Here's a tip I find very useful each time I come by a really nice craftwork pattern in some very early magazine which I consider might also appeal to knitting, sewing and crochet enthusiasts today. Given that Victorian patterns, in magazines, were usually printed with a hand drawn illustration of the end product, those items hardly look appealing for craftworkers today. But many crochet, sewing and knitting enthusiasts are keen to buy very old patterns of the type no longer available in craftwork supply shops. A nice picture is vital to your chances of selling old time knitting, sewing and crochet patterns on eBay, and that early picture from the original magazine is not going to fit the bill.
You need to have the product properly created, in physical format, and then use this as the illustration for whatever knitting, sewing and crochet patterns you are selling on eBay.
You could do it yourself, of course, but that wastes time you would better be spending locating more items to sell on eBay, so I recommend you either look round for a local craftworker or contact managers of local hospitals and care homes and ask if any of their patients or residents is skilled in crochet, knitting or sewing, and wants to profit from their craftwork skills.
I do not want you to use this tip to generate quality products without paying the commercial rate for the work done on your behalf. The only reason I mention hospitals and care homes is that many elderly people are very highly skilled craftworkers and unable due to age or infirmity to make money on their own behalf. I would like to think my readers would pay well above the going commercial rate for quality craftwork created for them.
Once the product is created, take photographs and either sell the original item or return it to the creator who might sell it again at local fundraising events. To avoid hurting any feelings, emphasise you needed the item to illustrate knitting, crochet and sewing patterns, which the creator has helped you do magnificently, and now you want that person to make even more money from their skills.
Avril Harper is a business writer and eBay PowerSeller who has produced several guides to making money from eBay, including MAKE MONEY TEARING UP OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND SELLING THEM ON EBAY which you can read about at: http://www.magstoriches.com 103 POWERSELLER TIPS can be downloaded with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.avrilharper.com
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