Have you heard about Mr. Seeds? this is business of Mr. Allain Rubin, a PC game developer and a 3D artist. He pioneered the online selling of plant seeds in the internet the Philippines. I guess he is the first one in this country selling seeds online or there are others who already done this unique business but he is the one I read in the magazine first, the Entrepreneur Magazine. In his business you can order vegetable seeds online or other kinds of herb seeds and he will deliver it to you by courier.
According to the magazine I read, his best sellinfg herbs are basil, rosemary, marjoran, lemon and mint. On the other hand, his popular fruit seeds are melon (possibly cantaloupe) and watermelon. Now you have another business idea. But even the greatest idea in the world and without a good promotion, will not be successful so again to make to known to others you have to advertise your products. So did Mr. Rubin by advertising on online shopping sites and forums. He said he goes to Entrepreneur Magazine forum and Pinoy Exhange as well as post advertising on Sulit.Com and Buy and Sell Philippines. So if you are interested you can visit his site where maybe there are seeds online catalog you can find ( http://www.geocities.com/mister_seeds/ ) (http://www.mr-seeds.com/).
Update: September 4, 2011 – This is the only existing URL of Mr Seeds website for the moment. The above seems not working anymore.Please go to this site: http://mrseeds.multiply.com/
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Manuel Montala was an online entrepreneur who enjoys blogging about entrepreneurship and gathering information for his blog to help budding entrepreneurs. You can also reach him on twitter: http://twitter.com/mmontala
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Hi,
I linked to you on my BlogRoll, check it out on the sidebar. I plan on writing a brief piece on your work. email me if you like, 48thwonder@gmail.com
salamat po!
-gio
Yes I can see it now, thanks. I’ll placed your link in the “resources” page.
Awesome! You forgot to write, “a Filipino entreprenuer from Hawaii”. hehe. BTW, I am an entreprenuer, I have my own accounting business, and my target market is to help other Filipino entreprenuers with their accounting work. About 90% of my clients are Filipinos, and about 100% of them are behind on their taxes. Can you please tell aspiring entreprenuers that they must pay their taxes!!
Aloha,
Gio
OK Gio I’ll add the description you suggested on my resource page.
ask ko lang how much yung seeds na watermelon and how to buy it and where?
@nelson galicia
I’m not sure how much but sometimes will can see those in the gardening section of supermarkets.
HI there. Thank you for the blog about my site. This is my new website. you can visit it at http://www.mr-seeds.com.
@Allain Rubin
Thanks for your feedback. Yes I’ll visit your site.
sir,good day! i just want to ask if you have a wheatgrass seeds,i really need it for my nephew.he is sick,he had some kind of sick that needs to replace his blood every month.but my friends told me wheatgrass can help.i just want for a seed so i can grow it in the backyard and to support just for him.he’s to young for a medicine (1 yr old) i just want to try for a herbal and natural ways.hope you can help me to have it..
thank you and advance….
@dennis
Hello, please go to mr rubin’s website here: http://www.mr-seeds.com/ for more info and to order the wheat grass seeds.
Mr. Rubin’s website seems to be dead. Is Mr. Seeds gone forever? Is there an update on where we can get seeds?
I am working with a lot of ill people, including myself, to bring a self-help healing process to the Philippines. We call it New LipHe (New Life).
A vital part of this is seeds. I want to restore or build a reliable source for wheat and barley grass seeds and for sprouting seeds for editable sprouts.
Do you have any contacts for this (either inside the Philippines or outside). I am willing to build a health seed business if it is needed.
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