If you are someone who is creative it is easy to overlook your talents as not being relevant in your hunt for the perfect career. There is often a bias toward practical jobs when it comes to education and creative careers are often considered to be ones that don’t pay and are hard to obtain. However, that is not always the case.
Creativity is something that needs to be nurtured, and this means practicing your skills and developing your style. Whatever form of creative craft skill you have, you can start to earn money from it straight away. You just need to get out there are do it.
Here are a few ways that you could consider getting your crafted goods out into people’s hands while making a bit of cash for yourself.
Setting Up An Etsy Store
Etsy is a wonderful marketplace where users can set up their own stores and sell the items that they have created. The focus is on handmade and independent items, so if you have a crafting skill will allow you to set up shop here and work in the niche that suits you.
Setting up your store is relatively simple, although you will need to work on your product range as well as marketing your store. Just being on the site does not guarantee that you will get visitors so think about using social media sites like Pinterest and Instagram to drive people in your direction.
Ensure that you deliver items that you sell in a professional manner. They will need to be of good quality and they should match the description and photographs on the page.
Building up your sales will take some time, so persevere with it.
Craft Events
Find out about local craft markets and see about setting up a stall there. Selling your crafts at occasional markets is a good way of making some sales. Get a printed hop-up banner made up that is impactful and that will draw people over to your stand.
Make sure your products are laid out well and are clearly priced. Engage with anyone who approaches your stand, provide great service and you may make sales.
Christmas markets are often a good place for crafters to open stalls. When shoppers are looking for something that little bit different, you could have exactly what they need. With events such as these growing in popularity, you may find that you could potentially make a considerable amount of money whilst raising awareness of any products you may have for sale online.
Join An Artists Collective
There are many artists and crafters collectives that tend to operate shared stores where they will host an array of local makers’ goods. Why not see if there is one of these in your area? You may need to get involved by helping out working in the store from time-to-time, but you will benefit from having the support of the creative community around you in building a name for yourself.
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