Ebay has some kind of special going on where you can list five items free. They also offer all kinds of free advice to get you started.I open my account free a couple years ago, I m not sure if there is a fee now or not.You will also need a Paypal account which is free to open (you need a bank account to Connect to your paypal)you can also check on Ebay what is selling how much they are selling for.
Hi,I m going to dive into this one from a slightly technical angle :).Irrespective of where you ll be selling your jewelry the 1st thing you need to do is research the market and the competition.The jewelry niche is competitive (see ad-words keyword tool and type in make my own jewelry ) but that s a good thing because you know that people are buying ;-)You need to find what some people call a micro niche within that market. For example, what type of jewelry are you thinking of making? Ed Dale from the thirtydaychallenge goes into great detail into this.Once you ve done your research, have your micro-niche online presence you re good to go - Get yourself on twitter and find others in your market to network with. Defacto twitter and online success, I found Noah Soren s increasemytwitterfollowers.com info letter (pops up after a few seconds) to be really useful. He goes into how to get free traffic to your website/blog - a make or break for any online biz.Hope the perspective from the other side helped :)
The jewelry market is (as others have noted) extremely tough on eBay. You are working with very small margins.I recommend you try a few things:1) Look into Etsy.com - it s a place where people go for quality handmade goods.2) Artfire.com is another option. 3) Open your own online store. You can do so for free at Vendio (http://www.vendio.com). Option 1 and 2 have fees associated with them (similarly to eBay). Option 3 has no fees. The downside is that you will need to drive buyers to your store. However, my suggestion is to try all 3 and see which works for you.If you go through this link, you can sign up for the Vendio store, free, with no credit card required:http://bit.ly/u5PLU
You should look at the website FOLKSY if you re in the UK..it s specifically meant for selling handmade things....or ETSY if you are in the US (though etsy is also ok for uk residents) Ebay is fine too....but the other 2 sites are better as the people shopping there are ooking for handmade.
well, look for some friends whom you know might help you make those jewels to the net. someone who is good in some social network and have lots of friends and a good experience.
