Mysti
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ORIGINAL: fergus with ebay and other internet venues it is TOTALLY easy to start doing what it is you want to do - and you can do it slowly and build it up over time during your free time so that you do not have to starve while doing it ;) Couple tricks though, 1) You will have to work reallyhard - bust your ass in fact. 2) People will not just magically know who or where you are or what you make/sell, you have to spend a LOT of time (and a little cash) reaching out - advertising and such 3) you have to work really hard - very little free time, especially at the beginning 4) Hustle - never pass up an opportunity - follow every lead 5) you will have to work really hard - especially if you are by yourfself doing it - making products, coming up with original designs, marketing them, customer service, advertising, etc. 6) Rule of thumb - what ever your product costs you in materials, you should sell it for about 3.5 times what the materials cost was - this helps compensate for time, other expenses, and what not. 7) you must work really hard 8) Research - is there a market for what you do? What are other items like your selling for? What makes your better/unique/cheaper/higherquality? 9) You must be prepared to work really hard. fergus I concur with all of this though my usual markup is closer to somewhere between 1 1/2 and 2. Its not my bread and butter, i just genuinely love it. I bust my ass with advertising though myspace, when i sell on ebay, and shit even in my forum sig. im an advertising whore, and it shows in my packaging. i brand everything from the wrappings, to the mailing packages, to sending out a few business cards with each purchase. its not your local churches craft bazarr but i love every second of it
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