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The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally, and On-Line
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The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally, and On-Line
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Product Description
It's an exciting new world for crafters. Handmade is hip, creativity is what the market wants and there are many profitable sales opportunities that didn't exist a few short years ago. For crafters that have more confidence running a sewing machine that setting up a Web site, The Handmade Marketplace breaks down and makes sense of the global possibilities for marketing and selling crafts. 224 pages.
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- Dimensions: 7.5 in. h x 6.5 in. w x 0.5 in. d
- Weight: 0.75 ounces
- Made in US
Categories: Selling Online
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This book is a must buy for any crafter/artisan! A great resource for starting, running and promoting your business. You will read this book more than once.
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Making a living as an artist is hot topic these days. Tricky at best, it is an elusive career choice but very desirable none the less. Kari Chapin’s down to earth, savvy advice strips away much of the mystery, whether you are knitting hats for babies or painting images to reproduce and sell on Etsy. She has brilliant insight into a variety of ways of approaching marketing, especially helpful insights into online avenues. Some longish passages (thank you!!) by Grace Bonney (Design Sponge*) and Holly Becker (Decor8), 2 of the most popular art and design blogs online, clarify how to pitch a product. Building any sort of business is difficult. Making things and selling them may be the hardest, particularly if you are in love with what you do. Kari makes it a step by step process that might just help you succeed.
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I purchased this book initially because Emily Martin [The Black Apple] did some of the illustrations and I simply adore her and her work. But then when the book arrived, I could not put it down. I’ve been selling my jewelry on the internet for 6 years now and this little 210 page book would have been worth it’s weight in gold to me back then. What has taken me years to figure out on my own, is within the charming little pages of this book. A MUST have for anybody making and selling art and crafts these days. I would highly recommend this book. You will not regret purchasing it, I can promise you that. The references and links themselves are worth the cost of the book. You’ll love it ~ I promise! Kathy Hardy ~ Dornick Designs ~ [...]
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Beyond being a super cute and attractive book, Kari’s Handmade Marketplace will no doubt be the craft/indie business bible for at least the next 10 years. Questions about business cards? Social marketing? Selling wholesale or consignment? Using Etsy, Artfire or other online venues? It’s all there, plus cute illustrations, stories told in the first person by today’s most promising artists and crafters, and bits of information crammed into every nook and cranny. I get bored easily and rarely read a reference book cover to cover, but this one I did and have gone back and read parts twice. Highly recommended for those starting out in the business and to those with experience (I’ve been selling for over 5 years and found loads of good tips in Kari’s book). This book should be on every crafters bookshelf.
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I own many books on getting my wares to market but had yet to get my efforts off the ground. I’d always felt that something was missing in the equation. THIS book is what was missing. Chapin finds a way to make selling your wares feel natural, easy and comfortable. I no longer feel that offering my work to the public is an overwhelming chore.
Chapin integrates social networking, web shops, and blogging information that brings you up-to-the-minute without feeling like it is artificial self-promotion. Her ability to outline the natural progression from my studio to global exposure is amazing! Her guidance brings results that are exciting, community building, supportive, and inspiring.
I would highly recommend this book to everyone who has had a hard time getting their sales efforts off the ground. I would also recommend this book to those who have sold in traditional outlets but have yet to find a way to get more exposure to grow.
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The Handmade Marketplace is an excellent source of information for the independent entrepreneur. Chapin touches on all the necessary information for anyone interested in starting their own handmade/craft brand from home. I am currently working on a high-school senior independent-study program where I am crafting my own brand. The Handmade Marketplace could not be a more perfect book for my project. I have read through many similar books, but this is by far my favorite. Chapin somehow makes what could seem like an overwhelming task manageable. The book also provides advice and interviews from so many successful, talented people who have made strides in the online indie world. As an added bonus, the book is pleasing to look at. The illustrations are beautiful and inspiring in themselves.
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I was so excited to find out about this book — it’s the perfect crafter’s book, beautiful, lovely to hold, full of the kind of stuff I always wonder about, in trying to get my work sold. Thank you thank you!
(LOL — how’d my husband’s name get on my Amazon account??)
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I never write book reviews on Amazon, but am inspired to write one for The Handmade Marketplace. The author has practical real-world experience and is able to convey it in a very easy to understand manner. She has assembled an excellent group of contributors to add their perspectives to the discussion, and they help paint a more complete picture.
Practical information relayed in a pleasing format – not at all painful, like so many “craft as business” books – instead, it is HIGHLY ENJOYABLE, beautifully illustrated, and a great read if you’re thinking of taking the plunge into running your own craft business, or if you already do and just want to learn more.
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This book is great! I can’t believe how much information is packed into it!
I have been hesitant about selling my crafts online and havn’t because I have found it way too intimidating….. But Kari’s book shines the light on soooooooo many of my questions that I have no choice but to go forward- Etsy here I come!
Also, I really valued all the creative voices she includes. To hear ideas and stories and tips from all over is really helpful.
The tone is easy to read and the illustrations are adorable- thank you Kari for this helpful read!
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HANDMADE MARKETPLACE: HOW TO SELL YOUR CRAFTS LOCALLY, GLOBALLY, AND ONLINE comes from a marketing crafter who has sold her homemade goods online and also managed her own retail shop. Her background in publicity and marketing for a variety of arts and nonprofits makes for a powerful and unique guide perfect for crafts and arts libraries as well as basic business collections.