Trick or treat! That’s right, it’s that time of year again. This is the magical point in the fall season that comes before the snow that November and December tend to bring to many parts of the United States. Best of all, October is spent in gleeful anticipation of many people’s favorite holiday – Halloween! Sure, Halloween might only fall on one day a year, but several entrepreneurs have actually figured out how to keep the spookiness going year-round. How does one operate a Halloween-centric business during the other eleven months of the year when it’s not October? We’re hoping that some of these small businesses give you an answer to that question.
Don’t Get Spooked Out By Your Finances
Remember that dealing with a negative cash flow and waiting on delayed payments from clients and vendors can be a spooky experience. Stay on the safe side and get a treat instead of a trick with The Commercial Finance Group by utilizing our small business lending services such as our asset-based loans. By leveraging your assets like your accounts receivable, our unique lending solution uses this as collateral and gives your company rapid funding through a small business line of credit for you to improve and expand your business as you see fit.
Learn more about our take on business loans here, and continue reading on to get in the Halloween spirit through these fun small businesses!
A Year-Round Costume Shop
Who says that it must be Halloween in order for you to dress up? Be the life of the party and wear a fun costume through Halloween Adventure, a year-round retail store for costumes and accessories. This place is a landmark for costume and Halloween enthusiasts in New York City’s East Village, selling a wide range of outfits from pop culture icons to unique and niche characters. Given that things like wigs, masks, props and decor are also for sale, this place makes for great discount acting gear.
PepeFX
This is a specialty makeup and effects shop that’s also in New York City. Open for business year-round, PepeFX creates scary characters that are perfect for just about any Halloween costume – and a realistic one at that. Owned and operated by Anthony Pepe himself, Pepe has worked in the film and television industry for more than 18 years, creating famous yet creepy characters such as Frankenstein and Medusa. What’s probably even more creepy is that he also has experience with injury and trauma simulation makeup and monster mask design, so you know that you’ll be scared by some of his creations.
Room Escape Adventures
‘Escape rooms’ are actually becoming rather popular these days, and for good reason – they’re fun! You only have one hour to escape the room, and if you don’t, a hungry zombie chained to the wall will come eat you and everyone else in the room. Well, not literally, but this horror-themed escape room will certainly raise your anxiety levels as you desperately try and work through the clues and solve the puzzle to escape the room in time. Every five minutes, a buzzer sounds, indicating that another chain is released from the wall, signaling the impending doom of the zombie’s release unless you make it out of the room in time. Let’s just say that your heart will be pumping during the experience!
HauntWorld
Larry Kirchner, the founder of HauntWorld, owned and operated several haunted houses in the 1980s and ‘90s prior to starting this spooky website. HauntWorld is a useful online resource as well as a magazine, serving as the largest global database of Halloween resources and activities. Not sure what to do during October or Halloween? This is the website you should check.
As part discussion board and part directory, HauntWorld’s website and magazine allow members of the haunted house industry to connect and share their thoughts on their passions. At the same time, through HauntWorld, thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies alike can locate attractions such as haunted houses, haunted corn mazes and trails in their local area.
Haunted Eyes
Wow, the word ‘haunted’ sure is used a lot in this post, isn’t it? Well, this is a Halloween-themed blog, after all. Anyway, have you ever seen a sort of unnatural color or look to someone’s eye that just doesn’t seem possible? What you might be seeing in these cases are special effects contact lenses. These specialty contact lenses are how you get unnatural-looking eyes on monsters, vampires, and other well-known and loved Halloween characters.
Of all places, this ecommerce startup is based in Wyoming. Haunted Eyes sells high-quality prescription and nonprescription lenses in many different colors, special patterns and even full-eye black for that truly haunting, theatrical effect.
Handmade, Niche Costumes
If you’re in the market for handmade Halloween costume items and you’re a Wonder Woman fanatic, then Sew Geek Mama is just for you. Owned and operated by Candy Keane down in Florida, her former retail boutique has been replaced by an online accessory shop featuring a large selection of handmade costume-related items. For the very finest in Wonder Woman costumes and other random Halloween costume pieces, trust Sew Geek Mama to take care of your costume needs whether it’s Halloween or the early Spring.
Take Charge Of Your Finances And Don’t Let Them Scare You
Looking at your business’ cash flow shouldn’t be a scary experience. Instead, leverage your accounts receivable and use it as collateral for our asset-based loans and lending service. You’ve worked hard to grow your small business, so why let issues with your cash flow stop you from reaching your potential? Contact The Commercial Finance Group today to learn more.
