10 Tips For Selling Your Handcrafted Soap Online

So  you have been thinking of selling your bath products online?  If you want to start selling your products online and want to be successful doing it, I found a posting from Lovin' Soap called 10 Tips for Selling Your Handcrafted Soap Online that steering you in the right direction.

10 Tips to Selling Soap on Etsy

Now that you have been making soap for awhile and you have been thinking how you can make some money from your craft.  One of the ways of selling is on Etsy.  Never heard of Etsy?  Well, it is an online site that you can sell your craft.   But it can be discouraging since there are so many people selling soap and other bath and body products.  Inner Earth Soap recently wrote a post on 10 Tips to Selling Soap on Etsy. I would say that this posting has some really great tips on selling on Etsy. So read this posting to see what would be helpful to you.  If there are others out there who have sold on Etsy and would like to share any other tips that are not on this list, we would love to hear them.

How to Start a Crafts Consignment Business

Alot of crafters will often sell their wares on Etsy or Artfire. But did you know that there is an alternative to selling your crafts? They are called online consignment shops. What is a online consignment shop? Well, it is similiar to a regular brick and morter consignment shop where you take your merchandise in and the cosignor sells your product for a particular price and then they get a certain percentage of the item when it sells. What is really nice about this concept is that you can see if your products will sell well online before you strike it out on your own.

If you would like more information on selling your crafts through an online consignment shop, there is plenty of information on the internet. Here are some articles you may want to consider reading:

Ehow article,How to Start a Crafts Consignment Business

About.com article, Selling Your Arts and Crafts Through Consignment

Craft Tips Arts and Craft Directory Consign your way to success
Make Extra Money
Selling on Consignment
Where to Sell Your Crafts Online

There are probably many online craft consignment stores out on the internet. I am listing a few that you may want to take a look at. In no way, I am recommending any of these sites. But if you decide to consign your crafts, remember to do your research throughly.

Wendy's Craft Mall
American Craft Directory Crafter's Catalog
Handmade Catalog

I do not know of too many brink and morter craft malls in the San Francisco Bay Area. So far I only know of one and that is Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. At Cranberry Hill, one would rent a space and give a certain percentage of the crafter's sale. And each crafter who rented space had to devote so many hours working at the location. It has been awhile since I inquired information that it may have change. And I do distinctly remember that the person who I spoke to said that there is very little turnover. But with the downturn in the ecomony that may have changed. The other one I know of was across the bay in Newark. But that location has been closed for quite along time.

I would like to hear from anyone who has sold their crafts on an online consignment shop - the good, the bad and the ugly. Share any important lessons, tips, etc. sites, and articles that you would like to pass along to my fellow readers.

Stories and Quality – Details Sell Handmade Online

If you are selling your handmade crafts online, here is an interesting article on how stories and quaility can really enhance your sales.

http://handmademarketing.org/etsy-artfire-1000markets-sell-handmade-online-honeyfromthebee-janet-bocciardi-tips-for-sellers/

Macro Photography Tips – Increase Buyer Confidence

If you are having trouble with your photos for etsy or your blog, here is an article from Homemade Marketing to increase buyer confidence.

http://etsymarketing.org/macro-photography-tips-how-to-take-craft-item-photos/

Etsy Pricing Matters – Marketing Using Pricepoints

Do you know the power of your handmade item’s pricepoint? HandmadeMarketing.org reader Cindy Lietz, from the website Beads and Beading, gave insight on her blog as to how an item’s pricepoint could be a marketing tool in the article, "Etsy Pricing Matters – Marketing Using Pricepoints".

If you are interested in reading Cindy's great tips, please visit http://handmademarketing.org/etsy-pif-pricing-handmade/ . You may also want to learn about the power of market research, you may want to read her article on the subject by visiting http://etsymarketing.org/etsy-reserach-craft-market-research-online/.

Craft Blogs – Blogs Can Set Your Shop Scene

In the article, "Craft Blogs – Blogs Can Set Your Shop Scene", the Etsy seller behind Etsy’s Haptree shop and informative blog recently shared her ideas about handmade craft sellers starting blogs for their marketing efforts online.

If you are a crafter and you have a blog that is just not going anywhere, then you should read this article. It is very interesting and gives you a inside look at blogging as a marketing tactic for one to sell their crafts.

http://etsymarketing.org/etsy-blogs-how-to-blog-for-handmade-shop/