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All simply about eBayHow to Sell Your Crafts on eBay
by:
James Dillehay
Artists, craftspeople and photographers are with success
commercialism their wares everyday on the online auction site, eBay. According to a recent analysis of eBay sales, a crafts-related item is oversubscribed every nine seconds, a album
item is oversubscribed every minute, and 40 cross-stitch items sell in an hour on eBay. Sales of craft items on eBay have grown-up simply about 60 per centum in the past year, according to TheBidFloor.com.
But, at the same time, many an would-be be sellers are listing their pieces for sale on auctions and effort no bids, last that eBay simply doesn't work.
Here are several tips from James Dillehay, craft artist, eBay merchant and author of the new book, "Sell Your Crafts on eBay" (Warm Snow Publishers), on how to productively sell your wares online:
1. Anyone who can type and has access to the Net
can sell on eBay. But the creative person has an advantage on eBay once
she turns that creative thinking toward researching unnoticed
opportunities.
For example, during the months before Christmas, more than 3,000 Christmas items are oversubscribed every 24 hours on eBay. Research methods defined in Sell Your Crafts on eBay showed that between Feb 12 and March 12 of this year, 4,107 auctions with 'Christmas ornament' in the title completed with success
at an average cost of $17.34. Imagine how more much money a smart craftsman can do all year long knowing how to ferret out this kind of information from eBay sales.
2. A word's orthography impacts an item's profitability. For example, the word 'handmade,' spelled as one word, was part of 2,233 auction titles with an average closing cost of $16.29. However, auction titles that enclosed
'hand made' as two words were found in 1,358 listings, but with an average auction closing cost higher, at $27.81, or $11.52 more profit per item.
3. Go to eBay.com and find the search box. Type in the word or phrase that describes your art or craft item. Then scroll down the links on the left side of the page and click on the link for "completed items." Here, you'll be able to see the demand for this type of product. Do searches for your items every two to three weeks to chart purchasing patterns.
4. Find out how more folk are willing to pay for your wares. Click on the link that says "highest price." This wish give you a list of completed auctions from highest priced items to lowest priced ones. You want to cognize what folk are willing to pay for items like yours. If you can't do and sell your product for a profit, eBay strength
not be your marketplace.
5. Determine how more money you'll do on your product. To determine your profitability, use the cost of your materials plus the cost of your labor plus the cost of your commercialism price, which should be the minimum cost to recover your expenses. If it takes you eight hours to do a piece of jewelry and the highest priced similar item sells on eBay for $26, you won't do a profit.
6. Look at the elements of flourishing sellers of products that are similar to yours. Examine their winning auction titles. Observe how more detail they use to describe their item. See if the merchant used any of eBay's special features such as gallery photos or a bold, featured listing. Assess the starting price, starting day of the week, and duration of winning auctions.
For more tips on how to sell your craft items on eBay, consult a resource book like "Sell Your Crafts on eBay," by James Dillehay. It offers-more than 200 easy-to-learn plan of action and tips that help sell art, craft and theme-related items for a profit on eBay and on else online auction Web sites.
Just simply about the author:
James Dillehay is a 20-year crafts veteran and across the nation
recognized expert on craft business. Author of eight books, his articles have helped readers of Family Circle, Better Homes & Gardens, Country Almanac, Working Mothers, The Crafts Report, Sunshine Artist, and many an else magazines. James serves on the consultive boards to the National Craft Association and ArtisanStreet.com For more information, see http://www.craftmarketer.com
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