Craft Business Booster – Profit From Sharing What You Know About Your Craft Business
There are two sides to your craft business. The first is making your crafts, which is the bit we all know and love to do. The second is selling them and it’s probably the area where most crafters are less comfortable and know least about. Fortunately selling crafts online gives you the ability to reach far greater markets and can provide your craft business with a huge boost.
Tips for Selling Crafts
There are plenty of good methods for selling crafts. Here are a few tried and true methods and some things to consider about each method.
Selling Crafts Online
If you plan to take your craft business online, you may do so either through a third party site (that is, a site that is not your own, like Etsy or eBay) or through your own site. Some of the benefits of using a third party site are that it’s usually easy to set up your own store; you won’t need to learn about designing your own site. Also, popular third party sites like eBay or Etsy already have traffic coming to the site, so there are potential customers already on the site.
Keep in mind though, if you sell your crafts online at a third party site, there will be plenty of competition on the site. You will need to work to direct customers to your store; therefore, selling crafts online on a third party site does not eliminate the need to work at bringing traffic to your online craft store. Also, when you sell your crafts on a third party site, you are subject to rules of that site. If rules change, it could have a massive impact on your business. Continue reading
Craft Business Part 1 – No Craft Sales at Etsy, ArtFire, etc?
Here’s an internet craft business myth for you. All you need to do is go to Etsy or Handmadecatalog or Artfire or one of those online craft selling sites, set up a store and sit back and count the money! Oh you’ve tried that, and it doesn’t work? Hmmm… so what are you missing?
Call it promotion, call it marketing, but basically what you’ve done so far is you’ve set up a craft business that nobody knows about!
