My wife and I started an online toy business in 2003 when our oldest son was two. A few years later we were contacted by Amazon and signed a contract to list our toys on their site. Sales exploded and at the time most companies would not sell to retailers who did not have a brick-and-mortar storefront so, we opened a store in order to expand our toy offerings.
My wife and I both had full time jobs so we had to hire employees to run the store and ship out the orders for us. Suddenly, our little online toy business became a huge headache. We were struggling with growing pains and fierce competition. Our profits fell and we were forced to diversify our product line to include more than just toys. Soon we were doing over $10,000/week in sales on Amazon.
Our days were spent at our full time jobs but our nights were spent doing the bookkeeping, researching new products, ordering products to keep up with the growing demand, and adding new products to our Amazon store. This quickly became too much for us and our family so, in 2014 we sold our store to one of our employees.
This allowed us to concentrate on our family. We always knew that we wanted more children but by this time we were unable to have children on our own. We became foster parents in 2014 and we adopted two boys in 2016. Finally, our family was complete. Fostering and adopting those two boys has been the most rewarding thing we have ever done.
We started Bookkeeping Solutions to build something for our family and to allow us to spend more time with our boys. My wife has more than 40 years of experience in HR and Payroll. Together, we can handle almost anything your business could need to grow and make it to the next level.
We know the struggles and rewards that running your own business can bring. We will work hard every day to earn and keep your business.
Sincerely,
Alex and Carolyn Swarm
