The Birthday Party industry had grown by 2018 to a $38 billion dollar industry. The children’s birthday party industry alone is worth $25 billion and continues to climb. Parents are continuing to seek out higher value and differentiated options for their kids party each and every year.

There's no shortage of potential customers in this industry. More than 73 million children under age 18 live in America today, and this number is projected to reach 80 million by 2050.

If the size of that potential market alone isn’t enough to convince you to open a children’s business of your own, consider that this line of work is simply fun and a way to be proud of the service you provide to your community.

The curated sleepover market is undergoing a revolution internationally, and this is your opportunity to be a part of this exciting growth industry. It’s a business that can be run from anywhere, part-time or full-time, so offers incredible flexibility to fit into your lifestyle.

If you can think of nothing better than bringing pure joy into children’s lives, have a passion for creativity, and a desire to make a difference within your local community, then having your own Elite Teepees® business may well be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits of Owning an Elite Teepees® Sleepover Business

• Earn a great income doing something you love

• Pay no royalties

• Low start-up and operating costs

• Home-based business, with no rent or overhead

• Flexible hours & time

• Predictability – birthday parties are generally planned well in advance, enabling you to plan your time, staffing and product needs which can help control costs

• Highly portable – the business moves with you

• An opportunity to let your creativity shine

• Enormous potential to generate income from multiple sources by:

  • Extending services to any of life’s celebrations for any age group

  • Including a wider range of ‘Add-ons’ to offer for sale or overnight rental

  • Partnering with related companies

  • Introducing new product design

Elite Teepees® is the ONLY company offering a licensing opportunity to own your own business and join this on-trend, innovative, high growth market, to become a part of the sleepover revolution that is taking the world by storm.

Elite Teepees® has a strong social media presence and brand identity which will appeal to the Moms of today. For millennials (who make up over 90% of all new parents) social identity is so important that a well-cultivated social media presence has become the new wealth and status symbol.

Elite Teepees® is a full service provider, offering high quality sleepover services, with a strong design ethic. Elite Teepees℠ appeals to parents who care deeply about their kids and want to give them the best of life’s experiences . The majority of Elite Teepees® clients are social media savvy moms who relish sharing new innovative ideas with their network.

No! However, enjoying working with people and being sensitive to their desires is essential.

Being a parent does bring many advantages - especially for those who are well networked within their social circles - for marketing, and for providing excellent referrals.

No! Elite Teepees® will provide you with comprehensive “How To Make” guides for the teepees, fabric covers, bows and bunting (garland). You may choose to make the teepees yourself or source local tradespeople. Elite Teepees® (unlike a franchise) is not making it mandatory for you to purchase of your equipment from them.

This is primarily a women-led business because of the interaction with children.

Elite Teepees® is a niche tested business, ideal as an income opportunity for women in many life situations such as:

• Career women looking for a realistic, enjoyable, and profitable change of direction

• Entrepreneurs seeking to join one of the most fun, growing industries available

• Women seeking to bring in a second income doing something they love e.g. Elite Teepees® would be very well suited to teachers, nannies, nurses, child cosmetologists or photographers who are available to work over the weekends.

• Stay at home moms who want to keep working part-time.

• Moms returning to the workforce and committed to having a balance between their family and work life.

• A competent seamstress wanting to turn her passion into a viable business.

• Related business owners seeking to add another revenue stream e.g. childcare center, children’s boutique, event planner, caterer, entertainer, photographer, tutor.

• Women who relocate with their spouses due to work their commitments e.g. military wives. Elite Teepees® is highly portable – it goes wherever you go!

To operate a successful Elite Teepees® business you will need to possess the following traits:

• Enjoy being around children

• Strong work ethic - Building any business takes time and energy. You must be prepared to put in the effort to get your business off the ground.

• Multi-tasking & flexibility - The ability to deal with the unpredictable glitches that arise is essential, as is being able to turn your hand to many things.

• Physical fitness and high energy - Setting up sleepovers is a physical activity – although nothing is very heavy, you do need a good level of fitness , energy and stamina.

• Strong design aesthetic / creativity - You will need an understanding of what colors, textures and designs work well together in order to create visually appealing Elite Teepees®’ collections.

• Driving Elite Teepees® experiences are delivered to people’s homes, so either you, or an associate, must be competent driving a delivery vehicle.

• An unswerving commitment to customer service

• Highly organized & detail oriented

In addition to the above traits, there is a wide range of skills and experience required to run any business. If you're operating your business solo, you'll need all of them to some degree, be able to learn them, or be prepared to outsource them.

• Sales: While you don't need a sales training background, you will need to be able to network well within your community.

• Marketing: As this is a very visual business you will need a website and social media presence to effectively market your business

• Accounting/bookkeeping: If you don't have the skills yourself, or an associate to handle these tasks, consider outsourcing them.

• Event planning: As with Sales, although you don’t need a formal qualification, you will need to have, or be able to develop, organizing and planning skills.

The amount you earn depends on multiple factors such as how many sleepover experiences you hold per week/month/year, how you market the business, and the amount you charge for an Elite Teepees® sleepover experience.

If you have a part-time Elite Teepees® business, delivering just 2 experiences per week for an average of only 4 guests, your earning potential is estimated to be in the region of $26k - $54k annually, depending on your pricing and delivery zone.

Once your business is fully operational the earning potential for you, with an associate supporting the deliveries and set up, could be in excess of $109k - $225k annually (to deliver 6 experiences a week, with an average of 6 guests) depending on the prices you set, and your delivery zone.

Should you decide to have more sleepover experiences during the week, or open up other revenue streams, your earning potential could be even higher.

This depends on how much time you want to devote to your business. The choice is up to you. You can hold as many sleepover experiences as you like, and may decide to hire additional delivery and set-up resources to service you community.

If you are working full-time on the business, with one associate supporting the deliveries and set up, you could feasibly deliver 6 sleepover experiences per weekend, which would typically take Friday afternoon, all day Saturday and Sunday morning. You also need to allow time for the following which can be completed at a time to suit your personal schedule:

• Client inquiries

• Packing / unpacking the sleepover experience for delivery

• Laundry of bed linen

• Marketing

• General office administration & bookkeeping

Start-up investment will vary from individual to individual, depending what assets you already own, and what skills you possess, or perhaps have easy (and/or inexpensive) access to.

No matter what type of business you own, there are a variety of factors and costs to consider e.g. Website development, marketing materials, business electronics required e.g. computer, standard office supplies, legal fees, state incorporation fees, city business license fees, liability insurance etc.

Each Elite Teepees® collection of 6 teepee frames (and 9 teepee fabric covers) costs approximately $2000 - $2500 – this covers everything for the sleepover experience itself, from the teepees, bedding, decorative accessories, lighting, fur rugs, bed trays and party favors. (This does not include the costs to open the business as indicated above, nor the tools required to manufacture the teepees or soft furnishings.)

To kick-start your business Elite Teepees® recommends opening with 3 collections. This will enable you to take advantage of wholesale pricing and to gain maximum flexibility to offer a variety of themed sleepover experiences to a variable number of sleepover guests.

The Quick Start Guide provides examples and suggestions of how to do this most effectively. It’s estimated that an initial investment of $6500 - $7500 is required for the 3 collections.

In many parts of the country you should be able to cover the costs of opening a business for around $2500, keeping your initial investment required under $10k. The cost may be a couple of thousand dollars more in coastal areas. In many cities you can find Accion, or other microloan companies, for a loan to start or grow your business.

Check with the S.B.A. (U.S. Small Business Administration) for microloan companies in your area.

Typically you can get going within 45 – 90 days depending on how long you take to set up your website and source your initial supplies. If you decide to make the teepee frames and their covers yourself, you may need to allow extra time, but obviously this depends on how quickly you can manufacture and how many you decide to make. You will also need to factor in any variables depending on your state and local laws.