Thank you for sharing your great advice and thanks for watching!! 🤗🩷💛🩵

Hi Shirley! Thank you for watching! Yes, it is really hard to charge enough to make a profit when there are those who price so low. Just remember that if you want to make a profit, you will want your "market" to be those who are looking for high quality, unique journals and will pay a premium for them. And selling on IG is easy! You just need a PayPal account so you can send buyers invoices and collect payments. Ask those who wish to buy from you to send you a DM on IG with their name, email address and mailing address. And, of course, sharing your work on IG is how you can find your target market. Be sure to post often...especially video these days! Good luck to you!! 🤗💖💖💖

very logical saying, I agree alright not just due to external fees but 'mostly' for the very long hours + energy & also passion that are spent to make only one of these artworks & journals.. it may take at time months to achieve one!! Some earn +$20 per hour at some routinous everyday job, ..calculate this!!

Hey Amber! I am so glad you saw this video! I meant to tell you I mentioned you!! Thank you for sharing your experience!! I didn't know what you priced your craft fair journals for. I think many people do not take labor into consideration. And when selling online, there are fees to pay, plus the cost of shipping packaging, and if running a business, money has to be held back for taxes! Then what's left is what we make! Not sure if you saw the 2nd video I did in this series, but I talk all about what you can expect to make when selling journals. I'm going to have a few videos on pricing soon! Thank you so much for watching and sharing your input!! Hope you're doing well, my friend!! 🤗💖💖💖💖

@@KittywittyPapercraft Thank you, Amy! Heading over to watch part 2 now! Thank you again for being so kind. 🥰 Amber

Thank you for sharing that, Peggy!! That sounds like a great craft fair journal idea she had!

how exciting!! Wish you all the best luck!! 🤗💕💕💕💕

Hi Connie! Thank you so much!! I appreciate you watching!! Let me know if there is anything in particular you would like me to cover! 🤗💖💖💖💖

Hi Krystal!! I am so very sorry I missed your comment!! Thank you for your kind words! I am glad you are feeling fired up and not wanting to give up! It is not an easy road, but you can overcome any obstacles! I just posted a 3rd video in this series--this one on pricing journals and handmade goods. In the 2nd video I talk about how much money you can expect to make selling journals. Hope you check them out and find them helpful! Please let me know if you ever have any questions!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you and thank you for watching! I will add your suggestion to my list! Thanks so much!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you SO much, April!! I really appreciate it!! xoxo Amy :)

Hi Tina!! I am so sorry I missed your comment!! Thank you for watching the series! I just published the video on pricing (Jul 31st). I hope you'll check it out! I will be talking more in the coming weeks about selling on IG and Etsy and getting your work out there! Yes, it takes time and is hard work, but you can do it! Please let me know if I can ever be of any help!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you found it useful. Wishing you all the best!! 🤗💕

Joni, I am sorry I missed your comment!! Thank you for watching and commenting! Hope you're doing well!! xoxo Amy :)

Hi Joy! Thank you for your sweet comment! I did 3 videos in this series and I hope they are helpful. As you will hear in one of the videos, it is really hard making any sort of living selling handmade (without sacrificing a lot of time and maybe your well-being!) and I decided recently to just do Kittywitty Papercraft as a hobby. I still have my Etsy shop where I sell junk journal supplies, but I'm not making journals or videos or classes anymore. It just got to be too much time and effort and sacrifice for too little in return. I hope you can get something out of my YT videos and IG. I spent a long time creating content (especially on IG) that I hoped provided some value to other journal makers, so maybe you can find something there that is helpful. I wish you all the best! 🤗💖💖💖

You bet!! Thank you for watching and commenting! I wish you all the best!! 🤗💕💕💕

You bet, Holly!! Thank you for watching and commenting!! xoxo Amy :)

I'm sorry I missed your comment, Tammy! Thank you for watching! I just published the video on pricing yesterday (July 31), so I hope you get a chance to check it out! Thanks so much!! xoxo Amy :)

Oh, thank you so much!! Best of luck to you!! 🤗💖💖💖💖

Thank you so much for watching!! 🤗💖💖💖

You are welcome, Stacy!! Thanks for watching!! xoxo Amy :)

You are welcome!! Thank you for watching! Best of luck to you!! 🤗💖💖💖

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and question, T!! I have added it to my list! I appreciate you planning to watch this series!! It means the world to me! xoxo Amy :)

Sure thing, Nancy!! Thank you for watching and commenting!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you so much, Trish!! I"m sorry I missed your comment!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you for letting me know, Cheryl, and thanks for checking it out!! xoxo Amy :)

You are welcome! Thank you for watching! 🤗💕

Hi Annie! Thank you!! I'm glad you found it helpful! Thank you for subscribing, too. I'm not making content any longer because I'm not working on my crafting business much any longer, but I appreciate your support! 🤗💕💕💕

Thank you so much!! I appreciate your kind words! I will just add that the market in person can be very different than the market online, so even if they don't sell well in person, they may do well online! That's partly because you have. a much bigger pool of people to sell to online and that makes it easier to find those who will pay for one of a kind handmade items. If you do try selling at craft fairs, look for ones that feature lots of higher quality handmade one of kind items so you don't have to price your work too low. Wish you all the best! 🤗💖💖💖

Hi Carrie! Thank you so much and thank you for watching! There is so much bad advice out there! You have to be discerning. And I even make sure to say I'm not a business or marketing expert. I am only sharing just what I've experienced and learned in setting up my business. Too many "business coaches" are telling people how to start and run a business, but they are really only good at marketing, so they look like experts and convince you to buy their courses and programs that promise outlandish results although they don't know how to help you achieve results. I've spent thousands of dollars on useless programs, I'm sad to say. I hope my videos at least give people some pointers about where to start and what things to consider. The biggest thing I hope I got across (and it was so long ago, I don't remember everything I said!) is that it is NOT easy to run a business and it can take a long time to be profitable. I wish you all the best in your endeavors!! 🤗💖💖💖

@@KittywittyPapercraft 🙏🏼

Hi Kat! Thank you for watching and commenting! Yes, there is so much to learn! You can do it, though! Just learn one thing at a time and give yourself a lot of time (more time than you might think!) to learn and put what you've learned into practice! I didn't start crafting until I was 44 years old and I wasn't tech savvy, nor had I used social media much prior to then either. I taught myself everything I needed to learn--photos, editing, video, social media, marketing--and just kept putting one foot in front of the other. I learned everything through KZfaq and Google! You can do it! Best of luck!!

Hey Anita! I really do recommend creating a separate account for selling your journals. Be sure to make it a "Business" or "Creator" account so you will get analytics (like what days/times your followers are on IG). And as far as having a smaller market in Australia--that can be an advantage! Best of luck to you!! xoxo Amy :)

@@KittywittyPapercraft thank you!

Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment! 🤗💖💖💖

You are welcome!! Thanks so much for watching!! xoxo Amy :)

You are welcome, Maggy!! Thank you for watching! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you so much!! 🤗💕💖💕💖💕

Hi Liana! Yes, I totally recommend starting out with just selling nationally at first. And then you can decide if you want to even sell internationally. I've chosen not to sell outside of the U.S. and Canada because the shipping costs (and then the fees I have to pay on that) are just too high. Not to mention the worry of packages getting lost in such a long travel. I know many people do it, though, so you just have to see what works for you. And if you do decide to do international sales, I don't know how easy it is to do that through PP. As long as you can print an international shipping label, it should be doable. I am assuming selling on IG using PayPal is the same in NZ as it is in the U.S. I will share more about that method in an upcoming video. Thank you!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you for your kind words, Sabrina!! There is so much that can be shared about how to best use IG that it will be hard to come up with a basic explanation, but I will try!! Could you share a little more about what you would want to know? Thanks so much!! xoxo Amy :)

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@@sabrinafoote4906 Ok! Thank you for sharing that!! I will add it to my list! 🤗💕💕💕

Hi Ann! Oh, yes! I totally forgot about selling in those special FB groups! That is certainly an option and could be an easy way to test out the waters. I know it is hard to not worry about being judged, but most people are very kind and if someone is not, it is not about you anyway. Judgements are always projections of something people feel about themselves. And you don't want to not do things because of fear of judgement. Life is too short to play small! Thanks for watching and sharing, Ann!! xoxo Amy :)

Love the video friend! I absolutely love your philosophy; I think selling should be as natural as sharing your work with those who can benefit from it. I think the issue many of us potential sellers contend with is the overwhelm we feel when we stick our toe in the water of becoming an entrepreneur. There is so much information and so many steps that it causes paralysis; begin where you are is probably the best advice I ever heard concerning such. You rock!

@@onceuponatimepaperie4491 Aww, thanks for you nice comment, Crystal!! I know it can be overwhelming when you are at the beginning of something new and there is so much to learn. Hopefully, I can share all that I've learned along the way and be a guide for you, so it's not so overwhelming and frustrating!! 🤗💖💖💖💖

Hi Diane! I only sell journals now occasionally because they are very time consuming to make and when I do sell them, I am very fortunate that they sell out very quickly. I used to release a collection each month, but they take so much time to make (which means very little money for the time I'm working), that I mostly sell kits and my online classes that teach how to make them! I would say the reason is just the opposite of what you asked! They sell so well that they don't stay in our shops very long and in-between, you can find supplies and other items. It is very hard to make a living selling one of a kind handmade because there is so much labor/time involved, from procuring supplies, to making the item, to taking photos and videos and editing and listing each one, that if one wants to have a profitable business, they need to offer the one of a kind handmade items just occasionally, and have simpler items offered more regularly. Please let me know if you have any questions!! Thank you for your comment!! 🤗💖💖💖💖

Thank you for watching and commenting, Pam! Great questions! I will talk about them in a future video, but wanted to say that yes, a business account is better to have for selling on IG because you have access to more analytic data and no, you do not really need an Etsy shop if you sell on IG! There are pros and cons to doing only IG or having an Etsy shop, but I think it's a good idea to test things out by starting by simply selling on IG! xoxo Amy :)

@@KittywittyPapercraft Thank you so much for your replies, much appreciated!

@@pamita005 You bet! I'm here anytime you have a question!! 🤗💖💖💖💖

An IG creator account gives you the best of both worlds, and you can still view your stats.

Thank you, Joanne! xoxo