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Who the heck is Beachcombers Bazaar?
That's us, to the right. I'm Jody, and the good lookin'
man putting henna on my arm is the other half of Beachcombers, Asad.

Beachcombers has been online selling Indian ethnic women's accessories since 2002. We began selling part-time on eBay and then opened the website, www.ShopBeachcombers.com, in 2004 (the year of the hurricanes!) when we moved from Ohio to Orlando Florida and turned the business into a full time venture. In 2008, we opened a retail store in the College Park Shopping District just outside of downtown Orlando. Then in 2013 we bought our own building in Orlando!

It's been quite a ride, this business adventure of ours!

About Jody
I have the best job in the world! Heck, I design and sell shoes for a living, lol! What girl wouldn't love my job? I work directly with our suppliers to design our shoes, bangles, and bangle stands. Our suppliers are all family businesses too, so that gives us the flexibility we need to keep quality up and customize our designs based on customer needs. It also allows us to support small local communities instead of big factories, a cause very dear to us. For more information about our suppliers be sure to visit our Products Page.

I also write all our instructions for our products. I was introduced to all these fabulous ethnic items by my other half Asad but, I was clueless about them at first. Being a man, Asad didn't know how to put on glass bangles properly or how to break in khussa shoes. I had to ask many questions from ethnic women and learn by trial and error. I don't want to even think of how little I knew about henna! These experiences inspired me to write very clear instructions for all our items so that anyone (even Americans like myself) could use our items like a native and be comfortable doing it.

This is also why I offer so much henna tattoo information. Everyone can enjoy henna and anyone can learn to do henna! In addition to all of our great henna kits (which I personally select the items in our henna kits), quality henna products & eBooks, I also offer henna workshops throughout the year. Learn more about our henna classes and mehndi workshops.

About Asad
Asad studied computers in school, but found he much preferred selling online to trouble-shooting computer gremlins. He discovered eBay back in 2001 and was instantly hooked. Before I knew it, our house was bare of any unused items, and so was our parent's houses! That's how we started selling ethnic items online, and Asad had the foresight to see the possibilities of creating a business. Asad's lovely and fashionable mom had to go to Pakistan for a wedding, so we decided to give her some money with a list of things to buy, as a test, to see if we could make a business selling the items I had come to love. Well, things worked out and the rest is history!

Press and Features
Our little family business has made an impact, and we've been featured in a selection of books, magazines, blogs, and articles. Pretty cool to see your name in print and people interested in your opinions!

Shop Local Orlando News Broadcast
Channel 6 News Orlando
March 2009
The Florida Retail Federation has launched a campaign to encourage Floridians to shop locally, and Erik von Ancken dropped by the store for a quick interview and to film some footage of a local business.

India's Bollywood fashions turn you from slumdog to millionaire
East Meets Zest
Orlando Sentinel
March 2009
We are proud to be featured on the front page of the Style & Tends section of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. The article, "East Meets Zest", by Jean Patteson focuses on how Indian style is creeping into fashion everywhere and how you can incorporate a little Bollywood style into your wardrobe. Patteson focuses on our khussa shoes, bindi body stickers and glass bangles worn in multiples.

Most Creative Storefront Award
We are very proud to have been awarded the Marketworks "Most Creative Storefront" award for our website design. This award was very special award to me, since I designed the web store, and when I began, I couldn't spell HTML!

It was quite a challenge for me. I wanted the store to be very visual, fun, and easy to navigate. I used as many customer suggestions and requests as I was able to.

Fashion Blogs
Our product has been featured on some popular fashion blogs including Suze on Style, Glamour Magazine's executive fashion editor's blog and the popular Haute Mimi blog.

Woman's World Weekly Magazine
January 14, 2008

Our glass bangles and khussa Indian shoes were featured for "This Week's Hot Trend", Glitz and Glamour Bollywood Style. With Elizabeth Hurley showing up at a NYC fundraiser in a sari and Indian actress Aishwarya traveling the USA, Bollywood got a large shot of stardom in American fashions.

eBay Power Seller Secrets (Revised)
eBay Power Seller Million Dollar Ideas
How eBay Really Works
all written by Brad & Deb Schepp

It was an honor to be featured in this series of eBay books, because we were asked to participate due to our superb customer service. Being asked by such respected authors, was a great feather in our cap! The Power Seller Series is generally considered as an authority in helping eBay sellers grow.

Amazon Top Seller Secrets featuring Beachcombers Bazaar.

Amazon Top Seller Secrets
by Brad & Deb Schepp

The best book on Amazon selling we've encountered! The Schepps are highly specialized writers focusing on ecommerce. We have been featured in their eBay series and now are proud to be featured in their high-end Amazon series.

Great book for a beginner, but enough information to make it worth a read for advanced professional sellers.

Santa Shops On eBay
by Marsha Collier, author of the prestigious eBay for Dummies book series

This book specifically needed eBay sellers that offered unique items, good prices, and a fun easy shopping experience. Needless to say, we were delighted to asked to be part of it! Marsha Collier certainly lived up to her well-earned reputation as an eBay guru.

How To Win Sales and Influence Spiders
by Catherine Seda, author of Search Engine Advertising

Beachcombers Bazaar is proud to be featured as a Success Story for growing an online business and gaining exposure on the web.

Entrepreneur Magazine/Online Articles
November, 2006
January, 2007
March, 2008

Our business has been featured in a variety of Entrepreneur Magazines and online articles. A focus on growing a life-long business that focuses on customer service, rather than a here-for-now-gone-tomorrow business, keeps us regularly featured.

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