9 Essential Costs Of Starting a Craft Business

We wrote a post some time back that spoke about the nine essential requirements of starting up a business. One of these requirements was providing for the expenses of setting the business up. In this post we will discuss these expenses in detail and why they are essential to the success of your business start-up.……

7 Ways To Increase Perceived Value Of A Handicraft

You can make more money from a craft you already make, without changing anything in the craft itself. There are easily implementable ways of making a customer think that your craft is worth more money. This is known as perceived value as it is perceived or thought of by an observer.
Read this post for seven incredible techniques for increasing the perceived value of your craft or anything else that you are selling.

5 Tips To Start A Woodworking Business On A Budget

“Start small now. Scale up later” is a sage advice for any business. Your don’t have to wait to garner a large corpus of cash to start your own woodworking business. If are on limited funds this is the post for you to read. We explore some effective ways to start a woodworking business when startup capital is more limited than you would like.

Five requirements for starting a craft business at home

Drive and inspiration This perhaps is the number one requirement for starting any business. You will need to have drive and inspiration in an unending supply. Businesses of all kinds take time to get on their feet. Which means that from the time that you start a business until the time that it becomes a……

How To Setup A Woodworking Workshop At Home

It makes perfect sense to start a woodworking workshop at home, especially if you are just starting out. Many small businesses start from home and stay there if the space can accommodate the business growth. This post is about different kinds of setups available to you depending on the kind of space you will utilise.

8 Best Selling Handicraft Categories

Handicrafts is a word with a wide definition. It includes a lot of products made through different methods, using different materials and of a dazzling array of designs.  However, there are some handicrafts that are almost ‘super crafts’, as far as their popularity is concerned. These crafts from some well know segments of the art……

7 Places To Find A Craft Job

How to find a craft job If you have a crafting talent and you want to utilise it in getting a job, these are a few things you can do and places where you can look. Many crafting businesses tend to be a one-person operation. So you want to be looking for slightly larger craft……

9 Ideas For Small Wood Crafts That Sell Well

It is a satisfactory experience to build small woodcrafts that fetch a pretty price when you sell them. This article covers some popular small wood projects that are easy and interesting to make. You can use several variations of the same wood craft to create a nice variety of projects to sell. They take less time to make so you can make and sell more.

How To Learn Business Acumen Along With Creativity

So what else do you need to start a business when you already have the talent? Almost everyone will tell you that you need to have a business head on your shoulders. You need to have what people commonly referred to as business acumen. Now this may sound scary to a lot of people. This……

How To Sell More Of Your Wood Crafts

This question was asked recently by one of our email subscribers and we thought it was a good enough question to merit a post on its own. So thank you for asking. We will try to provide some useful input here. Sales are the ever important factor in any business. No matter what it is.……