Sites for selling homemade crafts?
Does anyone know which sites to sell homemade crafts on? Specifically knit and crocheted items
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Check out e-bay. I saw a whole host of crafts, yarns, patterns, books, etc. there.
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etsy.com is AMAZING
It always sounds like a good idea to “sell on the Internet because you reach tons of people,” but it often doesn’t work that way because tons of people are already doing just that.
Unless your work is truly unique and outstanding in some way (other than the fact that it’s homemade, of course) it will likely not even be seen. You’d probably do better to sell in local craft-sales shops and markets.
Try the Internet if you want, but don’t put all your eggs in that basket. Yes, I do sell things there (jewelry, mainly) and they are unique enough to sell, but I do much better selling in person or through friends and strangers who see someone wearing my work and want one, too.
Hands down, etsy.com is THE place to go for handcrafted items.
If you want to sell items, it is easy and inexpensive to set up a store and there are hundreds of articles on marketing.
Try your local kijiji. You get free ads and can put your price there. People contact you by email and you can decide where to meet to do the transaction. I’d say only sell to local people (those who can come to you) to avoid fraud and mailing/transportation costs. Good luck!
I believe etsy dot com to be best place for buying and selling handmade items. Their direct link is http://www.etsy.com . You can set up your own store and have a direct link to that store. For example, mine is BearyAnn.etsy.com . Yours would work the same way using whatever name you choose for your store. You set your prices and people can request items from you as well.