Tips for pricing your handmade crafts 18 Articles

by Mercy

Pricing your crafts is a delicate balance between considering what you want and considering what your buyer wants. When you decide to sell, you become a business person, so you have to think business. You can't let what yo...read more

by Cindy Hartzell

Pricing your handmade crafts can either be a simple task or the most gut-wrenching, difficult decision you will ever have to make. It can be a deliberate, time-consuming calculation or an intuitive judgment call, or somet...read more

by Melanie Marten

Many people enjoy making crafts in their spare time. Some of them want to turn their hobby into a business by selling crafts through online sales venues. One of the most common questions about selling crafts online is ho...read more

by Brandi Hussey

You've selected your materials carefully. You've worked and reworked your handmade piece to perfection. You're ready to present it to the buying public... or are you? Any crafter or artist knows exactly what you're feel...read more

by Jennifer Searle

There are several ways to calculate how to price your hand made craft items. As a jewelry designer, I have had to deal with this issue when selling both retail and wholesale, as I do both. 1. Your cost for materials. ...read more

by Leanne Bloms

Crafts can be a lot of fun to do. You can really make a lot of money off of your hobby if you know how to correctly price your crafts. You can start off small selling them on websites like Ebay, your own personal website...read more

by Adam Koch

It is very difficult to reach the perfect price when selling your handmade items. However, there are several things to keep in mind: 1. What is your time worth to you? 2. How much is the cost of the materials involved...read more

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by James Edward Nolan

Difficult though it may seem, pricing your handmade crafts, sculptures, and creations is a project of relative ease. The basics of pricing fall under different catagories. Cost. Time and Effort. Quality. Quantity. Q: Ho...read more

by Kristine Quiroz

I have been a crafter since Kindergarten. The first card we made for Christmas had me hooked! As I've grown, my crafting has become more than just a hobby, it's become a small business. It was one of the most exciting time...read more

by Mystick Visions

Pricing your handmade crafts is not like pricing regular "manufactured" items. Granted many of us do not give ourselves enough credit for our work, however when it comes to selling it we do want to be paid for our materia...read more

by joy

Pricing handmade crafts can be very tricky. Often when first starting out, it is difficult to determine what people will pay for your items, and if they aren't selling, whether or not it is a pricing issue. Here are a fe...read more

by Sheree Zielke

Pricing your handmade crafts is not rocket science; it is a simple formula whereby you double your COG (cost of goods) and then add a fair value for your LABOR (your time). But while pricing your crafts, it's ultimately i...read more

by Carrie Monroe

One of the hardest things about selling handmade crafts is setting the right price. If you set your price too low chances are you won't make money from your crafts. Although you may not become a millionaire selling h...read more

by Jennifer Cockerham

Why not do both! If you love to do something than why not make money doing it? I love to craft! I do all kinds of crafting. The crafts I love to do the most I make the most money with. I make a variety of stuff. I am...read more

by Diane Martineau

Do your homework before your make your crafts. I start by checking the on-line auctions and lists to see what is and ISN'T selling. I also make a sample item and get friends and other's reactions to it. There is nothing...read more

by Stacey Chrestiansen

When your sitting at home with time on your hands and you are looking for an outlet for your creative side, the thought might cross your mind to do some type of craft item. So you decide what to make. You gather your supp...read more

by Joanne Olivieri

There are two things to consider when pricing handmade crafts. First is the law of supply and demand which is of top priority especially in collectible and crafts markets. If what you have created is in high demand and i...read more

by Lisa Belle

Its tricky to know what to charge for your one-of-a-kind crafts. Heres a simple guide of issues to consider when pricing your handmade wares: 1)Consider Cost of Materials How much did it cost for you to create your c...read more