Members stampingdelight Posted January 29, 2018 Members Report Posted January 29, 2018 Hi, I am still very new to making things in leather & am having a hard time selling items. Is their any good places besides craigslist, that one can list leather items for sale that is free to list items. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Posted January 29, 2018 Not that I know of. Maybe try setting up a booth at a craft show. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Northmount Posted January 29, 2018 Report Posted January 29, 2018 Print up some business cards. Hand them out to everyone. Work through your friends and relatives to start with. Good work spreads by word of mouth which is some of the best advertising. Tom Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Posted January 29, 2018 Oh yeah, Facebook. Lots of people sell stuff on Facebook. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Mattsbagger Posted January 29, 2018 Members Report Posted January 29, 2018 You can also try Etsy. It can be a slow start though. Quote
Members thefanninator Posted January 30, 2018 Members Report Posted January 30, 2018 Big Cartel has several options for a shop, the lowest level is free. https://www.bigcartel.com/pricing Quote http://www.instagram.com/fannintexas/
Members YinTx Posted February 10, 2018 Members Report Posted February 10, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 6:01 PM, thefanninator said: Big Cartel has several options for a shop Visited their website, but not entirely sure how this thing works. Where are all the "shops?" How do you buy something from a "big cartel" shop? How are they advertising the shops to others? I've never even heard of this. The website seems like a good concept, but I seem to be missing the core of it... YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
Members thefanninator Posted February 10, 2018 Members Report Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, YinTx said: Visited their website, but not entirely sure how this thing works. Where are all the "shops?" How do you buy something from a "big cartel" shop? How are they advertising the shops to others? I've never even heard of this. The website seems like a good concept, but I seem to be missing the core of it... YinTx That's the trick, you can't really do a search for an item or browse for things and find a shop. It's more like having your own website. You have to market your shop yourself using your site's address. I used it for a while and posted my link to my facebook and instagram pages but it didn't get much traffic. At one time there was a directory of sorts but I've read they shut that down. Edited February 10, 2018 by thefanninator Quote http://www.instagram.com/fannintexas/
Members Mattsbagger Posted February 10, 2018 Members Report Posted February 10, 2018 Reddit has a classified section where you can sell stuff also. Quote
Members hideandvalor Posted November 10, 2018 Members Report Posted November 10, 2018 Etsy Amazon Handmade Create your own Shopify/Woocommerce store BigCartel Patreon (package your own video courses and create a tiered monthly subscription model) Gumroad (sell your own ebooks on how to leathercraft) Quote Phil Founder / Owner, Hide & Valor a: Seattle, WA s: hideandvalor.com
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