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Sell Crafts Wholesale For craft business owners looking to sell crafts wholesale, there’s a new guide that’s full of start up help. It’s also for craft businesses already selling to stores, but want to see some improvement in their craft sales. Selling crafts in quantity orders can grow your craft business faster than selling one item [...]
Craft Show Mobile Credit Card Processing Does my craft business need mobile credit card processing? If you sell craft items at craft shows, fairs and festivals, you will lose sales if you fail to offer customers the option to pay by credit card (If you sell only online at eBay, most buyers are used to paying [...] Spaces available at the Crafty Crafters Expo, but the deadline is approaching. All vendors are eligible for a special drawing of $25 of their crafts booth space at a future Expo. They are also taking applications for February. After that there won’t be an Expo until May, July, September and finally November and [...] I was teaching a crafts marketing workshop and I started by asking everyone present to say their name, their craft and what they want to get out of the class. Many of the participants were already selling crafts but reported that sales weren’t as good as they wanted. It’s probably safe to say that almost all of us [...] Ahh, if only there was a single easy answer to which handmade crafts sell best. We would all be rich. But, the truth is popularity of crafts can be seasonal, geographic and/or demographic to name a few variables. For instance, handmade outdoor furniture will be more popular in spring and summer months. Sales of handmade gifts [...] The new issue of the Craftmarketer newsletter just went out today. I wrote about how to use a marketing calendar to schedule all your craft business promotions. Using a calendar for marketing makes sure you do not leave out something important and it gives you a way to assess the results of your promotions so [...] Etsy still rules as the biggest site for buying and selling crafts but as they grow, they run into a similar situation as eBay did. The larger a company becomes, the harder it is to satisfy hundreds of thousands of users. No matter what they do, they are going to have lots of unhappy members. During [...] I came across a great tool for helping you promote your blog at Blog Flux. They offer a variety of services including a blog directory, help with pinging, comments and more. Share and Enjoy: I just put up a new page listing some of the top places to sell handmade crafts from. Here’s a brief excerpt: eBay.com Offers community forums and advice for selling crafts on eBay. Etsy.com Etsy is the most popular site to sell handmade crafts. Also provides great community [...] Craft Shows Selling crafts at craft shows has been a time-tested way to bring in cash for your handmades. News reports indicate that even in these tough economic times, sales for some craft makers have remained steady or even grown. Finding the right craft shows for your craft is important. I recommend you check out the [...] Just got this announcement from CODA about a gig to sell crafts through….. Build your own craft business in the beautiful Ozarks. The Ozark Folk Center State Park is seeking working craftspeople to demonstrate, create and sell their handmade crafts in their own studio at the park. We are specifically looking [...] |
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