Request: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
Archived on 09/15/2009
How should I begin selling my crochet work?
By lderavin from Orlando, FL
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RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
When anyone asks about selling anything, I always recommend craigslist.com
It is free to advertise whatever you have to sell, and you can include pictures. People in your area will respond to the ad, then they come to you or you can meet them in a public place to show them your crocheted items. (04/07/2009)
By Anonymous
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
Craigslist is great, but it only lets you advertise in your area. If you have friends or family who might advertise in their cities, that will get you more noticed, but that is still a reach.
I suggest this great website. They take very little fee and you are seen by anyone who logs on. Give it a try? Good luck.
etsy.com (04/09/2009)
By Poor But Proud
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
My wife currently is selling craft and home decor items on a relatively new site called Bonanzle.com. Bonanzle is not a bidding site like e-Bay. You price your listed items and customers either pay your list price or, make an offer which you can accept, negotiate, or reject. The cost of doing business on Bonanzle is a fraction of the fees on e-Bay.
A really nice feature is that there are posts and threads just like here. You can promote your items, ask questions, ask for advice and it seems to have the "small town" air about it. People are helpful and usually friendly. My wife spends so much time on line with the site, it's like a virtual social club.
You can "Google" Bonanzle and follow the links. Sign up, set up a "booth" and you're in business. There is a lot of support for a new vendor. You can maintain an account here and do business on e-Bay or another site, too.
(04/10/2009)
By Nockmoi
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Request: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
Archived on 04/07/2009
I would like to start selling my handmade crochet items, but I don't know what would sell and what won't sell. I also need to know what to price the items. Thank you bunches!
Mackenzie from Millington, TN
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RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
I am crocheting some items to sell in a local craft show. I haven't had any advice about pricing, either, but I'm going to price them at what I would be willing to pay for them if I were the buyer. Of course, I have to make a profit over and above the supplies, and my time, but I think I'll have that figured in okay - sure hope so! Ha! Good luck, and God bless you. (09/04/2007)
By tedsmom
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
You can sell them on eBay. After you set up an account, you will need to look for the same thing you are selling and research what they are selling for. Take really good pictures of what you have to sell, and give a good description; and how much you want the bidding to start for the product. If you are a little scared of the process, you can put up one to sell and see how it goes. I have sold and bought on eBay and have had good success. Have a good time with it, it is exciting to see your things bid up and up. Good luck. (09/04/2007)
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
My friend and I set up at craft shows and sell crocheted items. We price them for the area. Some areas you can charge more, but in little towns like we set up at we figure our price by price of materials and then double or triple it. I make slippers and sell them for $2.50 because I can make 2 pair out of a skein of yarn. They sell really fast. It is kind of a try and see thing. Good luck. I sell in Michigan.
Dameemag from Rothbury, MI (09/04/2007)
By dameemag
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
I suggest just looking at what sells well on eBay to get a good idea of the market first. (09/05/2007)
By kimhis
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
Make sure you make usable products, not just decorative pieces. Slippers, pot holders, place mats, hats and scarves, and baby afghans would sell well. My grandmother had a home business making afghans, that spread just by word-of-mouth. People would pick out a pattern they liked from her small samples and tell her how big they wanted it to be. She'd tell them how much yarn to buy, they'd go to the store and buy the colors they wanted to match their homes. Then she'd make it for them and call them when it was ready. She was able to do this in her spare time while she watched TV in the evening. The business wasn't huge, but steady, and gave her spending money. (09/09/2007)
By susanmajp
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
susanmajp: Do you know how much she sold them for? I have never made an afghan, but I believe I would enjoy it. But if you don't want me to use her idea that's okay by me! Thanks, Mackenzie (09/11/2007)
By Anonymous
RE: Selling Handmade Crochet Items
Post all your items on www.youcraftylot.com. It's all free to sellers at the moment.
See what sells? (11/24/2007)
By Hazy
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