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How to Profit from a Craft Niche
by Natalie Goyette
One of the things that you might consider is finding a niche for your craft. Maybe you
have some expertise, skill, or interest that might be a creative tool for you to use in
creating items for craft shows. Below are some hints to finding what that area might be for you:
What interests you? - You can take an interest you have and turn it into a craft show
success. If you are a gardening hobbyist, why not come up with something every gardener
needs. Provide that craft inexpensively and you might have yourself a winning craft for
spring craft shows.
What do you have knowledge of - Maybe you are a model railway buff, along with being a
crafter (the two go hand-in-hand) and you want to provide railway buildings or railway
terrain for people to use in their own train sets. You have the knowledge of what needs to
be built and used - so why not combined the two joys in order to come up with one
profitable craft show item?
What are you good at? - If you are a good cook, then make a quick recipe book. If you
are pretty good at organizing things, then why not come up with a desk organizer that
anyone can use.
What are other people doing? - This is certainly not an open invite to start copying
the design of other people at a craft show. Instead, it is an opportunity to see what is
out there and for you to be the one that says, "You know, this craft would be better if it
was... (fill in the blank)." Once you fill in that blank, it might trigger an idea inside
your head of how you can improve this product or maybe even come up with one that works WITH it.
When in doubt, teach others - This is becoming a great way to make extra profits at
craft shows. Some crafters love to take the bull by the horns and make their own crafts,
so why not capitalize on that? Provide them patterns or instructions and unmade kits at a
cost - so it takes the labor out of it but you are still selling the product.
At last resort, create a niche that works for a craft you have in mind. Sometimes that
niche is staring right back at us and we don't even know it. If we are good at something,
or interested in another, or you see something you can improve on, feel free to take the
initiative to take it and make a profit from it at your craft shows!
Natalie Goyette shows you how to make your craft show business profitable in her
best selling ebook: Craft Show Success Secrets. Visit her site:
www.craftshowsuccess.com
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