Whether you are looking for an alternative to Facebook or Etsy, or if you want to broaden your customer base, Instagram may be right for you. If you aren’t familiar with Instagram, it is an image and video social media site – utilized mainly from phones. Instagram boosts over 200 million registered users, and is …
Christine Schinagl, Cutting for Business
In part one of this post, I covered how to register for an Etsy account (and I offered you 40 free listings) and how to list your first item, in part two I highlighted some things that you needed to finish up after opening your Etsy shop, and this post will cover the fees for …
If you read Part One of this post, Selling Your Silhouette Cameo Crafts on Etsy, you have just set up your Etsy shop and listed at least one item. Your item is now for sale, but there are a few things you need to do to finish setting up your shop – and you should …
Ready to take the plunge and start selling your Silhouette Cameo projects on Etsy? Great! The next three posts on Cutting for Business will walk you through how to set up an account, an overview of an Etsy listing, tidbits you’ll need to finish setting up, and an explanation of the fees to sell on Etsy. Before you begin, …
In the another article, I highlighted how it is not ethical to copy another designer’s work (at least not without written permission from the designer). But, what if you find out that someone is copying your items? What can you do about it? In instances of copying, there are two different scenarios: Scenario 1) You created a …
The hot trend in Silhouette and Cricut crafting right now seems to be personalizing reusable Starbucks cups bought in store for $1. But, is it legal? Does it infringe on the Starbucks company trademark? Like most trademark or copyright infringements, the answer isn’t cut and dry. In my quest to get an answer, I reached …
Once you start selling your handmade Silhouette Cameo crafts, other crafters (or new crafters) will eventually stumble onto your page and one might ask you where you got your supplies for a certain project. Similarly, maybe you’ll get a customer that wants to start their own cutting business and they ask you – either publicly …
As a seller, there is a thin line between outright copying someone else’s design and drawing inspiration from it. If you’ve starting selling your handmade Silhouette Cameo or Cricut Explore projects online, a customer will eventually send you a picture of something they found online and want you to recreate it. Should you do it? In my …
Some crafters don’t like to ship their handmade Silhouette or Cricut crafts to their customers and offer local pickups instead. The most important thing to remember if you are doing customer meet and greets to sell your crafts is SAFETY. 7 Local Pick Up Tips for Craft Business Owners 1) Offer a set day and …