Selling Handmade Crochet Items

By

Callen

Ecrater.com is a good place to open your own webstore. It is a free online marketplace that you can upload pictures, enter descriptions, and pricing. There are no hosting fees and consists of a community of different types of sellers. There is also the option of ebay, artfire, and etsy.

By

Poor But Proud

You can bunch your things up ans sell as a lot on Craigslist.com but meet at a local business or parking lot...never at your home. You can easily set up a simple website of your own, and then advertise with us. You will need a paypal account if you don't already. Avoid eBay, they will cost you a lot. If you have a nice open garage, think of having a "craft sale" and advertise on CL. Good luck!

By

satimiriam

In my area there are local flea markets in the spring and summer. They have a small fee to set up, but many of them get lots of traffic. Pick a busy weekend in your area and try it out. You might want to go to the market a week or two beforehand to check it out, see what kind of traffic it gets, what others are selling, and what kind of price ranges they have.

By

PIKKA

Can't you break up the items you have into categories and post them that way on Etsy? It seems the best venue to sell year round for crafters, that I've ever seen.

The other way is to google etsy, and when it pops up, check similar, but if you are dealing with an unknown site, I don't know how you research it's reputation.
Perhaps you could develop your own site through an inexpensive site.

You could write a form letter and send it to all churches in July to find out about craft bazaars, and also check local area for flea markets, though some can be seedy.

By

kffrmw88

Put ad in news paper or online papers,good luck.

By

mrs.story

I have a couple online shops (all currently empty.I've been too busy with life!), and I have friends with online shops.

In addition to etsy, there is artfire.com. Reminds me of etsy. Also lov.li I haven't been there in ages, but it used to be okay. You can sell all sorts of stuff on blujay.com, but it kind of reminds me of ebay.

Best of luck! One of my biggest items is my Valentine's Day cards, and I'm thinking about getting back into the saddle. I think things will be going into high gear for me next week when The Kid goes back to school. :-)

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!

How should I begin selling my crochet work?

I have several crochet items. How do I sell them?