I visited a craft fair at Dobbies near Nuneaton today. I have a passion for woodturning and my wife, card making and any papercrafts. Every stall had excellent products but they all seemed far too 'cheap'. There were stands selling handcrafted cards and they were excellent but some of the prices were as little as £1.40. The cost of materials on these cards, electricity and paying for the stand would have taken all of that, let alone the time taken to make them - so why do it at that price. All of the prices on everything were far too small considering the amount of work that had obviously gone into its making.
I'm hoping to start doing craft fairs but do you have to sell cheap to sell? Secondly by selling cheap, do other crafters have to sell as cheap or less to compete. It seems a vicious circle with the crafters earning almost nothing. Is there any way in which the market would accept higher prices after all, if you want boot sale prices, it's cheaper to do a boot sale. Our things are beautiful crafts which people should expect to pay for or am I just naive?
Kindest regards
Paul
I'm hoping to start doing craft fairs but do you have to sell cheap to sell? Secondly by selling cheap, do other crafters have to sell as cheap or less to compete. It seems a vicious circle with the crafters earning almost nothing. Is there any way in which the market would accept higher prices after all, if you want boot sale prices, it's cheaper to do a boot sale. Our things are beautiful crafts which people should expect to pay for or am I just naive?
Kindest regards
Paul
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