🌻Let's Talk Shop! 6 MONTH UPDATE: Crochet Small Biz! 🌻 Market Bestsellers/WORST sellers 🌻 Goals?
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Hello! I'm Tina, I run 'Made with April' with my dog, April! This is a bit of a longer video so grab some water, a tea or a coffee, and maybe a snack! I wanted to share my insights in the first 6 months of running a 'crochet small business', I know everyone has different experiences so I hope that mine is helpful to you. Keep in mind that my experiences will not be your experiences!
As always, please feel free to leave any questions in the comments below, or share your experience with running your small biz! Please do share anything in the comments - I read every single one and I would love to hear your thoughts/ideas/mistakes/overall experiences!
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I love watching your videos whilst market prepping! As for stuffed animals / plushies I think sunflower turtles, bees and maybe little sprouted creatures could match the theme of your business!
Ouuu the sprouted creatures is a good idea!! Thank you hehe I'm excited
You are doing a great job to have almost 6k subs already. Your so personable and down to earth. Your products are exceptional!! Consider doing fall flowers with pumpkins…they will do well as people are really into decorating for fall. Love your honesty and the information you provide…it inspires others. Keep doing you…it’s working!!! Stay safe and be blessed❤
Aww thank you!! 😊 I def wanna add ghosts and pumpkins!
I❤the idea of dried beans for the filling!
I really love the update model! Especially for knit and crochet, because the items take us more time to make, sometimes its nice to be able to release a full collection and not worry about needing to make anything to order and you can separate what you make for markets so you're not scrambling to fill an online order.
I totally agree!
So I used to just update my shop randomly, but I’ve done shop updates the last 3 times and I can say updates really do help me bring in more hype/attention to the shop! It also helps that I have reps/promoters to help promote the shop and share updates to get more reach to other accounts.
Ouuu okok noted hehe I think I'll try a shop update next timee
I love your hair, especially the color!
Thank you!!
the tiny strawberry thing at the end LOOKS AMAZING WTF I LOVE FRUITS please make berries or lemon!
*ok literally commented right beefore you showed the lemon and blueberries
Hehehehe
I absolutely LOVE the fruit bouquets!!! Your products are amazing girl! Keep up the awesome work!!!
Hehe thank youu 🩷🩷
I can’t wait for this!!!
Hehe ✨️
I love these business update videos and also you're so pretty🤍
😭🩷 thank you I've been practicing my makeup recently bc I'm really bad at it HAHA
Hey! Of course everyone will throw suggestions at you but you do you! You do what feels right and what works for you! Keep in mind that Halloween and the fall astetic is HUGE on top of everyone buying for Christmas and such. So just an idea ready.... Bootiful Bouquets! 👻 I think you could be so creative with that! Regardless you got this thanks for sharing its exciting for me to watch you grow 🥰 We can easily get lost in the glorified social media world so don't kick yourself! People will want to support you for being you! 🌟
Thank youu 😭🩷🩷 ghost bouquets would be cute that's trueeee
To boost up your Etsy sales, you could try to upload short videos of how you make your flowers in the section About. Some sellers say it helped a lot!
Ouuu I didn't even know that was an option!! I'll have to take a look 👀👌🏻
Love the fruit pieces you have done
Thank youu!!
I love your crochet stuff and you seem so nice. 🌸🌷🫶🏻
Aww thank you!! 🌷🩷
The fruit looks so beautiful ❤❤
Thank youu 🩷🩷
Your so great at this keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
Hello from Thailand, Thank you for sharing the information.
Thank you for watching!
If I'm being honest, my favorite flowers have got to be the pink carnations! That color is absolutely stunning! They are soo underrated!!
Thanks so much 😊
The fruit bouquets are so cuuuute
Hehe ✨️🩷✨️ tyyy
The only channel I come for premieres
Aww thank you 😭🩷🩷
I love your edited in comments, 😂. 🎉 Congrats on your 1st 6months 🎉🎉
Thank you!! 😁
Just an idea for poly beads: if you find anything at a thrift/secondhand store that’s filled with them you could recycle/reuse. You could empty them into a sturdy pillowcase, tie it up, then wash it.
This is genius 😍 I will keep my eyes peeled, thank you for the idea!!
You could make some small flower pillows, flower plushies, flower turtle etc with baby yarn
I've been seeing flower turtles everywhere from crochetbygemma !! I'll have to try it!
Because of my hands, I use blanket yarn primarily. I would suggest you try just making a square, small blanket, or rectangle hat to practice and get used to the yarn. Use a bigger hook. Practice samples with hook sizes and see which ones you like best. Don’t give up! Plushies seem to be the rage now. Good luck! Love your channel! You have such a sweet personality!
Thank you!! I really appreciate it! I def just need to practice a bit 😅
Thank you for putting out content to give insight on your business ❤️💐 Please consider opening a PO Box! 🥹❤️
Omg 😭🩷 I'll def consider it!! Thank youuu
Thanks for your video, you keep it real. Dried beans can serve as a natural alternative to polystyrene beads and you could buy them in bulk.
Ahh I'm worried about mold tho 😭
February and March are the slowest months of the year for sales, so don’t beat yourself up over that or even believe that the items you were selling, didn’t. Again, if you were selling the same at a Christmas fair, I bet you’d have much different results!
I'm really interested, like, I crocheted so many beautiful flowers that you inspired me to do but I had a hard time setting them properly on the table, they didn't get much attention and I'm sad because they are so pretty :c So I'm looking for inspiration and you always help so much, I love watching your videos (Specially while I crochet hahaha ♡ )
So glad to be able to be a source of inspo for you 🩷🩷
I do not like Bernat blanket yarn at all! It's so hard to work with, but yeah- plushies are very fun to do! Good luck! And wow the boutonniere idea is so cute!
Thank you!! I've gotta practice with it hahaha
Trying new things is hard girl!! I’ll have suggestions to do this or that and I’m like 😊”totally awesome idea - I’m on it” and months later 😅 - I think you have a unique flower shop based thing to stick with tho - I watch a lot of CZcamsrs and they’re all doing plushies and it very trendy - yeah do something with the flowers - how about fruits with faces? 😂😅 I totally know that ticking clock feeling - I guess since winter shows are so few I guess that one that turned you down must have had so many crocheters already 😊
Hahaha thank youu, I'm pretty sure that was the case as it's pretty popular in my area!! Hehe
Girl if you ever need help with blanket yarn plushies I CAN HELP YOU ahaha I have lots of cute flower/plant related plushie ideas!! 🌻
Hehehe I BEEN PRACTICINGG a little but at some point imma hyperfixate on it and make a billion of the same plushie to practice 😅
You're so cute I love your videos :)
Ahhh thank youu 🥺🩷🩷
Have you looked into the glass beads that people use for aquariums to try in place of poly beads? I've used those and then I surround them with polyfil to add weight to projects :)
Ouuuu those are way cheaper too 😭 I'll try it!! Thank you!!
You have crochet with blanket yarn, it’s fun to use. I just sold 3 sunflower turtles
Haha I'm so bad at it!! I always rip it!! I need to practice haha
hi i love your youtube videos
Hii thank you 🩷
I sell crocheted flowers at market and had the same issue with keychain not selling well problem. I am thinking to turn them into something related to Christmas. Such as Garlands or ornaments
Oooh that's a good idea! Garlands would be so cute
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When you go to a convention you could make purple roses and market them as Masumi Hayami's roses from Garasu No Kamen. It's an older manga/anime but it's still very famous and beloved and those roses play a big part in the story :) I remember you mentioned doing something similar with Milord's roses from Sailor Moon
Btw do you also have your patterns on Ravelry? It's huge for knitters, not sure for crocheters.
Omg okay!! I love hearing new ideas for references because I don't know many at the moment 😅 thank you!!
Oh also! No, just on etsy and ribblr right now!!
Omgg please tell me where can i find the pattern that sunflower with its pot??
Love yaa
It's from xiaohongshu!!
I love your items. You could substitute rice instead of poly beads
I'm nervous about possible mold in case they get wet 😭😭
Do a small project & Spray the rice with hairspray & see if that works ‘ -‘
Who is the persob you mentioned for the strawberry you said on pinterest i think????
Xiaohongshu!! There's a lot of creators making super cute crochet patterns!
how long does it take to crochet each flower?
It depends haha anywhere from 15mins to over an hour!!
Start making pumpkins cus ppl love that shit lol you can even make small ones on a floral wire so you can put it in a bouquet 🎃💐
Hehe omg I could just make my oranges into pumpkins!!
Do scrunchies actually sell?
Not really 😅 (for me at least)
why is your dogs name April?
We rescued her on April 1!
Thanks for the update! Love your honesty. Who is the girl you follow on Instagram that you mentioned?
Ahh which one 😂