I love crocheting and make a ton of baby blankets, hats, and booties. Lately, my friends have encouraged me to sell them and make some money off of my hobby. Where is the best place to sell them online? Thank you!
Where is the best place to sell crocheted blankets online?
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Rachel
April 7, 2010 at 10:00 am
I would try Etsy, or e-bay, other than that you could do a local craft show, and sell there.
Volusian
April 7, 2010 at 10:32 am
As a seller, the most important thing you want to consider is the size of your potential market. A basic business tenet is ‘The greater the potential market, the greater the potential to maximum profits.’
EBAY
Your greatest potential market is eBay WORLDWIDE, not just the USA. There isn’t another auction site on the web that can hold a candle to ebay and the close to 200 million of members it has. Many have tried and many have failed and yet, many are still trying. Ebay has a virtual lock on this business. This is where you want to sell as ebay has the largest potential market. Yes, there are fees but you would not have access to this huge market had it not been for eBay. Reaching this market is part of what your fees are for. In short, there will ALWAYS be a cost of doing business, whether it be money or time or both.
CRAIGLIST
While free, Craigslist is basically a classified that limits you to your general geographic area. This, in turn, drastically limits your potential market. If you want to reach the most people to maximize your profits, ebay is still the way to go. Craigslist, for the most part, is for larger and/or heavier items that are heavy and/or cumbersome to easily ship cheaply like furniture, weights/dumbbell sets, cars, swing sets, etc. Also, CASH is king with Craigslist. Do tell the buyers beforehand that you will accept ONLY CASH.
Also, it’s a crazy world! As most Craigslist buyers will arrive at your home to pick up their merchandise, I would advise people, especially women, who use Craigslist to have at least two other people with them when the buyer arrives. You just never know what kind of riff raff may show up at your doorstep. The person who arrives may be a heavy drooler and look like Quasimodo. You don’t want to be terrified alone, do you? You want to be terrified with at least two other people. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
GOOD LUCK!