Selling Online

I‘m starting bootcamp on Monday, at iCraftGifts.com , a Canadian-based online marketplace. It's an international site, which launched in November 2007. Anyone who creates their own arts and crafts can sell at iCraft. The site is different than Etsy - no commission on sales. And similar in that they use the same payment methods... basically PayPal, with checks and money orders allowed.

I plan to write a... Read more

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As online sellers, we have a love/hate relationship with our shipping process. On the one hand, we want our packages to happily wing their way in ecstasy to our wonderful customers.

On the other hand, we know that our package has to march through a threatening forest of dangers in order to reach the customer.

Due to volume, over-worked employees, and rush, shipping through the US shipping systems during the... Read more

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Just in time for this most important holiday selling season, the third iCraft Sellers' Bootcamp will kick off on November 1, 2009 with a bang! The icraftgifts.com site is an international selling venue exclusive to handmade items.

Designed this time specifically for the holiday selling season, this FREE online sellers' marketing class goes for 28 days (weekends off) and has daily marketing and... Read more

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The American Crafts Council is a national, non-profit educational organization founded in 1943 by crafts pioneer Aileen Osborn Webb. Webb had a vision of contributing to world peace by uniting the craftspeople of the world. What a great thought!

The mission of the Council is to promote understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft. Their primary goal is to explore how to be the bridge, linking... Read more

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The Crafts Council is an independent body funded by the Arts Council of England. Established in 1971 as the national agency for crafts, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1982 (this is a Royal seal of approval and grants the institution special privileges for its excellent contribution to the country). The Council is like a pioneer for crafts; promoting the teaching and studying of contemporary crafts within... Read more

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