A few thoughts on photographing your items, to use a white background or not. When thinking of photographing your items to sell online, it is important that your photos catch and hold the shoppers attention, your photo should WOW the viewer! Having been a jewelry designer for over 20 years and selling online for more than 7 I have seen some beautiful handmade items on backgrounds that weren't given much thought. For example, take a look at many items lsited on E-Bay, ...
Selling your handmade items online can be hard enough without having to worry about under or over pricing. I have spent years creating jewelry and pricing was always something in which I knew I had to come up a solution. I can say that having a successful online shop consists of many aspects, such the will and determination to make your shop a success, hard work, and tons of social networking (Yes, where you actually have to go out in the "REAL" world and interact with actual people!) ...
In today's day and age we all need to be more conscious of spending and where are hard-earned money is going, believe it or not this contributes to the bigger picture. Buy handmade and you support a true artist. You can be sure that human rights are respected in the making of your gift. Handmade gifts are for many reasons often more ecological than mass produced: up-cycled gifts are a big hit this year now that so many of us are "GOING GREEN" and of course handmade in most cases outlasts ...
Why does handmade seem more expensive than mass produced? I have had so many people ask me over and over: “Why are handmade items so costly?” My answer has always remained the same, after 19 years of selling handmade jewelry I can list thousands of reasons; however I won’t bore you with thousands and settle for a few very important reasons. When buying handmade you must take into consideration not only the quality materials that the artisan uses, but the expertise, time, ...
It's official: the long awaited Etsy store is now open, stocked and ready for business!! I had been in two minds about going down this pathway, but the injury of my finger in August 2011 meant I couldn't throw on the wheel (still can't - but soon, hopefully) and couldn't really make any big stuff... so I started making beads, and here I am! The items in the Etsy store are all small and light weight, and will probably remain that way, due to the cost factors involved with postage. ...
Updated 01-24-2012 at 03:39 PM by Andy Clift
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