A Kansas City entrepreneur is happy that her business has gone to the dogs … literally. It’s a busy year for Sharon Young, who designs and sells campaign buttons on her website, PoliticalShop.com, and she has recently gotten the family pet in on the action with her new product line, Patriotic Pets(TM). With slogans such as “Bark Obama for President,” “100% McCain9,” “McCain for Top Dog,” and a colorful Obama peace sign design, pets and their owners can now support their candidates in style with these novel 1-1/2″ buttons.
Young included pet buttons in a merchandise selection she was taking to a campaign rally in St. Paul, Minnesota. They sold out immediately. When she returned, she noticed several pet button sales in her Internet orders. Shortly thereafter, someone called and ordered some Obama peace sign pet buttons.
Young began selling political merchandise in 1992 and developed the Internet’s first shop featuring political buttons in 1996, renaming it PoliticalShop.com in 1999.
Image via PoliticalShop
Entrepreneur Creates Campaign Button for Pets
June 23, 2008 by Nicholas | 4 Comments
In Entrepreneurs
cassy on June 24th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Its cute…i hope my pet here have also that kind of button. Im sure “junky”my dog, will love it..
Winning Startups on June 24th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Interesting concept, though her business is only active every four years. I wonder if she makes enough during an election year to sustain the business.
limo hire on June 24th, 2008 at 6:54 am
well done, i have been on your wedding site and it looks impresive.
Angela on June 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I’m not very political but I can definitely see the great opportunity here. Going with what Winning Startups said, though, I wonder what she does on those off years.