Selling Crafts Online

Selling crafts online can be a profitable and successful way to earn money with your homemade crafts. Listing your items on established websites is a great way to start selling your handicrafts. Many online marketplaces already have a strong web presence and are generally easy and affordable to use.

Here are some well known venues for selling your crafts online.

• Etsy.com Etsy is a well established internet marketplace where crafters and artists can sell their items. It is a well-organized site and easy to use. Registration for an Etsy account is free and simple, requiring only a username, password and valid email address. To open an Etsy shop as a seller you are also required to provide a credit card number and home or business address. Once you have set up your shop you can list your crafts to sell. Items are sold outright straight from the seller to the customer and no bids or auctions are involved. Listing an item costs 20 cents, which includes up to 5 photos, and your listing can stay up for four months. If an item sells the seller pays Etsy 3.5% of the final selling price.
• eBay Selling on eBay is also easy and affordable. There are different formats that can be used depending on your preference. eBay sells a huge range of items whereas Etsy focuses more on crafts, however eBay gets an enormous amount of visitors. Find out more about Starting an eBay Business.
• Handmadecatalog.com This online crafts marketplace is well set up and updated daily. Members can benefit from their crafts being listed on major shopping networks including Shopwiki.com, Froogle.com and Search.Live.com. There are three membership options from a Basic Package at $4.95 per month to a Professional Package ,that gives you a special URL, at $12.95 per month. Sellers pay a commission on items sold starting at 15% of selling price. Registration is simple and your items can be listed by category or by individual crafter or business name.
• Craftmall.net This site allows you to design your own homepage for selling crafts online. Basic fees start at $8.00 per month to list 10 items and an initial set up fee is also required. A fee is charged to upload each additional item. No commission is charged on sales.
• Artfire.com You can list your crafts for free on this artisan marketplace. There is no listing fee or commission. Sellers create their own studio where they can list their products.
• Silkfair.com Sellers can start with a free market booth to sell their crafts. You can also create your own independent custom store.
• Creationsbymom.com This site sells handmade items created by moms. They allow you to list your products for free, they process orders from customers and send you the payment. You then ship the product to the customer. The seller completes a product listing form and these details with a photo are uploaded onto the Creations by Mom website.
• Glcmall.com This site provides another online marketplace for crafters. The seller creates an online store and each store owner is responsible for all transactions. The standard store has a $12 per month flat fee and you can list up to 12 items in your store.

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