Selling your handmade beaded bracelets can earn you some extra pocket money and potentially support your hobby. Etsy Lane are just a few of the online marketplaces featuring handmade craft work, including jewelry. Designing bracelets you intend to sell grants you the creative freedom to experiment with new colors and styles to discover your personal point of view.
Following are the instructions to sell bracelets on etsy.com
- Choose your target market. In order to set your bracelets apart from all the other jewelry being sold online, you should think carefully about who will be buying and wearing your jewelry. College students will likely be looking for unique pieces in a lower price range. Men shopping for anniversaries or Valentine’s Day will probably be aiming to spend significantly more money.
- Document your ideas. Inspiration for new bracelets can hit you at any time. Keep a small notebook with you and sketch ideas as they come. Seek inspiration in jewelry magazines or online craft stores.
- Take your time in the design phase. Lay out the beads you plan to use on a bead board and experiment with the balance of the beads, contrasting colors, and a variety of textures until you find something you are happy with.
- Use high-quality materials and techniques when making your bracelets. Remember that someone will be spending money on your creation and they will expect a durable, well-made bracelet. Make sure your materials are proportionate; a bracelet featuring expensive gemstones should have sterling silver or gold findings, while inexpensive stone beads pair perfectly with base metal wire and clasps.
- Learn new techniques and experiment with new materials. Fashion is changing every day and jewelry trends are no exception. Aim to make each new bracelet design innovative and unique.
- Re-new or list a few items before Etsy treasuries open up, and you’ll be featured in a lot more treasuries.
- If your Etsy item makes it to the front page or gift guides, make sure to edit your quantities (if you have more than 1) so that it won’t sell out and get your item kicked off front page or gift guide.
- How to make a listing in advance, without activating it: Create the listing. When you get to the final page, don’t click the finish button, and then bookmark the page. Go back to the bookmark when you’re ready to activate.
- Use your Etsy shop name as one of your tags. When people are new to Etsy, many times they don’t know that they have to click the drop down menu and pick “sellers” before they can search a seller. This way you’ll come up even if they just use the regular search.
- Customers can complete check-out without a Paypal account. At checkout, have them choose “Pay with Paypal” and when they get to Paypal they can click Continue next to a small form that says “Don’t have a Paypal account? Pay with your credit card or bank account.”