How to start a craft business

How to start a craft business is explained in this step-by-step guide. Over 150 topics on selling crafts makes your success easier with these profit-making secrets.

"I had a sporadic retail craft business with which I was feeling burnt out. After reading this book, my business took on a new life. I changed my product slightly and the response was remarkable! My first order was triple what I had planned for, and other orders are pouring in! I continue to look to this book for inspiration and I love his approach. Because of the techniques I learned from him, my business is thriving, and I am energized to grow it even more."

Cathy Marble, Chamisa Hill Designs

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Here, in one beautiful 189 page book is everything you'll need to know to start your own business; succeed at craft fairs and trade shows; sell to stores, interior designers, and corporations; pricing tips, extra income ideas and more! view Table of Contents

This guide was used as the training manual by the Association of Creative Craft Industries (ACCI) in their Professional Crafters course.

Written by James Dillehay, craft artisan, author of seven books and advisory board member to the National Craft Association. 

Paperback, ISBN: 09629923-0-5, 189 pages, 6" x 9", illustrated, indexed.

  • Learn success tips for selling at craft fairs and which shows are best for you 
  • Master the art of getting store buyers to purchase more of your pieces 
  • Find out how to get interior designers and corporations to buy your work 
  • Get step-by-step help with doing trade shows
  • Discover overlooked markets for crafts 
  • Learn the right way to use promotional material 
  • What to do when your work isn't selling 
  • Get spin-off ideas for extra income 
  • Use the appendices lists of over 250 art and craft resources
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    BASIC GUIDE TO SELLING ARTS AND CRAFTS
  • "The blueprint for success in the crafts industry." -- Craftmaster News 
  • "Covers everything... I recommend it highly." -- Show Business 
  • "An invaluable, practical business and art blend." -- The Bookwatch 
  • "A useful compilation of 'insider' information." -- Woodshop News 
  • "This book will pay for itself many times over if you want to make money with your work." -- Glass Crafters 
  • "A comprehensive, user-friendly text on all aspects of starting and growing a craft business; we highly recommend Selling Arts & Crafts." -- The Crafts Fair Guide 
  • "Comprehensive is the word for this book which covers everything." -- Aardvark Adventures 
  • "Helpful to anyone contemplating any crafts business." -- Countryside 
  • "All the perplexing questions and many, many more are answered in detail... Well worth it." -- Prime Time 
  • "Ideas and sound business advice on every page." -- Arts & Crafts Show Guide
  • "Like eating beef stew after the hors d'oeuvres -- more meat, more filling, more down-to-earth." -- Stained Glass
  • "For artists just starting out as well as those who are more experienced." -- Ceramics Monthly