Good place for selling Art,Crafts and Hand made stuff

by ares1980

Posted: 12 years ago 25 replies

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Hi.I just want to ask if someone can recommend me a place for selling hand made items .I found a realy good supplier with this stuff hand made with very high quality and a very high margin.I already ordered a website to be made for me but want to find some other places to sell them.Thanks

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the french newbie 12 years ago

Etsy is good...
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- Enfusia 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by the french newbie
  
  Etsy is good...
  
  Yes, that's likely the best you'll find online.
  
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CollegeCEO 12 years ago

There's actually a market for handmade stuff on eBay. And as others have mentioned, Etsy would probably be one of the best options online. You could also hit up craft shows and community garage sales too.
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Cobaki 12 years ago

Etsy is your best option but there are also other sites including ArtFire and Zibbet. And as mentioned, you can try eBay but I heard it's a bit hard to sell creative and handmade products there.
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twinkenterprises 12 years ago

Bonanza is one that is free. It's a lot like artfire.
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- ares1980 12 years ago
  
  Thanks for the info.Have you heard about luulla.com
  It also look big and getting lot of traffic and sales.
  
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roblawrence

12 years ago

How about starting your own site and just sell direct. Why pay feed and commissions to third-parties? You're already paying paypal fees. Keep more in your pocket! A website can be set up for under $10 a month.

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movemaker

12 years ago

Originally Posted by roblawrence

I agree!

The same visitors that go to those other site also visit Facebook, YouTube & other Websites. I'd spend money on some ads to build a audience and once you have a little community you can always share what you have to offer with them.

And plus once you spend money on ads you will be able to know what keywords will be profitable for you which means you can then implement SEO!

Don't go to these sources when you can go direct to the consumer yourself! Unless you wana pay those fees and give them a cut. I would try it just to see how it works. But never forget that you can go direct!

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ares1980 12 years ago

Its always better to build a site but is it it better getting more traffic from the big sites.I will think that over as well..I have no idea of coding or setting up a pages or content or uploding products on my site.I have always used amazon and ebay and other auctions.Maybe thats the reason .
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AJMontoya 12 years ago

Etsy is the go to place for selling handmade goods. You can also check out StorEnvy. They've done a good job at integrating social media into online stores to create a social shopping experience.
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- morg2k2 12 years ago
  
  Etsy probably will be the better place BUT... have in mind that 95% of the traffic will be Etsy Sellers, so you will need promote your Etsy Store outside of Etsy (as you will do with any website) or else you are condemned to failure.
  
  My wife has a store there i know very well what i am talking about, so its better to have a good plan as you should have in any business.
  
  I wish you all the luck over there.
  
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Indieage 12 years ago

Etsy is the place as long as you will be doing some promotion. They are really the go to spot for handmade items.
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AStricklen 11 years ago

My girlfriend has started an Etsy store and, since I am apparently the "make money online" expert in the house, she is asking me for help. Does anyone have any important resources/guides/ebooks that will help teach her everything she needs to know? I can explain SEO to her, but keyword research for Etsy and the ad system is beyond me.

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread :/
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marquinho 11 years ago

Your best bets: etsy (as others mentioned), bonanza, and even craigslist is a good place to get some publicity - just add a link to your store on your listing.

You can use vendalism to post to craigslist - it makes it really easy to relist once your listing expires (1-click relist)
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smoor2012 11 years ago

I appreciate this question and the ideas in the replies myself as well. i have never heard of etsy and the others but i will try them. Thanks for the question and thanks for the replies.
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ViralMediaBoost 11 years ago

I think it will also help if you create a Pinterest account and post photos of your products there. Pinterest is growing these days and you may have better chances of exposing your products to the public.
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bollytintin 11 years ago

I really got inspired by all the responses in this thread. I am based in Nigeria so not sure I can use Etsy. I will surely look into setting up my own Ecommerce store soon.

Can use Joomla and Virtuemart perfectly and learning Magento and Pretashop now.

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- Rashell 11 years ago
  
  This is one of those questions you'd find better answers to if you googled than ask here on the forum.
  
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  c.t.coburn 11 years ago
  
  Etsy. a FB fanpage, Pinterest (great, wish I could get into it), build Squidoo lenses with "how to" info (featuring You Tube videos) and depending on whether you're willing to accept auction sales price?? on Ebay, believe you get 40 free auctions per month now?? (don't neglect the AboutMe page) that might be worth it too.
  
  once you have a routine in place you are comfortable with you can sell crafts for others as well.
  
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zoobie 11 years ago

etsy, I guess for self made products.
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- Elena21 11 years ago
  
  You can sell them on listingdock.
  
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tytt 11 years ago

I think Esty, overstock and bonaza is good choices for you.
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- M Bissonnette 11 years ago
  
  I would recommend etsy, bonanza and pinterest.
  
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JohnWest 11 years ago

There are many sites by using which you can sell art crafts and hand made stuff.The sites that I would suggest you are shopify,scottsmarketplace, etsy,icraft are sites to sell the products for the air crafts.
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Happybidr 11 years ago

I spend a lot of time with this niche, along with home decor, DIY, etc. I suggest looking at Shoppify if you want to have your own store. Use Pinterest to draw people to her site! Hugely popular. Think about identifying some of the popular blogs in that niche and doing either ads on their sites, or give aways (where they post the item, talk about it, and offer it to one of their subscribers who sign up for it.) That's very popular and a great way to draw attention to her product. Tell her good luck!
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