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- Paying Taxes on Craft Show Sales
No one wants to have to do it, but if your craft show sales are going through the roof, it might put you into a situation where you have to pay taxes. I would certainly advise that you never avoid your taxes, but I would definitely advocate you doing everything in your power to make sure that you limit the amount of tax that you do pay on craft show sales.
Date of Article: 12Jun2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Spice Up Your Craft Show Booth
Once you get people into your craft show booth, it is important to make the sale. While you never know if the person who heads in is going to make a purchase, you might be able to increase the chances by coming up with interesting and unique displays that attract the customer to your crafts.
Date of Article: 05Jun2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Craft Shows – Finding One Near You
Part of getting your craft show business going is to find craft shows that are within a reasonable distance away from you. Until you really get things going you probably don’t want to have to go across the Midwest or the Northeast United States in order to find something that is going to work for you.
Date of Article: 28May2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- 5 Hobbies You Can Turn Into Craft Show Profits
When some people think of crafts, they think of little knick knacks, or trinkets, or maybe what their son or daughter made in school or in church. But a craft, by definition, is anything that is made by the hands – or at least in most part by the hands. That means most of the ‘craft-like’ hobbies we have are considered crafts.
Date of Article: 21May2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Protecting Your Craft Shows Profit: Copyrighting Your Crafts
You decide to take a weekend off from your own craft show circuit in order to see what is out there at other craft shows. It is a welcome weekend off, but once you set foot in the show, your jaw drops and you cannot believe your eyes. Someone is selling the exact same craft as you are.
Date of Article: 22Apr2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Pricing Your Way To A Better Craft Show Profit
Invariably, one of the questions I get asked the most about craft shows is, “How much should I be pricing my crafts?” It seems that the vast majority of people aren’t making enough sales, enough profit, or they just don’t have any idea what their craft is worth.
Date of Article: 14Apr2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- 4 Things You DIDN’T Know About Making Money At Craft Shows
How could the title of this be possible? If you have followed my series of craft show articles, you probably know that I have covered a lot of information in these articles. You probably can’t think of anything new that I can tell you, but I assure you, I still have a few more ideas for you to make more money at craft shows.
Date of Article: 07Apr2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- 4 Things You DIDN’T Know About Making Money At Craft Shows
How could the title of this be possible? If you have followed my series of craft show articles, you probably know that I have covered a lot of information in these articles. You probably can’t think of anything new that I can tell you, but I assure you, I still have a few more ideas for you to make more money at craft shows.
Date of Article: 01Apr2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Using Artistic Flair For Your Craft Show Crafts
Some crafters set up their craft show booth with great little trinkets that make nice little gifts to let people know you are thinking of them. Other crafters provide something useful – a birdhouse, ceramic cups, saucers and bowls, knitted mittens, and the like. But, there is one group of crafters that often goes overlooked – and that is the artistic one.
Date of Article: 26Mar2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Small Things That Make Craft Show Profits Bigger
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Pay attention to the small things,” and there is much reason for that. Those who only focus on the large picture, without paying attention to the details will often find they aren’t as successful as the craft show business owner that does.
Date of Article: 11Mar2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Ideas for an Interactive Craft Show Booth
The name of the game is to make sales. Gone are the days of merely putting your crafts out for people to buy, and expecting them to just pick them up and hand over their money for the crafts. Craft show buyers are becoming increasingly selective over what they are purchasing, and you need to come up with new and different ways of deliver your crafts to the craft show buyer.
Date of Article: 04Mar2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Extra Profits At Your Craft Show Booth
You spend a lot of time designing and putting together your crafts for craft shows, and you make a pretty good dollar for it when you sell them. But, have you ever wondered if there are any other ways for you to improve the bottom line without putting so much hands-on work into the crafts?
Date of Article: 28Feb2007
Category: Business - General
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- Hiring For Your Craft Show Business
Do you find that you could probably double your craft output and therefore double your earnings – if you just had a little help? You may have considered hiring someone to help with your craft show business, but you don’t know exactly how it is going to pay off in the end.
Date of Article: 20Feb2007
Category: Business - General
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- Be Choosy About Your Craft Shows
You could be sitting at a craft show ready to take on the day – expecting hundreds… no thousands of people going through the turnstiles and filtering their way into your craft show booth. The first hour is slow; the second brings you a few people and your first sale of the day.
Date of Article: 10Feb2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Craft Show Merchant Accounts
If you have followed my articles in the past, you will know that I truly believe that having credit card accessibility in your craft show booth. This could mean something as simple as calling the bank you deal with and setting up a credit card acceptance package – and having one of those old imprint machines and then tallying and sending away the receipts at the end of a craft show.
Date of Article: 03Feb2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Best Position at a Craft Show
If you have read many of my articles in the past, you will know that I have stressed the idea of traffic being the key to unlocking untold potential in the craft show business. One of the ways that a craft show business owner must look to maximize the potential traffic in their booth is where the booth is placed during a craft show.
Date of Article: 29Jan2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Craft Show Booth Pizzazz – How You Can Do It!
The craft show booth is where all of the action happens. This is where people are going to take a look through your carefully made crafts to find something they want to add to their personal collection. As we have mentioned in several articles in the past, traffic is the key to making a lot of sales in the craft show business.
Date of Article: 21Jan2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Craft Show Tax Season
That’s right, if you are making money on your craft show sales, then you are probably going to have to declare your earnings and make a payment to the tax man. This is one of the necessary evils of doing business in our economy. Any time you open up a business this is a responsibility you are going to have to undertake. Craft show businesses are no different.
Date of Article: 13Jan2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Best Position at a Craft Show
If you have read many of my articles in the past, you will know that I have stressed the idea of traffic being the key to unlocking untold potential in the craft show business. One of the ways that a craft show business owner must look to maximize the potential traffic in their booth is where the booth is placed during a craft show.
Date of Article: 07Jan2007
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How To Save Money On Craft Show Supplies
Supplies are what make a craft. Unless you are making something where you can use regular household items, or that don’t need anything but the buyer to complete the sale, then supplies are going to be a major part of your crafts.
Date of Article: 16Dec2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Finding The Craft Shows That Are Right For You
To begin investigating which shows to apply to, you might start with what you know—those shows you've attended, ones that are within an hour or so of your home and ones other vendors have recommended.
Date of Article: 09Dec2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Top Selling Crafts for 2006 Craft Shows
If you are still searching for a craft that is going to help you boost your craft show sales, then we might have a few answers for you. Now, while it is really tough to track craft show sales, here is a list of different crafts that seems to pop up a lot in Internet searches, craft magazines and other places – proving their popularity among crafters and craft buyers.
Date of Article: 03Dec2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Mixing Crafts at a Craft Show
This might be one of the most exciting opportunities for crafters looking to inject a little more variety into their craft show business. Some crafts provide the opportunity for crafters to be creative – others are the same old, same old each time they are made. If that’s the case it might be time to try a little different approach to your crafting, so you can enjoy it, while making a little extra money.
Date of Article: 18Nov2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How To Reduce Craft Show Costs
One of the ways to boost the profit in any business is to cut costs – and craft shows are no different. Finding ways to reduce how much you spend on your crafts, craft show booth, and other expenses are your key to boosting the bottom line of your craft show business.
Date of Article: 12Nov2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How To Make Sales After the Craft Show
You might only be able to make it to a half dozen craft shows a year – between production time and the cost to enter. It may be more – it may be less. Either way, wouldn’t it be nice to find a few ways to continue making sales throughout the year – along with the sales that you make at craft shows?
Date of Article: 04Nov2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How To Profit from a Craft Niche
You have wandered the aisles of numerous craft shows and you are looking for a few new ideas for your own crafts. You have been selling the same thing for some time now, and you are looking for another creative avenue. A new craft challenge is what you are after – and one that is going to allow you to make a great profit, just like the last craft you made.
Date of Article: 27Oct2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How To Have A Profitable Craft Show Booth
First impressions do make a huge difference. If you put two craft show booths side-by-side, and they are both selling the same craft, the more attractive booth will get the majority of the business. That’s just human nature. When something is appealing, we are drawn to it.
Date of Article: 26Oct2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Where Craft Show Profits are Lost
You’ve been to several craft shows, and at the end of the weekend, you realize that you are no further ahead than you were before. Now, that might be OK if you are just making and selling crafts as a hobby. But, if you are trying to establish a small side income from it, then you have to wonder where your profits are being lost.
Date of Article: 15Oct2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- 3 Steps to Improving Your Craft Show Profit
If you are at a craft show, just browsing through what some of the other booths have, what is it that you notice about the most successful and profitable crafters? They have simple products that they can make quickly, that have a great markup. That’s the key to profitability in any business, and this one is no different.
Date of Article: 07Oct2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How To Profit From Craft Shows
Have you ever walked through a craft show and wondered, “How much do they make on their crafts,” or “I can do that,”? If you’ve walked through a craft show, you probably have had those thoughts. So, what is stopping you? Nothing really. Especially if you are a crafty person who enjoys making crafts.
Date of Article: 02Oct2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Why Selling Crafts can be Profitable for You
People are on the lookout for business ideas that are going to provide them a little extra income, but still offer a little enjoyment along the way. Making and selling your crafts at craft shows is one way thousands have combined a fantastic hobby with a part-time home business.
Date of Article: 25Sep2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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