We now have a full course on how to start a craft business available on Udemy! in it we give away lots of insider tips and tricks for running your handmade business.

*** There are lots of worksheets and printable resources ***

This course will teach you how to take your crafting and artwork from a hobby to a business. We will help you identify your ideal customers, how to find new products to make, how to sell online and in person, and the requirements for starting a business. By the end of this course, you will have developed the business skills and knowledge that will propel your artistic career to the next level.

This is not a technical course full of complex accounting principals or business jargon. It focuses on the actionable ideas and exercises you can to help your craft business, and career, achieve the success you’ve been dreaming of.

The course starts by looking at why you should start your craft business and at why finding “your why” is so important. The course then covers: identifying your ideal customer, deciding what to sell, how to research and find items to make and sell, selling online and in person, business requirements, how to choose shows and what you need, and pricing your work and taking payments.

Section One: Introduction and getting started: In this section, we’ll show you what you need to do before you start selling. We’ll ask the big questions you need to answer:

• What is your why? If you don’t know why you want to start your business, it will be hard to get going and to be focused on the outcome you want.
• How do you know when you are ready to start selling? We’ll help you determine when to start selling your work.

• Only by having a clear why can you achieve your objectives.

We’ll then show you how to plan and structure your work to take your business from where it is to where you want it to be.

Section Two: Setting up your business for success: In this second section, we’ll guide you through naming your business, deciding what to sell, and identifying who your ideal customer is.

• Who is your customer? Only by understanding your customer and consciously creating for them can you achieve your objectives.

In this section you’ll learn how to identify who your ideal customer is and work through the worksheet to help define everything about them.

Section Three: Finances: In this section you’ll learn the vital art of pricing your work and getting paid. We’ll show you how to hone your pricing using our pricing formula so you can be sure you are making money on each sale. We also provide you with useful information about inventory tracking.

• Are you sure you are making money when you sell something? Our pricing formula will help take the mystery out of pricing.
• Have you figured out what you would charge for wholesale? We show you how to calculate both retail and wholesale pricing so you are never caught off guard when opportunity knocks!

Section Four: Business Requirements: In this fourth section you’ll learn how to look into information about your taxes and the legalities of starting a business. We also cover business insurance, business licences, and more.

• Are you unsure what the business requirements are for starting your own craft business? We cover what you need to start and how to find out more if you need to.

Section Five: Selling at Craft Shows: In this section we walk you through what you need to get started with Craft shows and how to pick them. We also cover what you need for both indoor and outdoor shows so you can be ready no matter the opportunity!

• Are you struggling to pick the right shows for you and your products? We guide you through selecting the right show for you.
• Do you have everything you need for your first show? We provided details on what you need to get started and provide you with a custom checklist that you can use no matter how many shows you’ve done to make sure you haven’t left anything behind.
• Are you ready to sell at indoor and outdoor shows? We go over the differences of what you need to have and bring for each type of setting.

Section Six: Selling Online: Finally, in this section we provide you with a deep dive into getting your items and listings found on Etsy. We also cover creating your own website, social media and photography.

If you want to start your craft business, define your ideal customer and get your work in front of potential buyers, both in person and online, this is the course for you.

Who this course is for:

· This course is for everyone who wants to start selling their handmade work in person and online. Whether you have already started or are just getting ready to pick out your first show this course is for you.

Or watch for discounts Udemy gives new students.

Are you looking to sell through stores and boutiques, in addition or instead of craft shows and online market places, but don’t know where to start?

This course will simplify it for you. You don’t need a professional catalogue or even elaborate custom-made line sheets to get your foot in the door for wholesale or consignment clients, you just need to make a good impression through a well thought out presentation.

This course will break it down for you so you can get started getting your work into stores, boutiques and galleries.

What we’ll cover in this class

1. How to decide what to wholesale

2. How to create a simple catalogue

3. How to find businesses that may buy your work – Including a planner just for listing our businesses! 

4. The difference between consignment and wholesale

5. How to approach businesses over email, phone and in-person – Includes simple scripts YOU can customize! 

6. And how to follow up with your clients.

This class is for those who are already selling their work either online or through craft shows and want to expand their craft business.

We will go over simple scripts you can use when you are contacting businesses through email, over the phone and in person. This is great for the classic introvert artist who doesn’t know what to say to sell their work.

For materials and resources to create your catalogue and wholesale material use what is available to you without purchasing anything else. If you have Pages/Numbers or Microsoft Word/Excel this will work just as well as professional level programs.