Home made earrings - where to sell?

LydiaSophia

I don't know if I am posting on the right thread but I need some help.

I recently made loads of earrings and boxed then and they looked really good.

I took them to a car boot and didn't shift one pair! I was asking £3 per pair and £5 for two pairs, this just covered my cost.

Where can I get rid of them? I have about 100 pairs on my kitchen table.

Any ideas?

soolin

If they didn't sell at a car boot then I can't think of where else to try as ebay doesn't tend to be that good on 'craft' style items as they tend to be impulse buys.

ormus

i knew a german girl some 15 yrs ago, who sold cheap (to buy) imported mexican jewellry.
she did the party type selling ie tupperware/anne summers.
and it was very successful. she also did stalls at high class events such as hickstead. she made a small fortune there.

melancholly

you could try contacting local schools to see if they have christmas fairs. they usually have craft type stalls at a reasonable price - with a guarenteed school full of customers to come and look. people will be there looking for presents, which they might not be at a car boot sale. i'd get onto that quickly though, as lots of places will be nearly full.

Hintza

OP you say they look "really good"? You need someone outwith family and friends to tell you what they think and if folk agree that they are good then just persevere a bit, new things can be a bit slow at first. Some good advice given by others.

Maybe your price is too low?

Good luck.

LydiaSophia

Maybe your price is too low?

Someone else said that to me aswell - I don't want to charge loads though.

The ones I have worn to work everyone has loved so I think they are ok. Thanks you all for the tips - Christmas fayres is a fab idea!

full-time-mum

Why don't you post a few pictures for us to see?

My other thought is that you may not have been displaying them to best advantage. I've done the tupperware/body shop thing and there is a big difference between throwing a pile of boxes on the floor and displaying them on a multi-level display with tablecloth etc. It doesn't have to be expensive, I used to use my carrying boxes to create height. I used a red table cloth at Xmas and sometimes a few baubles too. Gift wrap a few using cellophane and curling ribbon. Think of inovative ways of display. Look at other craft stalls and see what they are doing.
If you have 10 pairs of the same design, don't display them all. If someone thinks they are going to sell out, they may buy now rather than miss out by going away to think about it and then not having time to return.
If you make them yourself, it is often useful to sit and work behind you stall.

Try school xmas fayres etc. Maybe a car boot wasn't up-market enough.

Hintza

Just had a thought. What about buying some nice gift boxes to put them in? If folk are buying as presents they will want them to look the part.

scorpio13

LydiaSophia wrote: »

Where can I get rid of them? I have about 100 pairs on my kitchen table.

Any ideas?

I think next month (nearing Xmas) you'll do pretty well with them on Ebay - with party season coming up.

Last year, i bought a few wholesale Earrings & Watches and they seemed to do OK on Ebay during Nov-Dec.;)

Aphrodite

Etsy may be a good place, I'm not sure what it's like for selling as I've only purchased products, but it may be worth a look - https://www.etsy.com

It's sort of like ebay for crafts...

Badger_Lady

I've recently been pointed to this website, which is all for hand-made goods. Could be ideal for your earrings:

www.etsy.com