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What would you like to know more about How to Sell Your Handmade Crafts Online ?

I'm just getting this page started, and I'd love to know what you'd like more information on.

Please let me know what you'd like to see here...
How to Sell your Handmade Crafts Online
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momknows momknows
 
 July 06, 2009 11:25 PM
I would like to know the following:

What items, or types of items, sell best?
How do you price your crafts -- your time shouldn't be free, but you still want your stuff to sell -- guidelines?
How do you market your crafts? Just put it out somewhere like Etsy and wait?
I know about Etsy; are there other sites like it? How do they compare? I see the prices on eBay and sometimes it hardy seems worth it...
I also would like to know about the most cost effective shipping, collecting sales tax, and reporting income from the sale of my crafts.
Do I need a business license? Is there any kind of liability involved that I need to be aware of or insured from?
Are food products (like the pretty jars with ingredients in them) subject to any sort of restrictions or regulation?

Give me a few days and I'll bet I can come up with a bunch more (I'm crafty...)
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• Thanks! You just gave me a ton of great ideas for topics to add to the page.

I do currently have a list of websites you can use to sell your handmade goods, and they each work a little differently. I will try my best to keep the page non-specific to etsy, because while etsy is huge in the handmade market, there are still a variety of other sites that we can sell on as well. (see the list I posted today)

Taxes, Licensing and such like that will vary by state, but I do plan to add those tips to the page as well.

Thanks so much for your thoughts!


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aimeersd aimeersd
 
July 06, 2009 10:11 PM
Here is a site you can sell you items on.

Get started!
Sign up for free. To start selling on Etsy, you’ll first need to register for an Etsy account. To become a seller, you’ll need a credit card for verification purposes.

List your items. It costs 20 cents to list an item for four months. When your item sells, you’ll pay a 3.5% transaction fee. Read all about Etsy's fees for more information. Etsy makes it easy to pay your bill each month with a single click.

Or you can just sell them on ebay.com
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aimeersd aimeersd
 
July 06, 2009 10:14 PM
Sorry I read is wrong woops.

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