SMALL BUSINESS: Mum's the word for new venture
DYNAMIC duo Nicole Futter and Sheena Tullock-Cotton have launched a unique new website for second-hand baby and children's toys, clothes and equipment.
DYNAMIC duo Nicole Futter and Sheena Tullock-Cotton have launched a unique new website for second-hand baby and children's toys, clothes and equipment.The maverick mums have set up www.maverickmums.co.uk to help parents to buy and sell nearly new childrenswear and associated items.
They are being supported by Cyberware, a Peterborough-based internet solutions company which helped design and build the easy-to-use website.
Nicole and Sheena realised quite early on that there was a huge demand for "nearly new sales" on children's clothes and equipment driven by both buyers and sellers.
They felt a website would be a most efficient media through which to manage this – where parents could browse though the pages in the comfort of their own home, with the option of buying what they needed or submitting goods for sale.
Visitors to the site can easily find what they are looking for as each product is logged under specific categories. There is also a secure log-in and purchase process.
Nicole said: "We are extremely excited about the website and have already had very positive feedback from customers who are using it.
"The amount of telephone queries we were getting from mums meant that we needed to expand and the internet seemed the obvious choice.
"Cyberware has been invaluable to us in providing help and support in setting up the website. We didn't really know where to start but they had a package we could buy off the shelf that allowed us to design, create and manage our own website."
Sheena added: "I only wish that we had had this facility available when my children were babies, I could have saved myself thousands of pounds without even going out of my front door."
Sheena and Nicole met through their oldest children who are both aged four – Charlotte and Mary.
Sheena, who is expecting her third child in November, also has a two-year-old daughter Cecilia. Nicole also has baby Daniel, who is seven months.
Maverick mums Sheena Tullock-Cotton and Nicole Futter at work with their successful website business.
Web link: www.maverickmums.co.uk
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