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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Graywolf on March 25, 2012, 03:05:15 pm
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OK, I know this question has been asked a million times, but here it is again.
Has anyone sold any projects on Ebay? I searched Ebay today, thinking I might put something up there. I searsched for "wood working; wood working projects; and home made wood working". All I found was lumber, tools, or buy a home based business. Then I searched for Scroll Saw projects and found Scroll Saws for sale and a bunch of pattern books for sale.
I don't know if one could sell scroll saw projects on ebay or not? Just wondering if any one else has tried???
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i haven't tried but i see alot of turned pen on there.so i couldn't see why you couldn't
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I used to make functioning fireplace bellows with carved fronts and offered them on ebay for $30. There were others on there that were selling for $5. Some looked pretty good in the photos. Some were even antiques. Needless to say, I never sold any. In my experience ebay is for bottom feeders/buyers. Not for sellers of crafted items made in the USA.
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Some of us sell on www.etsy.com. You might give it a try.
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type in "wood carvings" or woodspirits. There are plenty of carvings on ebay.
I haven't sold any on there, I don't trust the bidding. I had two guys at work that had
sites, and they used the secretaries to run up the prices. It's certainly not like it was years ago.
I rarely use use it to buy things, nor Craigs list.
Jim B
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I think a lot of the people who buy our art don't really know that it is scroll saw art, and wouldn't search those terms. Something like wooden art might lend more hits.
I also don't think many of the people who have bought any of my pieces would ever buy it from eBay. EBay isn't what I think of when I think of fine wood art and crafts.
I do use etsy, as dgman mentioned. My stuff fits a bit better there.
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Here is a site a friend of mine mentioned...I have not investigated but she does fairly well on the site selling hand knit items.
http://www.madeitmyself.com/ (http://www.madeitmyself.com/)
At a casual glance it seems very much like Etsy.
~~~GB~~~
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OK, thanks for the input. I'll try the other sites.
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I belong to a local Art Gallery & sell my things there.
This gallery is non-prof-fit.
It is set up to teach the arts.
www.yaquinaart.org
Jack
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That's a neat site Slowcutter.
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Is there scroll saw work on ebay? If not, then there would also not be a customer to search for that.
I'm selling on a similar website like etsy (kind of a German version), that works quite well.
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Graywolf the things hanging in the window are mine.
I sell them for $15
I also do band saw boxes,they sell foe $30.
The horse in the shadow box I posted the other day is there for $70 & getting a lot of attenuation.
It is a fun place to belong
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Graywolf for got to say
The Spotlight show starting the 31st. The flower by Sherrie Powell is my wife. www.sherriepowellphotography.com
Got to brag once in a while.
OK all done
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Slowcutter....did you say you sell Bandsaw boxes for $30? What size are they. I have boxes I make in Galleries here on the Island, and they sell for $100 - $400....about double what I sell them for.