Poll – Crafting For Cash
Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:43With the advent of online market places it’s become a lot easier to sell your handmade crafts, gone are the days of sitting out in the rain on a sunday morning at a craft market hoping that the right person would come along and see your wares. Now you can create, take some photos, write a bit of blurb and for a small fee sell your wares whilst you’re sitting in your pyjamas watching reruns of “Friends”. I’m about to start a series of tips on selling your product online and I’m curious about the amount of readers we have on CraftBlog that do sell their stuff online… so if you feel so inclined (and I know everyone likes ticking boxes) then I would love it if you could complete the sentence below so I can get a better idea of what you as readers would actually like to see 
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Kate says:
January 4th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
I don’t really sell much – I have a listing on Etsy for one item (a bespoke mini-quilt which would be made to order) and the pricing really is not much more than costs since fabric etc is quite expensive in UK. If I priced for profit, I would seem expensive. I only really have the listing up in the off-chance someone would be interested and because I enjoy making these mini-quilts.
Bec says:
January 4th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I very occasionally sell online and probably make a loss overall. I’m very interested in reading your tips
Christine says:
January 4th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I’d love some advice and tips too for selling online. My items sell well at markets etc but I don’t seem to sell much online. Some photography tips would be great too as I know my photo’s aren’t good enough.
Thanks.
Fern says:
January 4th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Christine – Keep your eyes glued to the site then, my first post on photography for online selling will go up tomorrow
Holly says:
January 4th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
The kinds of things I make are very time-intensive so I can’t really charge for my time otherwise everything I make would be hundreds of dollars! I just started selling as a way to “get rid of” all the things I made for the joy of creating and then had nothing to do with! :p
~Holly
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adelle says:
January 4th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I agree with Holly. The things I make do take along time and I’ve sold a few things just because I have no space for them in my tiny home.
I have recently set up an online store on my website which I would like to use to sell little things I find, or come across in my day to day life, like jewlery, beads, second hand clothing etc. I have a few items up at the moment.. would love some tips on selling second hand treasures,, not necersarily things I have made.
Kelly says:
January 5th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Great timing on this… I am getting ready to kick into gear selling things to fund my next adoption. Can’t wait for some tips.