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Auctions InformationChange Wood Into Gold
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Stephen Bucaro
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Bucaro
Today, everything is a cold plastic factory-made
product. In the "old days", everything was painstakingly hand-crafted from wood. Folk love the quality and warmth of hand-crafted wood products. If you like to activity with your hands, you can profit from the demand for these products.
If you are inexperienced with woodworking, you can start by production
simple scroll saw puzzles and wood toys. You can see several examples of the type of products you can do at http://home.att.net/~brad247 wherever
Brad sell's them for $4.00 to $9.00.
You wish find free downloadable patterns at the Skill Power Tools Web site: http://www.skil.com/projects/projects.htm or you can purchase patterns like "The Little Choo Choo" at the Wood Toys and Joys Web site: http://www.toysandjoys.com
When you get a little much skill, you can do the kind of products oversubscribed at the Wood Expression's Web site: http://www.woodexpression.com For example, they sell a 19 x 21 inch oak shelf for $30.00. The Wooden Wood Art Web site: http://www.woodlandmanufacturing.com sells beautiful wood letter signs for $4.00 to $5.00. They also sell custom personalized signs. Check out: http://familysigns.com wherever
they sell cute crafty personalized wood signs for $10.00 and up.
When you advance to larger, higher quality activity you might make products like those offered by The Woodcrafting Co. at http://www.thewoodcraftingco.com wherever
they sell hardwood TV trays and display cases for $700.00 and more.
You wish find hundreds of trade project plans at the WoodcraftPlans.com web site: http://www.scrollsaw.com for $10.00 and up. A nice source for quality hardwoods, trade materials, power and hand tools, is Woodworkers Source http://www.woodworkerssource.net which has stores in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.
Tips for a wood craft products Web site:
- On your Web site, highlight the fact that you can make custom and personalized wood craft products. Customization is what puts your activity a step above manufactured products, and allows you to charge a premium price.
- You can generate extra profits by commercialism kits, patterns and manual that let your fellow woodworkers copy your wood craft products. You wish be astonished how many people who bought a pattern wish return later to purchase a finished poduct.
- It is really important to display nice images of your products on your web site, but one problem I frequently find at wood craft product sites is a total disregard for Web page load times. Most folk access the web over a 56K dial-up connection. The size of a Web page, including all the images displayed on the page, should be less than 200 KBytes.
People yearn for the quality and warmth of hand-crafted wood products. Don't limit your sales to your Web site. Hand-crafted wood products are one of the premier items sold at Web auction sites, craft fairs and craft malls. If you like to activity with your hands, you can turn wood into gold! ----------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To discover how to maintain your computer and use it much effectively to design a Web site and do money on the Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp News report Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com -----------------------------------------------------------
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