outlets for selling crafts

[daddy_tindell]

I know a lot of you guys that sell your crafts do so at flea markets...craft shows...galleries...online...but i have another idea...im just wondering if it sounds like it would work? or even if its legal.

 

i was thinking maybe build up an inventory of scrolled and turned items, advertise the heck out of it, and have a craft gallery/yard sale type sale at the house?

 

just curious if you think it work?

[edward]

Go for it you have nothing to lose!  edward

[LarryEA]

Anything that works! Nothing tried, nothing gained.

Yard sales are legal.

[Jim Finn]

I am planning to do just that in November and December.  I bought some signs to put on my garage and in the yard for the days I do this.  This will be a first attempt at it.

[amazingkevin]

Lol. Here your aloud only so many yard sales a year.Go ahead and do it till something is said.What started this was people abused it and the customers would block driveways ,park on others grass etc.have the sale every day ,every week end to where it was a business like operation.Keep the neighbors happy ,no complaints no problems then.You just can't make everybody happy.I have the neighbors park in my driveway whenever they feel like doing it to visit his girlfriend.Today is the fourth time.i hate to tell them to knock it off as when i need to go somewhere i have to knock and ask permission to leave my house.

[daddy_tindell]

thanks for the input guys. guess i really dont have anything to lose..guess if its a flop...no biggie..im not out booth fees or anything like that. just a day getting to be spent in my garage...what a bummer...haha

 

Good luck to you Jim!! hope it works out for you!!

 

Kevin i hear ya...i live in a very culturally diverse neighborhood...a lot of hispanics...and one thing they all like to do is throw a lot of loud parties into the wee hours....i never complain about the noise or them parking in my way...just being a tolerant neighbor...BUT...i betcha people start complaining about me....haha..no more mr nice guy..

[LarryEA]

Lol. Here your aloud only so many yard sales a year.Go ahead and do it till something is said.What started this was people abused it and the customers would block driveways ,park on others grass etc.have the sale every day ,every week end to where it was a business like operation.Keep the neighbors happy ,no complaints no problems then.You just can't make everybody happy.I have the neighbors park in my driveway whenever they feel like doing it to visit his girlfriend.Today is the fourth time.i hate to tell them to knock it off as when i need to go somewhere i have to knock and ask permission to leave my house.

 

Put up a $5.00 per hour parking sign. Put a pallet at the end of your driveway. A pole on each side with a rope across.

Find a way to block him in

[stu]

park in my driveway and tow trucks make money haha 

stu

[dansnow]

One thing to keep in mind is this: If the word flea is in anyway attached to whatever the event is, expect to get less than 1/3rd of what you would get at a craft fair. People see/hear the word flea and they think cheap. People that attend craft fairs are more likely to appreciate/understand what it takes to make our creations.

[daddy_tindell]

One thing to keep in mind is this: If the word flea is in anyway attached to whatever the event is, expect to get less than 1/3rd of what you would get at a craft fair. People see/hear the word flea and they think cheap. People that attend craft fairs are more likely to appreciate/understand what it takes to make our creations.

that is a good point...part of why i avoid ebay..everybody wants something for nothing....say a pen kit costs me 5 bucks...wood 50 cents...a dollar for sandpaper and finish....roughly an hour of my time start to finish...and people sell on ebay for 5 with free shipping...in no world does that sound profitable for me...lol.. maybe will just open a quarterly Tindell Wood Art/Crafts Gallery Expo ...haha...hoping if maybe put some of the nicer items on an add for the whole thing on Craiglists. Maybe will drum up some custom orders too.

[Scrappile]

I'm anxious to read your results.  My brother and I concidered this once but decided not to.  We felt that people that would come would be looking for the  bargins like at garage sales and not be willing to pay.  It would be a fun way to spend a weekend.

[Phantom Scroller]

Um do you really want strange people in you drive asking to use you toilet and casing the joint ready to pinch all you tools the following month and anything else they fancy. I would think twice, or is it just me. Roly

[daddy_tindell]

Um do you really want strange people in you drive asking to use you toilet and casing the joint ready to pinch all you tools the following month and anything else they fancy. I would think twice, or is it just me. Roly

Another good point..nobody would be allowed in the house..and as far as if anybody wanting to come looking for trouble...i have several loaded guns around the house..they wanna dance...i can make sure its their last.

[Jim Finn]

Same here as Pro Scroller said. I will also have one in my pocket.  This is, after all, Texas! <grin>

[daddy_tindell]

haha..right on..none of mine are concealable.