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Selling Out July 22
Here’s a quick list of places and spaces to sell your work. If you know of others, please add them in the comments.
CRAFT SHOWS
Bazaar Bizarre – makings galore in Boston, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Austin and San Francisco
Craft in Focus – UK originals in Guildford, Canterbury, Henley-on-Thames, Crowthorne, Sevenoaks, Welwyn and Richmond.
Renegade Craft Fair – handmade and showing in Brooklyn, Chicago and San Francisco.
Origin – The London Craft Fair takes place for two weeks October and includes an awards show for the best in contemporary craft.
One of a Kind Show – all unique in Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago and NYC.
Eunique – A new international fair for craft and design coming to Germany June.
VIRTUAL RETAILERS
Ponoko – Thought this was just a design blog? No!! We’re a make-it, ship-it, sell-it for you service and store of perfection.
Zibbet – The motto of this online marketplace is ‘Find Art. Love Art.’ and it launches in October. Open to artists in any country, they charge a flat 20% commission. For more details, check out this thread at onlinevisualartists.com
Supermarket – This virtual showcase of designs is curated. So while not just anyone can start selling, if you do join Supermarket you know you’re in good company.
Etsy – You probably already know about the 24/7 virtual craft fair that is Etsy. The New York Times reported Etsy selling around 300,000 items at $4.3 million last November.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
i;ve tried to comment twice
but nothing’s showing up?
are all comments in moderation?
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:48 am
dawanda is kinda like etsy
http://en.dawanda.com/
yeaaa I sold my first ponoko item on Etsy!
Thank you!
July 24th, 2008 at 2:13 am
An important thing to know is not all fairs and not all websites are equal. So you need to check and do your research on what nice the fair fits and what countries the website fits.
But here’s some fairs:Craft2.0: http://www.craft2.org, (this is my fair) our first fair was sponsored by ponoko, and we’ve had ponoko creators at every single fair since then.
felt club: A la based eventhttp://www.feltclub.com/
Bust magazine craftcaulars: http://www.bust.com/craftacular/they normally hold Christmas and spring events which are all day events
Crafty Wonderland: http://www.craftywonderland.com/portland is a hot bed of creativity, you’d think Seattle was where it’s at but no, check out portland
Online: etsy is great for the USA, outside there you need to list on other sites, becuase the world does not start and finish in the usa. Do know that all of these sites are super fine with laser cut creations, just make sure your description explain that it’s your original design and it’s a unique laser cutting process. Because ponoko is unique
in NZ – felt.co.nza really crisp clean well designed site, goring every day and also the place to find uniquely nz creations you won’t see on etsy.
In Australia: http://www.madeit.com.au/
In UK and Europe: don’t think twice and head to http://www.artflock.com, all prices are in USD, Euro and pounds, it’s my pick for the European answer to etsy. they are doing some really innovative things, which include operating as a cms to your own personal website, one update in artflock and your website is updated
I’m not such a big fan of dawanda as their initial terms, were that they owned the rights to your photos
hope that has changed
July 24th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
What a fantastic list! I look forward to getting my stuff listed in a few weeks time! Great job!
Jon
http://woodmarvels.com – Create Unique Memories
July 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
GREAT blog, Indigo!!!