I love to knit, but can only use so many items my self. Would love to branch out and start selling some of my handiwork.
2007-01-14 05:59:52 · 7 answers · asked by pwernie 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Okay, you are ready to branch out. First, determine how much you want to sell your items. Usual formla is the cost of materials x 3. i.e. if it cost you $5 to make and item multiply x 3 and sell for $15.00. This is just a general rule as you can charge more if the market will bear the price. When determining the cost of materials use full retail price (even if you bought the yarn on sale). After a bit you will be able to tweak your pricing. Unfortunately, with hand made items you cannot charge for your time as no one will pay the value. Once you have the material aspect of sales out of the way start networking. Tell all your friends, ask them to tell their friends. Have some business cards printed up. Pass them out whenever you chat with someone (even if it is just a quick chat in the store). Make sure you have an email address and a phone number for contact noted on the cards. If you have relatives living in other states send them a note explaining your new enterprise and include some of those business cards for them to pass out. Join any local knitting guilds, visit local yarn stores and tell everyone you see about your handknitted items. The key is networking, networking and more networking. Eventually you may want to invest in your own website. Good luck. I am in the process of getting ready to open a website. Have fun meeting new people.
2007-01-14 06:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by kitten 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, the best thing to do is to check to see if those items are selling. Type in "hand knit baby" or something similar while searching in ebay and see if people are bidding. Even if they aren't bidding as much as you'd like to make starting out, it may be a good means for you start your own website. Even if you make back all the supply cost and SOME of the labor cost... you'll be starting out well. People will bid more once your rating goes up and people start watching your auctions. I'm starting up a sewing business and I sold one handmade diaper bag and plan to sell some hippie style clothes on ebay for the "publicity" and then start up my own website. I also plan to sell some little girls skirts (patchwork style) as well to see how they do. Maybe if we both do well we could combine websites. My hubby is a web designer. :) I've studied a lot about this and if you want to chat anymore, message me.
2016-03-14 05:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by Carmen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hand Knitted Things
2016-12-10 15:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can.There are clubs and what not. My Grandma knits blankets fopr still born babies to be barried in. Their group donates them. It's a gift but kind of creepy, I think. I do know that there are alot of options. Keep checking it out.
2007-01-14 06:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by 29LICKS & MR.29LICKS 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ebay is easy to use. I've not tried to use it to sell handcrafted items, though. My mom makes baby clothes, baby blankets, adult scarves, etc. to donate to shelters, and hospitals. (She's an ob nurse).
2007-01-14 06:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by kaliselenite 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try www.etsy.com
its a fantastic site where you can sell your crafts with others doing te same- really great to check out and see what your"competition" is up to...
also- if you creat your own patterns consider selling these too-
2007-01-14 06:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by miss m 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Get started at vendor sales, first.
See what the demand is.
Arts and craft fairs. Church bazaars, etc.
Good luck!
2007-01-14 06:07:24 · answer #7 · answered by kabmiller@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah,sell them on the interntet,theres tons of old farts that love to buy shi t like that.
2007-01-14 06:38:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋