With a newfound access to a phone line and a laptop computer in May, 2000 I was able to locate oil lamp part wholesalers and began selling parts online through ebay. Subsequently I learned the basics of HTML and ooened my own website. Although it began as a supplemental income, it is now an entirely not-for-profit enterprise.
For years I shipped oil lamp parts worldwide, the majority of parts being of U.S. manufacture. Except for some glass lampshades, now all of my products are made overseas - except for USA-made wicks and some glass shades. Worldwide attack by terrorists brought about an array of varied customs restrictions, so I stopped exporting five years ago.