6. Selling on Etsy

Etsy is the largest dedicated arts and crafts marketplace on the web. If you’re a serious crafter, you’re probably already familiar with the site; it’s a great place to peruse and buy crafts of all sorts, as well as a good source of craft supplies.

Your challenge now is learning how to use the Etsy site to sell your own handmade crafts. It’s actually fairly easy; Etsy provides just about everything you need to get your items listed and (hopefully) selling.

Getting to Know Etsy

Etsy (www.etsy.com) is a marketplace for artisans and crafters—as the site itself puts it, “your place to buy and sell all things handmade.” The site boasts more than 800,000 individual sellers (with more than 7 million items for sale) and more than 12 ...

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