|
|||||
|
AlternativeConsumer.com The Alternative Consumer blogs about eco news and useful info for those of us looking to have a greener, healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. Blog posts are categorized so it’s fairly easy to find topics on your particular areas of interest. The editors welcome green products for review, so if your craft business is built around [...] You have made your original crafts for years and suddenly you find someone is ripping off your designs and suing you for infringement. Sound unlikely? It happens and something like this is happening now to John Unger who makes ‘artisanal firebowls.’ According John Unger’s website, his original work was copied by another who is now [...]
MountainMade.com While conventional industries struggle with shrinking credit markets and reduced consumer spending, cottage industries such as the artisans represented by West Virginia’s MountainMade, www.mountainmade.com, are reporting growing interest in their handmade goods. “As the global economy continues to recover from the worst economic crisis most retailers have ever seen, Americans will focus primarily on [...] Having already started using social media, including Twitter and regular Blog / RSS distribution, VVAmore has been featured on the influential HandbagDesigner101.com website (recent featured designer) and now actively contributes to the popular Café Handmade networking website. “The internet has been a fantastic tool for VV Amore so far. We do not have our own physical [...]
CraftRock.com Craftrock.com lets visitors vote for their favorite craft. Here is how it Works 1. Enter your post on the MixxMade’s Community Blog. For best results use links in your blog post [...]
Muncom.com Free Online Storefront Here is a craft business opportunity that is free. Muncom is a virtual shopping mall, offering free e-commerce solutions to anyone selling products and services online. A shopping cart links directly to your product list, allowing you to display prices and pictures within your own store domain: http://www.your_store.muncom.com When a buyer completes an [...]
ThisNext.com Thisnext.com is a “shopcasting” network where visitors discover products based on members’ recommendations. When visitors want more info about an item or they are ready to buy it, they can click to the retailer where users originally found it. Fashion appears to be a favorite here. But today I typed in ‘handmade’ in the [...] One of the technological advances made in recent history is the ability to trace the phones of people. For years law enforcement agencies have been able to do it.But they were the only ones who were doing it until recent times when the information technology advances made it possible for it to be offered to [...]
TrendyIndie.com Trendy Indie is a new marketplace for buyers and sellers of indie crafts and handmade goods. The site was started by Texas native Whitney Huntzinger in June 2009. There are no seller or listing fees, only a monthly plan depending on how many listings. If someone wants to open up a shop on Trendy Indie, [...] Does paid advertising pay off for selling crafts? Some artisans say yes, many more have been disappointed in their results. Paid advertising takes multiple exposures before you can even judge the results. Your ad campaign must be aimed at an audience that is likely to buy. How do you know where they are online? One [...] |
"If you are facing more difficulties than it is comfortable to handle, dropping by this [Craftmarketer] blog would be a good start towards making a difference." KillerStartUps.com Accept credit cards at craft shows and online, mobile cc acceptance for craft artists
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Craft Business Ideas - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
