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The Complete Idiot’s Guide “Selling Your Crafts” Giveaway

August 1, by Shellie Wilson.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Selling Your Crafts walks readers through the process of preparing goods for sale, pricing and bookkeeping, finding venues, marketing and promoting products, and working with customers both online and off, all without quitting their day job. Clear, concise instructions explain everything readers need to know to sell crafts effectively in their spare time, and help them decide whether to take selling to the next level. This guide shows how to:

•             Find out whether the crafters, and their craft, are ready to start

selling

•             Set prices to cover costs and make a profit

•             Establish a bookkeeping system

•             Manage dual inventories of parts and finished goods

•             Discover the best places to sell crafts in person or on the Internet

•             Identify the right people to market to

•             Accept credit cards and process other forms of payment

•             Start selling wholesale

•             Stay out of tax and legal trouble

About the Author:

Chris Franchetti Michaels (Davis, Calif.) is the author of Teach Yourself Visually Jewelry Making & Beading, Beading Quick Tips, Wire Work Quick Tips, and Teach Yourself Visually Beadwork. She has sold her handmade jewelry as well as commercial beading supplies online for nearly a decade, and she maintains a blog at www.beadjewelry.net. Contact her through this book’s companion site, www.craftychannels.com.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Selling Your Crafts

ISBN: 9781592579914, July 2010, $14.95

Author: Chris Franchetti Michaels (Davis, Calif.)

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Competition Open – Worldwide

Competition Closes – August 15th

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Comments

  1. Karen Fenton says

    August 1, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    Great book to investigate.

  2. Juana Maria Esparza says

    August 1, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    Thanks for the chance.

  3. Emily says

    August 2, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Nice!!

  4. deborah says

    August 3, 2010 at 1:21 am

    I would love to read it…!

  5. Alan Huestis says

    August 3, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Thank You ..interesting book

  6. Tammy W. says

    August 4, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Would love to learn how to make money doing what I love to do.

  7. cindy thomas says

    August 6, 2010 at 7:09 am

    I have been trying to market my items. So far I have been ripped off to the point of pulling my hair out. Two stores that I have had items in have taken everything from me…I need help in major way…Thank you for this chance to win and help myself out.

  8. Karen Gonyea says

    August 9, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Count me in please 🙂

  9. Niki Moyer says

    August 14, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    Great site

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