Selling on Etsy: Turning Your Hobby Into a Profitable Business

Selling on Etsy: Turning Your Hobby Into a Profitable Business
Megan Kutchman (Author)
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Small Business & Entrepreneurship

It used to be that you could afford to enjoy a hobby for that hobby's sake. These days, every little penny counts.

What if you could learn every step it took to make an income from the craft or hobby you enjoy? What if your woodworking, macrame, photography or oil paintings could not only provide you with additional income, but also a career?

Etsy, a global marketplace for handcrafted items and art, is your gateway to creating additional income doing something you love.

If you make it, you can sell it on Etsy.

Selling on Etsy teaches you everything you need to create a successful, thriving business selling your handmade items online.

It isn't enough to make an item and list it in the hopes that it will sell; you need to do research to find out if there is a market for your craft, how to create a unique angle to make it highly desirable to your customers and how to make the most of free keyword tools to make your Etsy listings easy to find and easy to buy.

Selling on Etsy shows you how to do:

-Quick and easy market research using free tools
-Determine a pricing strategy that allows you to profit and grow your business
-Develop a brand name and own it across the web
-Work out the details for shipping, photography and customer-friendly policies
-Go step-by-step through creating a shop and your first listings
-Market your shop effectively through traditional and uncommon marketing methods, both online and offline
-Seek out cost effective methods to advertise your business and analyze results for the best returns
-Make customer service work for you by being accessible to your customers without being taken advantage of
-Take your business beyond Etsy and sell on your own website

With Selling on Etsy, you have all of the tools and information you need to go from hobby crafter to a full-fledged business.

Whether you're new to selling online or trying to make the most of your existing Etsy shop, Selling on Etsy gets you there with proven, results-oriented steps and techniques designed to guide you on your path to success.

Freedom from the 9 to 5 is out there. Are you ready to reach out and grab it?

• Rank: #15383 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-02-03
• Released on: 2013-02-03
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Description #1 by DeepDiscount:

Turn your handmade hobby into a thriving businessMost Etsy sellers are confident in their crafting and artistic capabilities. However, many need guidance on the business-related intricacies of starting and maintaining a successful Etsy business. Etsy-preneurship helps existing and potential Etsy sellers understand the business fundamentals needed to become a small business owner on Etsy, including taxes, bookkeeping, marketing, finances, administrative tasks, daily operations, legal requirements, business plans, and improving your business skills. This book will help you make the jump from enjoying your handmade/craft/art hobby to running a profitable business.Etsy-preneurship offers step-by-step advice on what it takes to bring in extra income or even one day run a full-time business on EtsyOutlines the basic business skills and knowledge you need to run a business on Etsy Explains how Etsy makes entrepreneurship attainable for everyoneEach chapter even includes a downloadable business spreadsheet tool to help you put the steps into action. This book empowers Etsy sellers to turn their handmade hobby into a thriving business by employing foundational business concepts.

Description #2 by Etsy - apinchofwonderful:

Crafting as a Business by Wendy Rosen Turn your hobby into a profitable business. This all-color reference by the creator of the National Buyers Markets of American Crafts and publisher of American Style is filled with firsthand success stories, and dozens of practical worksheets. See how to develop and design your product, outline business plans, deal with copyright, find your likely customer, price correctly, interpret trends, and create publicity. This item will ship within 24 hours of payment. Any questions? I love to convo. Thanks for shopping with me.

Description #3 by Etsy - grannyscozy:

Now You Too Can Design Your Own Projects And Patterns Like A Professional! Provided by a published designer with over 15 years experience! Designing your own arts and crafts projects just got easier than you could have ever imagined! If you've ever wanted to design your own projects and patterns, for publications or just to provide unique gifts for your loved ones, then this issue of Profitable Crafts will have you designing wonderful new products in no time. It doesn't matter if you've never designed a single crafts product, the methods covered in this manual are easy enough for any beginner to understand and follow. Even if you are a professional designer, you'll still find methods and techniques included in this manual to help improve your designing skills. I designed my first doll dress thanks to your help and it turned out GREAT! I'm going to start on the dollhouse this week and make a large one for my daughter so that she can finally have the dollhouse of her dreams. Keep the books coming Maria, I'm enjoying every single one of them! Deirdre T. A Bit About The Author Maria has been crocheting since she was 11 years old, and has over 15 years experience at selling at arts and crafts shows. When she attends shows, she always receives visits from other crafters that have booths at the same shows, asking her for advice when they see her booth full 95% of the time with paying customers. She has mentored literally hundreds of crafters, both online and off, and helped them turn their part time hobby into a profitable full time business. She has not had a single person complain about her techniques not working, even though she has over 10 years experience of providing her mentoring services for craft related topics. She has over 13 years experience at designing her own crochet patterns and other craft projects, and has had a number of her patterns and projects published in nation wide magazines. She has had one article published in a national magazine, and has also won numerous awards for some of her best designs. You Will Quickly Learn How To See things with a different perspective to help make designing easier Design wonderful products using normal every day household objects Design crocheted dresses for dolls quickly and easily without using a pattern Make sewn clothing for dolls that fit perfectly Use things in nature like sticks to create wonderful gifts for your loved ones Brainstorm so that you can come up with many different designs from just one object Use nature to help get your creative juices flowing Improve your designing skills by using something as simple as a spoon, can and pencil Design in crochet quickly and easily following just a few simple techniques Design a wonderful dollhouse, using nothing but sticks and cardboard It doesn't matter what type of craft you like to make, or what your favorite hobby is. The techniques provided in this issue of Profitable Crafts can be applied towards any craft, no matter what your current skill. When designing your own projects and patterns, you will then become the legal copyright holder for your designs and can then resell your patterns and instructions for increased profits. You'll find such joy in designing your own projects once you devour what's in this manual, that you may never use another's instructions again! I can't believe the chuckles I got when I read your newest issue of Profitable Crafts. You explain things in such a fun way, I never want to stop reading! Tommy V. You get at least 10 times your money's worth. Just imagine the pride you'll feel when you can start saying "I designed it myself". Maria Vowell usually charges a high-class fee to teach others just a few of the methods covered in this manual, but you can get these methods today at a very affordable price! Act immediately and receive the following bonuses Since I know it's 100% to your benefit to act right away, I want to sweeten the pot and give you every possible reason to say YES today! If you respond immediately, you'll also receive the following: Free bonus one: Free resell rights to this manual. You will get a sales letter just like this one, where you can resell this manual and keep 100% of the profits! Reselling is simple, just add your order link, upload the sales page and ebook to your own hosting account and promote for 100% profits from all sales generated from your site! *For many more ebooks, handmade things, and other great items visit my etsy store www.grannyscozy.etsy.cok Thank you! *After payment clears, this eBook will be delivered within 24 hours to your registered Paypal email address and on CD delivered via postal mail to your paypal shipping address. What is An eBook? An eBook is an electronic book, one you read digitally on your computer, laptop screen or on devices called eBook readers. You will find them in various formats and until the industry has a standard accessible in all devices these various formats will exist. PDF format is a popular format for eBooks. All platforms are able to gain access and read PDF formatting. So regardless if you have a PC or Mac, you are in business! PDF requires the Acrobat Reader but this software comes on many new computers and if not included, it's a free downloaded from Adobe web site.