roldar - 10:51 pm on Jul 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

These are some great ideas...

I'll see if I can convince her to give Ebay a shot one more time before pursuing other options. I've used their stores in the past and didn't find the results very impressive, but I was selling a completely different type of item.

The items she's selling allegedly have a market value of ~$30-$100 each. Some of them are lower quality beads, but most make use of sterling silver and semiprecious stones. I say alleged market value because that's what I've seen items of a similar quality priced at in retail stores. I don't know how well they sell there, though.

She's currently selling them at the local trade fairs and flea market type places, but does not move them as quickly as she would like. I don't think flea market shoppers are the kind of folks looking to buy this type of item.

Unfortunately, and I hate to tell her this, but I don't think there's a very ideal place for her crafts.. retail store would be out of the question unless she were to consign them, due to the low volume... and they seem to be right at the threshold of being worth the hassle of selling them on the internet (in agreement with previous poster that said anything <$50 is too much trouble).

Hopefully the ebay store will work! Thanks again for the advice.