The Simplest Way To Sell Your Crafts: Craft Sale on Facebook

Have you ever made a few crafts but then thought selling them would be too much of a hassle? Here is how I sell my excess craft creations—it is super simple and works great!

The Simplest Way To Sell Your Crafts: Creating a Craft Sale on Facebook

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I shared how a simple photo album on Facebook is a great way to sell your unwanted yet still helpful stuff.

I have also discovered one other way to use Facebook albums to sell items.

I create a “craft sale” album in which I display all my handmade items for sale.

This idea came after a friend messaged me on Facebook that she wanted to purchase some of my dishcloths in a particular color. I thought I already had made-up dishcloths in that color, but I wanted to check if that was what she was thinking. So, I snapped a picture, posted it on my wall, and tagged her in it.

Then a light bulb went off. Why not show pictures of my handmade items on Facebook so I no longer had to endure texts of “I would like this shade of…” and me trying desperately to decide if I was envisioning the same shade in my head? (this was before smartphones made sharing pictures with people so simple)

So I threw a dark tablecloth over my dining room table, got my crafts out, and placed them in piles according to their kind: dishcloths in one pile, flat scrubbing in another, round scrubbing in a third, and so on until I had pictures of them all.

Then, I uploaded all the photos to Facebook under an album entitled “Crafts For Sale.” Under each item, I described what it was, how it was used, why I liked it, and the price.

I shared it once, and it gets shared again as I add new pieces and share it with those asking me for what I currently have available. I will admit it has been a while since I updated it last.

However, during Christmas, when my crafts sell more, I update my inventory more often so my friends have an accurate idea of what colors and items I have available.

Since I don’t produce a lot of crafts for sale, this method works perfectly for me, allowing me to sell the crafts that I don’t give as gifts so that I can replenish my yarn supplies with my favorite brand of dishcloth cotton yarn to feed my knitting addiction.

If you regularly produce handmade crafts, you may want to consider doing something more than just a Facebook album, like opening a store on Etsy.