Business Idea: Cupcake Liner Website

By on October 15, 2012 in Ideas


Today’s free business idea is to start a website that sells cupcake liners.

Cupcake liners are the sheets of thin paper pressed into a round, fluted cup shape. Liners can facilitate the easy removal of the cupcake from the tin after baking, keep the cupcake moister, and reduce the effort needed to clean the pan. The use of liners is also considered a more sanitary option when cupcakes are being passed from hand to hand. Like cupcake pans, several sizes of paper liners are available, from miniature to jumbo.

My wife, from whom most of ideas come, loves making cupcakes for special occasions, but she hates searching through hundreds of websites to find just the right liner for her special occasion.

You could either stock the liners yourself, enter into affiliate relationships with other websites that sell baking supplies, or go the drop shipping route. Whatever you choose, you won’t be hurting for customers, because cupcakes are big business.

Even in a bad economy, the profits are sweet for a specialized business that caters to kids of all ages. Bakeries across New York and the rest of the country are finding out that cupcakes can equal cash

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    That’s a very good idea, I would have never thought of it. A one stop source for cupcake liners, no matter the occasion. I like it!

  • http://twitter.com/firstfound Andy @ FirstFound

    Great idea – I’d never considered cupcakes to be big business before.

  • http://www.sweetsandtreatsboutique.com Sweets & Treats Boutique

    How funny to come across this. This is exactly what i chose to start this year and it has been great! Good article!

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