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Sell Your Crafts on eBay [Paperback]

James Dillehay (Author)
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Publication Date: March 23, 2005
This jam-packed guide took a year of research to help artists and craftspeople like you. You'll get more than 200 tactics, tips and tricks to profit with your craft items from eBay's millions of buyers. Learn how to quickly analyze completed auctions for elements that will help sell your art and crafts items and recognize new opportunities for making money from home.

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James Dillehay, author of eight books, is a nationally recognized expert on marketing for small business owners, specializing in art and craft. With over 19 years experience as an artist, entrepreneur, and educator, his articles have helped over 15,000,000 readers of Family Circle, The Crafts Report, Better Homes & Gardens: Crafting for Profit, Sunshine Artist, Ceramics Monthly, Florida Retirement Lifestyles and more. James serves as a member of the advisory boards to the National Craft Association and ArtisanStreet.com and is a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach.

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  • Paperback: 92 pages
  • Publisher: Warm Snow Publishers (March 23, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0971068453
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971068452
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,160,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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James Dillehay
James Dillehay is a Certified Guerilla Marketing Coach and nationally recognized author of nine books. He has more than 25 years experience as a successful entrepreneur, artisan, publisher and coach.

He has been interviewed and featured in media like The Wall Street Journal, Bottom Line Personal, The Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur Radio, HGTV and more. See media list.


James Dillehay is co-author of "Guerrilla Multilevel Marketing", "Guerrilla Marketing on the Front Lines" and "Best of Guerrilla Marketing, the Remix."

He lives next to a national forest near Torreon, New Mexico.

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What to do with excess arts and crafts items or supplies has almost always been a problem, but digging through forgotten craft materials these days has taken on a whole new meaning. Crafters are searching for treasure - rummaging through abandoned craft projects, old tools and odd forgotten crafting materials.

According to James Dillehay, craft artist and author of the new book, "Sell Your Crafts on eBay", those craft items turn into cash from eBay's more than 104 million users.
Sales of craft items on eBay have grown almost 60% in the past year. Analysis revealed a crafts related item is sold every 9 seconds. According to Dillehay, the popularity of crafts on eBay is not surprising. Hobbyists list over 150,000 craft related items for sale on eBay at any given time. It's a social trend turned into a cottage industry.

Dillehay says the most important technique is learning how to research which words to include in your item auctions and how people search for regionally made arts, crafts, niche and seasonal items. By discovering what is in demand and how much people will pay for these goods, you will boost your profit potential. Dillehay says "To get top dollar when selling items online, you need to learn how eBay customers word their search terms and just what they are looking for. How you spell a word impacts an item's profitability. The way words are spelled make a substantial difference."

For example, the word `handmade,' spelled as one word, was part of 2,233 auction titles with an average closing price of $16.29. However, auction titles that included `hand made' as two words were found in 1,358 listings but with an average auction closing price higher, at $27.81, or $11.52 more profit per item.

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This book is minimally helpful to experienced sellers. More on the basics of eBay than specifically about crafts. Most of this information can be found in the Dummies books. I have read nearlly all eBay books written..this one goes to the bottom of the list.
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good item, very helpful... December 6, 2011
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THIS IS A GOOD STARTER BOOK, NEEDS A MORE UP TO DATE BOOK, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES ON EBAY SENCE THIS BOOK HAS CAME OUT.
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