Programs and Packages....and More!

     We have the BEST start-up and expansion equipment and supplies packages for Paint Your Own Pottery or Contemporary Studios! Best discounts in the industry! Everything you need-kilns, color, glaze, brushes, accessories-an all customized package just for you! Home Based Studio-$3,500.00! Small Studio-$5,700.00! Large Studio-$9,850.00! Serious Studio-$12,900.00! These aren’t fixed prices; your start-up package is custom designed depending on your location, square footage, time of year you open and your budget. You choose your brands and we work with you to make sure you’re getting just what you need! Consulting and full education options are available from business plans and set up of studio to on site education and training. We also offer an optional apprenticeship programs to our start-up pottery studio customers. We are the most recommended consultants and suppliers for new paint your own pottery studios.
     If you are in the initial stages of considering opening a paint-your-own-pottery studio, check out our articles on Opening a Paint Your Own Pottery Studio. They have tons of preliminary information if you are in your beginning research phase.  We have helped open over 350 paint-your-own-pottery studios all over the world. That’s a lot of experience! And we are NOT a franchise. We believe in the dream of opening and running your very own studio without being tied to a franchise. In fact, we do as much work, if not more, for less than half of what most franchises will charge you. And you don’t keep owing us money as long as you own your studio, but guess what? You get to keep us, as long as you continue to own your studio (we are not transferable to a new owner should you decide one day to sell). We have customers that we helped open over 10 years ago that continue to look to us for technical, marketing and sometimes, emotional support. Read what just a few of our customers have to say! Also, if you are thinking about using us to help you open, call or e-mail for updated list of new and old references and satisfied and profitable customers from all over the world - that’s right, the world!

The below list certainly doesn’t cover everything we do, but hopefully it will give you an idea of some of the areas we will be helping you with in opening your very own studio.

Your Business Plan
     Executive Summary & Company Description
     Marketing Analysis and Strategies
     Products and Services
     Management & Key Staff
     Competition
     Risk Analysis
     Operation Procedures
Startup Budget and Capital Requests
Cash Flow Projections
Landlord Letters of Intent
Marketing Materials
Mailing Lists
Funding - Conventional or SBA Loans
   (Our Business Plans are already in SBA approved format for you!)
Location Analysis & Comparison
Site Selection
Lease Negotiations
Floor Plans
Working with Contractors, Electricians, Plumbers
Working with Cities - Permits, Codes
Where to Shop for all your Fixtures
Supply Resources
Visual Merchandising
Pricing Bisque and other Product
Adding Retail Crafts such as Mosaics, Glass, Bears, Beads, Clay and more!
Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising
Education and Training for You and your Staff
     Dipping, Loading, Firing, Safety, Processes
Bookkeeping
Licensing for Music and other Media
Packaging
Tips and Techniques
Goal Setting
Planning Ahead with Processes and Systems Strategies
Fundraising, Art Camps, Auctions
Parties, Pottery to Go, Pampered Pottery
Working with Partners
Moving your Business
.....and SO MUCH MORE!

     And you’ll love this - every thing we do and every step of the way - everything is customized to your own unique and individual needs based on where you are - city, state, time of year you open, budget and even your own personality taking into account your strengths (and weaknesses!) And we have a strict policy not to help someone else open in your backyard without your permission.
     Do we sound too good to be true? Ask our customers! for yourself.

     Our company is based on genuinely wanting to help our customers be successful, profitable and happy. We strive every single day to continue to do just that through continuing to learn ourselves, sending new and updated informations, answering the phones, calling and e-mailing and being there for our customers. Our customers even get our home phone numbers!

     Keep checking back - after having most of these pages informations on the web site for American Ceramic Supply Company for the past ten years, we have just launched this new site - The Pottery Consultant. We will be adding so much more, but in the meantime, please feel free to read everything on this site, maybe even visit AmericanCeramics.com and then e-mail us if you think you are ready to set up a time to talk. We can’t wait to talk to you!

Although we take you through the process step-by-step, if you are in need of more information now on choosing a kiln, planning your kiln room or maintaining your kiln,
you can go to these pages and read some preliminary facts.

How to Choose a Kiln
How to Lay Out your Kiln Room
How to Maintain your Kiln
This information has been provided by
Skutt Kilns and Paragon Industries and reprinted with their express permission

We have so much content that we are working on to add to this site - Pottery Pictures with How-To’s, Other Product Offering Suggestions and How-To’s, More Articles, More Web Sites, More References, Helpful Industry Links,
....as much as our little creative minds can muster! Did you know we have a complete Glass Fusing Program for our customers that would like to add Glass to their product offering? We have made it sooo easy and affordable.
So check back or e-mail Connie now!

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The Pottery Consultant is a division of American Ceramic Supply Co.
2442 Ludelle Street  Fort Worth, Texas 76105