The Press Room

Plain instructions for making and selling press-on nails from home.

Seven short books. The sizing that stops returns, the supplies priced across the sets they make, the photographs, the listings, the mistakes and the calendar — written for somebody starting at zero, with the numbers on every page.

Start with the Playbook — $10.00

The books

Seven books, one path

Each one stands alone and each one costs the same. Start with the Playbook if you are starting at zero; start with Which Model Fits You if you have not decided what kind of shop you want to run.

The Press-On Playbook

Forty-two steps, in the order you actually do them — with the numbers written out.

$10.00 · 42 entries

The Supply Run

Thirty-six supply decisions, each with a cost per set and a skip-or-buy verdict.

$10.00 · 36 entries

The Set That Fits

Thirty steps on sizing, shaping and adhesion — with the printable size chart.

$10.00 · 30 entries

The Listing Book

Thirty-four steps — five shots, the title formula, and the description that answers.

$10.00 · 34 entries

The Never-Do List

Forty-four named mistakes — each with what it costs and what to do instead.

$10.00 · 44 entries

Which Model Fits You

Four models, twenty-four comparisons — time, cost, risk and the life it needs.

$10.00 · 24 entries

The 90-Day Launch Plan

Thirty-six dated sessions from an empty table to an open shop.

$10.00 · 36 entries

What this is not

There are no earnings claims in any of these books.

“Start a business from home” is the most heavily policed promise there is, and most of what is sold in this category is a promise about money. These books are not. They describe how to make a product properly, what it costs, and how to describe it honestly. What anybody earns depends on the work, the market and the person, and nobody can promise you a number.

Selling sets you make and ship is a product sale. Applying nails on another person is a licensed cosmetology service in most US states — the books say so repeatedly and tell you to check your own state board, because that is the only answer that is true for you.

This is educational material about making and selling a product. It is not a business opportunity, a franchise, or an income program, and it makes no promise or projection of earnings of any kind. Whether a small shop earns anything depends on the work, the market, the pricing and the person — many small businesses take a long time to become profitable and many never do. Selling nail sets you make is a product sale; applying nails on another person is a licensed service in most US states — check your own state board before you touch anyone else's hands. Business registration, sales tax and labelling rules vary by state and country, and nothing here is legal, tax or accounting advice. Nail adhesives and the products named here are cosmetics: follow the manufacturer's directions, keep them away from children, and stop using anything that causes irritation.