craftgrrl | how not to get ripped off when you try to sell your stuff

I know a lot of you (and me!) might want to sell your crafty things at fairs and stuff (not in here, of course!), but there's always the struggle over how to price things without driving any customers away OR ultimately paying yourself slave wages.

The other day I was in JoAnn's and I spotted a book called Handmade for Profit. It looked a little cutesy and cheesy, but I flipped it open anyway. I randomly opened it to the chapter on pricing, and it's wonderful! It picks apart seller and buyer psychology, and it tells you things that you really would never think to try or trust. It puts a lot of things in perspective. According to the author, yes, you can be paid a dignified amount from selling crafts AND cover your costs AND make a profit. I haven't tried any of the ideas myself, but I think the advice is valuable and sensible. The copy I read was written in 1995, but I think it's still relevant. I'd at least get it from the library again and read it all the way through.

Hope that helps someone out there!