cottage Industries is that they deal with making miniature items. The dollhouse products that you will be assembling are extremely tiny in size. Many people get a shock when they first see the work they are expected to do. Attempt this work only if you have the dexterity and the patience to work with very small objects. For some one who is new to this kind of work, it will definitely take time and practice. The following is the summary of Cottage Industries available with us.

 

Cottage Industries, P.O. Box 149163, Orlando, FL 32814-9163
Phone: 888-745-1731 (For Ordering) 407-898-7097 (For Questions)
407-894-9655, 888-745-1731
Website: http://www.cotind.com
Type of Work: Make 3-Drawer Wooden Dollhouse Jewelry Boxes
Income Potential: $5.00 per item with no income limit. (All listed items)
This 1” high, by 1” side, and ¾” deep 3-drawer jewelry box has no hinges and the wood
grain is matched in the front of the drawers only. The box is made from cherry wood.
Make 1-Drawer Wooden Dollhouse Jewelry Boxes
- With the same dimensions as the 3-drawer box, this one has one drawer with a
lid that opens. It is made from cherry wood as well and has dividers in the top
compartment.
Make Wooden Dollhouse gift Boxes
- This box has no drawer, knobs or hinges. It is a two-compartment box with a
lid. The dimensions are also 1” high, by 1” wide and ¾” deep and as the rest, it is
made out of cherry wood.
Make Wooden Dollhouse silver chests
- These are small silver chests assembled from wood, with one drawer and a
hinged top. Their size is a bit bigger than the jewelry boxes – about 1” high, by 1”
wide, and 1-1/8” deep.

Start making as many items as you wish at no registration fee! All items are assembled
using cherry wood and you will be paid $5.00 for every one you make according to
specifications. You can choose to make any one of the above items and Cottage
Industries will pay postage both ways. To begin making these exciting products, you can
order a start up kit that includes pattern, wood, glue, knife, velvet ribbon – enough materials to assemble 10 items of the products you wish to make. The wood is not
precut. For your benefit you will find extra materials included in case of a mistake. The
Best part of it is that postage for the kit is paid as well. The kit can be yours for a
deposit of $50.00 that will be given back to you when the company buys the 10 items
back. Otherwise, you will be sent another kit. The items described above are the only
ones available at the moment. For color brochures and complete information, please
send two 34- cent loose stamps or call the above number.