Guest Author - Jennifer Anderson
If you’re an artistic person, selling your wares on www.etsy.com/ might be a good option if you’re looking to raise cash quickly. If you’re unfamiliar with the site, it’s a place where artisans can sell various homemade goods in a thick, online marketplace.
Some important things to note about Etsy are the following:
1) everything you sell must be something you made yourself;
2) it costs 20 cents to list an item for 4
months; and
3) each sale will incur a 3.5% transaction fee.
As far as what you can sell on Etsy goes, hot sellers include:
* pieces of art,
* bags and purses, candles,
* toys for children,
* crocheted items,
* holiday decorations,
* quilts,
* vintage pieces, and
* wedding decorations.
In order to avoid violating any of the terms of service on Etsy, take a look at
the guide they’ve placed online here: http://www.etsy.com/dosdonts.php.
While there are many ways to make money with Etsy, the experts suggest that
building items around a single theme and specializing is one of the best ways to
get noticed and to sell items. This is usually a better option that creating a lot of disparate items in different categories.
Here are some books that will help you market your crafts, both online and offline.Overall, Etsy provides a good opportunity to make money online fast; and while doing something you enjoy already. However, if you’re not particularly artistic or don’t have an interest in crafts, then Etsy may not be a such a good option for you.
Here are a few books that will help you market your crafts, both online and offline.
