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How To Make A Living Papercrafting
Do you know how popular greeting cards and scrapbooking are? In the UK every year the average person receives 55 cards. Scrapbooking in the US has become a $7 billion industry since the first store was opened providing modern scrapbooking materials in 1981.
These are massive markets and you can become involved in them part time to start with and then build it up to full time if you really like it. There are many different ways to sell products and services related to papercrafting.
If you like designing cards you can supply to local shops on a sale or return basis. This will mean you need to come to an agreement with each shop on a per card or percentage basis. Read the rest of this entry »
Sell Crafts Online – Guilt Buys Grab Customers
here’s no doubt that if you sell crafts online you can reach a wider audience than was ever possible from traditional craft business. The potential exists for you to take your craft income to a whole new level. There can be just one fly in the otherwise rosy-smelling ointment, and that’s the touchy-feely bit.
What do I mean? Well the trouble with the internet is that although people can see what you’re selling, they can’t touch or feel it. Sometimes it’s not important, but some people will always want to put their hands on things, run their fingers over the contours. I bet you do it yourself sometimes.
How To Beat The Competition When Selling Your Crafts
As a crafter and a small businessperson, you can do your own craft
marketing or pay someone to do it for you. It’s a balancing act. If you do it yourself, you must go to shows or run your own store or website. The more time you spend doing that the less time you can spend crafting.
Giving up some of the retail price of your craft items, gives you more time to devote to your art and generally a broader market reach for your wares. Gallery and shop owners advertise, promote your work and provide a place with regular hours where your work can be viewed by many more people than you can reach on your own. Read the rest of this entry »
