Wholesaling and Consigning your Handmade Arts and Crafts

Tips for Getting Your First Wholesale or Consignment Accounts for Your Handmade Business.

Created by: Amy Skrocki
Award Winning Fine Craft Artist and Photographer

What Will I Learn?

• How to decide what to wholesale
• The difference between wholesale and consignment
• How to create a simple catalogue, price and order form
• How to find businesses that may buy your work
• The difference between consignment and wholesale
• How to approach businesses over email, phone and in-person
• And how to follow up with your clients

Requirements

• Computer with a simple word processor to create a catalog and basic computer skills

Target audience

• This class is for people who: are already selling their handmade arts and crafts whether it’s through craft shows, online or both. Those who have an interest in seeing their items sold through physical stores but don’t know where to start or want to spend minimal time up front investing on creating a wholesale or consignment component of their business.