Meet Worldlabel.com: Peekskill Small Business Spotlight

Every local business has a story worth sharing with the community. And that's the belief behind this ongoing series — to shine the spotlight on all our favorite local businesses, and to learn a little about the ones we may not know that well.

Meet Worldlabel.com, a small business in Peekskill. It just launched a new, responsive eCommerce site using longtime Peekskill resident Timothy Vavra as the developer and designer.

Business: Worldlabel.com
Owners: Worldlabel Holdings Inc
Address: 104 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY, 10566
Website: www.worldlabel.com

When did your business open?

1998

How did you come up with the name?

We had a big vision. It's good to dream big. When we went online, we wanted to sell globally so we came up with Worldlabel.

Why start a business in this town?

Many reasons: very good rent value, a well educated local workforce to draw from. Decent public transportation. The location is great with easy access to upstate and NYC, quaint with lots of good restaurants and coffee shops in the area you can walk to.

What business are you in?

Online sales of of printing labels for all size businesses. We supply them blank on sheets for printing on your laser or inkjet printers. We offer over 120 sizes in 30 different materials. They can be used for address, shipping, product packaging, outdoor waterproof applications and more.

What's the most difficult challenge you've faced starting a new business?

Getting exposure to our business and traffic online. It still remains our biggest challenge as a small business.

What's one highlight you've had since opening?

We launched a Thermal Labels division Labelsontime.com. It specializes in barcode labels you see on all packages you get via Amazon, eBay, etc.

How does your business give back to the community?

We hire local, we have donated to the local Police.

PHOTO/Worldlabel.com