From the course: Learning Craft Photography
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Selling your crafts
For me, starting an online store went a little something like this. Step one, make a craft. Step two, take photos of that craft. Step three, sell the craft. So what do you need to sell the craft? We've already talked about how to photograph the craft, and if you're watching these videos, chances are you're already pretty crafty and know how to make your own brand of craft. So, when I say step three is sell our craft, well, what do we need to do? First of all, we need a vehicle or a platform. And that can be trade shows, craft shows local stores, mailing lists, or online stores like Big Cartel and Etsy. Now, the benefit with using an online store like Etsy, is there is just about no overhead. You have to pay a very very minimal fee to actually become a vendor on Etsy, and once you do that, there's all kinds of functionality that allows you to tag your craft with specific key words. Set your price for domestic shipment, set your price for international shipment, create miniature stores…
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