How We Launched Our New Web Design Business
This is a follow up story for Ferrotype Ltd. If you're interested in reading how they got started, published over 5 years ago, check it out here.
Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.
We are Ferrotype and we launched in February 2019. We originally launched in February 2019 as a B2B branded stationery provider. Since then we have expanded initially into gifts, but more recently into web design which is obviously quite a big change.
Back in 2019 we had very quickly launched Ferrotype after our retail business had folded. One of our suppliers had asked us to start up again as we had some very good B2B clients for branded stationery (a spin-off from the retail shop at the time) and so almost overnight we went with that. The ‘we’ is me and my sister, Jo. Just the two of us, no office, no overheads. We embraced the opportunity and went virtual, which was lucky considering what was around the corner a year later!
Our core business is branded notebooks, something that some people are surprised by in a digital world. However the demand for analog technology and pen-&-paper really is as analog as it gets, is very high. Even the biggest tech companies make good use of stationery as it is an excellent way to complement technology. Paper allows for clearer thinking of new ideas, encourages better and more...
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