Depending on what you are selling there are many options available for you when it comes to selling your craft online. I think the best place to sell crafts online though is using Etsy. Etsy is a website that is designed solely with crafters in mind. Unlike Ebay where anything goes, everything that you sell on Etsy has to be either handmade or the supplies needed to make crafts.
It is also becoming well known as a great place to buy handmade goods. This will definitely work to your advantage if you are selling crafts because right off the bat if you have someone browsing your store then they are more likely to buy since they are looking for handmade items.
Another great thing about Etsy is that they have a very small listing fee. This is especially important if you are planning on listing a lot of your crafts in your store. Each listing you put on costs .20 for your item to be listed for 3 months. In today’s world, that is nothing and is much cheaper then other places. That also means for $1 you can set up your store and list five items while getting your feet wet. Talk about a big investment!
They are easy to use and personalize. Etsy is easy to use when it comes to setting up your listings and they allow you to personalize your store to make it uniquely yours. Just like the craft you are going to sell the more unique you are the better you are going to be remember and the more you are going to sell.
Another reason that Etsy is the best place to sell crafts online is that they allow you to take requests. This is actually a big one. Etsy allows customers (if you choose) to request of you a variation of what you are selling. So lets say you have a beautiful knitted baby blanket and someone see it and absolutely loves it. The only problem the customer thinks is that it is the wrong color.
Well, now they can turn around and ask you if you could make it in the color that they wish it was. Not only is your customer delighted but so are you because you just sold a blanket that you would not of otherwise sold. There is a lot of power in allowing your customer request little changes to make it exactly what they want.
If you are ready to sell your crafts online then Etsy (in my opinion) is the best place to sell crafts online.
Also, if you do decide to give Etsy a try for selling your crafts online feel free to sign up for my free mini course. It’s step-by-step instructions on selling your crafts online using Etsy.It covers how to set up your Etsy store, how to personalize it, and how to set it up to get the most visitor’s you can.
Have fun crafting and the best of luck building your new craft business!
