With the new concepts about outsourcing (perhaps actually a new name for subcontracting), you may want to learn evern more about it to see if it’s feasible for your home business.
I wrote a post at Blisstree’s Arts and Crafts section which describes outsourcing as it applies to craftspeople who are developing businesses, Have You Considered Outsourcing?
We’ve also addressed the topic previously here at Home Biz Notes:
Outsourcing – An Option for Your Home Business
Outsourcing for a Work Life Balance
Working from Home for a Home Business or Someone Else
Virtual Assistants
 
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Many businesses have begun outsourcing rather than hiring employees when the owner has more work than he/she can keep up with. Oursourcing doesn’t mean sending your work abroad. You may find home workers in your neighborhood, if these are hands-on items you’re producing. If your business concerns online work, then you might use sub contractors from around the world.
 As my home business of producing appliquéd vests for children became larger than I could handle myself, I had to make some choices:
 *Develop a larger operation
*Buy more efficient equipment
*Hire employees
*Outsource (home workers)
*Stay small and refuse orders
*Discontinue or sell this business
 I did decide …read more