Set Up a Way to Accept Payments

In order to sell your arts and crafts online you need to be able to accept payments.  You can do this either using a merchant account or Paypal.  A merchant account requires you to set up accounts with a credit card company and your bank.  My site has been using Paypal and I've found it easy to set up and use.  Paypal also allows you to accept credit cards through their account.

Take High Quality Pictures of Your Crafts

Very few arts sell online without very high quality pictures.  Get a good camera, learn to use it, get good lighting, learn about contrast (Don't lay brown wood clocks on a brown wood table, instead cover it with a black or white table cloth and see which makes the clock stand out more). Make sure that you can see the details of your items in your pictures.  Take a picture showing the whole craft, then zoom in and take close-ups of those details that shouldn't be missed.

See Selling Your Art Online-How to Take Better Pictures

Set Up a Way to Sell Your Crafts

There are several ways you can sell your crafts online including online craft shows and boutiques like Etsy, ArtFire and Artsefest, auctions like ebay, building your own website, or publishing your own blog using WordPress, Blogger or BlogSpot.

For detailed instructions on building your own website visit our Build Your Craft Website page.

Places to Sell Your Crafts Online

AHCrafts
America's Best Handmade Gifts
ArtFire
Articents
artistwebsites
Artsefest
Big Cartel
Bonanza.com
By These Hands
Crafted Elegance
CraftIsArt
Craft Mall
Crafts Covered
Craft Show Case
DaWanda
eCrater
Etsy
fine art america
Folksy
Free Craft Fair
Gold Leaf Crafters Mall
Handmade Artists' Shop
Handmade Catalog
Kinfolk Crafts
Lilly's Craft Store Mall
Lovli
Made It Myself
Sew Auction.com
ShopHandmade.com
Silkfair
skp Art n Craft
Style Outside the Box
Three Sisters Marketplace
Tiger and Lily Boutique
Wholesale Crafts.com
wink elf
Yabble Babble
Yessy Art Gallery
Zibbet

Sense of Fashion -Not necessarily all handcrafted but all fashionable clothing and accessories.

Market Your Online Store

Work your online craft stores into your marketing plan. Put you website and an online coupon code on your business cards (See our article Craft Festival Vendors Make Your Business Card Do Double Duty). Advertise your show schedule online.  Put a coupon in your online store that customers can print and bring to craft shows you attend.  Remember to make each contact with your customer a relationship building experience that gently guides them to making a purchase.