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GLC Arts and Crafts Mall

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Shopping at an Online Craft Mall

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If you have an appreciation for the finer things in life, including handmade art, clothes, jewelry, and other items, visit the GLC Arts and Crafts Online Mall. The GLC Crafters Mall is a community of artists, designers, and crafters that have placed their merchandise for sale. It is one of the easiest ways to not only purchase the handcrafted items that you admire, but also a way to give back to the crafter and artists who created them.

When shopping at the GLC Arts and Crafts Mall you can rest assured that 100% of the purchase price of your items goes directly to the artist who fashioned them. This is important in a time when mass production has made it difficult for those who take the time to hand craft their items to make a living. The GLC Arts and Crafts Mall provides an outlet where you can browse through numerous artists’ and crafters’ merchandise and purchase the items that you like.

Unlike going to bazaars, flea markets, or craft sales, the GLC Arts and Crafts Mall allows you the freedom to shop at your leisure, and from the comfort of your own home. The Internet has provided customers the luxury of making purchases without ever needing to leave their home. This has many benefits, some of which include saving money on gas as well as time, but one of the most amazing benefits that shopping online provides, is the ability to purchase products that you wouldn’t otherwise have access to.

Mail order shopping relied heavily upon the use of catalogs, but today’s Internet Market provides easy access to clear pictures of products, as well as the ability to shop worldwide. The GLC Arts and Crafts Mall has artists, designers, and crafters from various regions, and geographic locations. This not only provides more merchandise to choose from, but it also helps shape the products that are for sale.

When someone shops in a local craft fair or flea market, the items are typically crafted by local artisans. Many artists and crafters are greatly influenced by their surroundings. This can have an effect on the materials used in their crafts as well as the nature or the finished product itself. When shopping for handmade craft items from the GLC Arts and Crafts Online Mall, not only are you purchasing products from various crafters, but you will find that the differences in location greatly influences the wide variety of products that you can choose from.

Visit the artists at http://www.glccraftmall.com

Building a Successful Craft Business in an Online Craft Mall

2013-05-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

Opening a store in a Craft Mall is just the beginning, building a successful online business is a slow process that takes work and commitment.

You start by creating content for your new shop, customers coming to your shop cannot touch and feel your unique handmade crafts like they would in a brick and mortar shop, so it is extremely important that your images are crystal clear and your descriptions are detailed. It is also very important that you tell your customers about you and your craft and maybe even add your picture so that your customers can see who you are, this makes the customer feel like they know you.

Being in an online crafters mall can give you an advantage because there are already customers coming and shopping there, but that doesn't mean that you can sit back and do nothing, "well actually you can" and you might even get a few orders, but if you really want your business to succeed you will have to work at it.

So where do you start!

You start by focusing on getting traffic to your shop. By spending just a few hours a day promoting your new shop, you will find that little by little the customers will start coming and buying.

So where do you promote!

You can start by writing a couple of small adds about your unique handmade crafts and post them in online shopping classifieds, in your local newspapers and in online craft directories. You can place ads on sites like Craigs List or Kijiji for free. Join forums relating to your craft, start a Facebook page, open a Twitter account, post to Craft Blogs, start your own Craft Blog. Tell everyone you can about your unique handmade crafts and your new shop. It might take a year to build your business but in the end your hard work will pay off and you will have a steady flow of loyal customers coming and shopping in your online store. At this point you can start expanding your business.

There is no overnight success in any business on or off line, but with a little effort your handmade craft business can and will succeed.

The GLC Arts and Crafts Online Mall is designed to bring together Artists and Crafters with interested buyers worldwide.

Having an Internet Presence for your Crafts

2013-03-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

It is extremely important for every craft business big or small to have an internet presence. In today’s market having your craft business online means having your store open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. For the crafter who operates from home it is a perfect outlet for your crafts, you now have a place to send your regular customers to view your new products without them having to wait for the next craft show.
Having an online store gives your craft business creditably, because now when your customer wants to purchase that special gift they don’t have to wait until your next craft show, your customer can now contact you directly to make a purchase, or to order a custom made product. Having an online presence also gives the crafter who would normally just sell their crafts locally the opportunity to sell their crafts globally.
Some crafters have the ability to build their own e-commerce web sites while others are overwhelmed at the thought of hiring a web designer, finding a host, learning how to manage and promote their new site, not to mention security issues and merchant accounts. All of the above is time consuming and can prove to be very expensive.
There is another option to consider!
Online Craft Malls have been around for a long time and they might be your answer to having an online presence, but be careful and do some research before signing up. In the larger malls although they may look good you are going to have a lot of competition and your small craft shop may get lost in the mix. Some malls charge a flat monthly fee, no commissions, no product listing fee and in my opinion this is the best way to go, some charge commission plus a monthly fee, some charge a monthly fee plus a fee to list each product and some charge a product listing fee and a commission.
Most crafters want to handle all aspects of their business, so when researching the online malls make sure that you are going to have your own control panel where you will be able to add your products, product descriptions and product images easily. Also make sure that all orders and payments are going directly to you, in some malls payments go to the mall owner and you will have to wait to get paid for the product you just sold.
In every business craft or otherwise it takes time to grow your business and even though opening a store in a craft mall brings you instant traffic this does not mean you will start selling right away. It takes time and hard work to build your business, so at first use your new craft shop to send your regular customers to view your new and existing crafts and in time you will start getting new customers from around the world.

SAILING INTO THE SUNSET" NIGHT LIGHT

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Sail off into the sunset with this beautiful fused glass night light.

The night light measures 4 1/8" wide by 5" long.

ARRRRGGGHHH me hearties!!

$25.00

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Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine

With the Big Shot, there are literally thousands of fun and useful applications…
Scrapbook or photo album designs and embellishments Handcrafted greeting cards and decorative envelopes Invitations; decorations for weddings, parties, events, etc. Frames, signs, banners, calendars, accents, and other home decor Customize your next holiday: Christmas ornaments, Valentine's cards, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Easter decorations, Birthday Party, Baby Shower, and Wedding/Reception embellishments Home decor for kitchens, living rooms, gardens, home offices, and family rooms Add some flair to quilts, blankets, hair pins/clips/ties, clothes, jackets, backpacks, purses or handbags For the kids: add a flourish to school projects, arts & crafts, dioramas, posters, etc. Decorative art, collages, papercrafting, and other crafts projects.

Christmas Ornament Set

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Set of 5 felt Christmas ornaments with a dark blue colour scheme. Blue tree with silver seed bead garland, white candy cane with a dark blue bow edged in seed beads, snowman with a blue hat and buttons, Gingerbread man with a blue vest that has clear seed beads for buttons; blue stocking with clear fabric painted bursts. Ornaments measure between 2 and three inches and are lightweight.
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Craft Malls

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In today’s market everyone in business needs to have a web site, but to the average artisan and crafter setting up and promoting a web site it just too time consuming, so for those of you who don't want the hassle of building and promoting a web site there is another option.

Craft Malls are the perfect venue for crafters and artisans, when you sign up with a craft mall you have an instant store front, where you can add your product pictures and descriptions easily, you don't need to know any html, and you don’t have to pay a web designer a small fortune to build and maintain your site.

A presence on the internet is essentially like having a store open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. No more waiting until the next craft show for your customers to see your new product, just send them an email with the address of your online store and invite them to come and see your new product.

GLC Arts and Crafts Online Mall

http://www.glccraftmall.com