Every needlewoman who wants to earn with her own labor has a question of how to sell the finished product. This issue is especially relevant when a woman goes on maternity leave or has reached retirement age and does not know where to apply her skills.
Instructions
Step 1
To make your business a success, decide what is of the greatest interest to buyers and is in the greatest demand. Surely there are large handicraft shops in your city, go there and provide some samples of your creativity. By what they buy from you, you can understand which things are the most popular. Usually these are bedspreads and blankets made in the patchwork style, various curtains, napkins, tablecloths, handkerchiefs, garments in ethnic, rustic style. Jewelry made of stones, plastic, leather, knitted clothes for babies, costumes for dogs, souvenirs and so on are also in demand. If you love to embroider, then don't put your labor into large paintings. They are very labor intensive, expensive for buyers and seldom sold. Usually embroidery is made to order.
Step 2
The most optimal way is to sell your product over the Internet.
You can find your buyer at various online fairs, auctions, in stores. It is absolutely not necessary to create your own website, but it is necessary to create a page in some magazine. This page should be your face. If you like it, then in 50% of cases, the page visitor will become a buyer. The page should lead to your account in the online store. Otherwise, how can a visitor buy your product?
Step 3
The success of a page depends on a well-designed portfolio. All images of your products that you place in it must be of high quality. Your crafts should look “delicious” for the buyer, so that he can imagine how he can use your product in his life. This will be facilitated not only by the signatures to the lots, but also by the very content of the pictures. If it is jewelry - make a beautiful portrait, which will depict a beautiful girl in your products.
Step 4
Leave links to your portfolio on thematic forums. Just try to make them look harmonious, otherwise the moderators will delete them and block your accounts.
Step 5
When placing your products on the pages of online stores, adhere to the following rules:
- Place your products in exactly those headings where potential consumers will find them.
- Describe your product in detail, and tell us how the buyer will benefit from the purchase of this product.
- Without pictures, your product is unlikely to buy, no matter how tempting the description may be.
- Payment and delivery terms should also be easy to understand.
- The more lots you put up, the more chances that something will be chosen. Customers always follow such links, and it is better to let them choose from your products than compare them with others.
- When sending the goods, make a small surprise to the buyer. This will increase your credibility in his eyes and for sure he will become your buyer.
