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I laser cut wall art and sell over Facebook marketplace. Making $2000-5000/month. I have a website, but most sales are done over FB and customers pick up at my
by giarc 2y ago
I laser cut wall art and sell over Facebook marketplace. Making $2000-5000/month.
I have a website, but most sales are done over FB and customers pick up at my house. I either purchase designs on Etsy, pay a designer to create dxf file or do it myself (if it's easy). To be honest, I don't like the position I'm in with this. It makes too much to give up, but not enough to be a "real thing". Plus, I'm still trading time for dollars.
- strongpigeon 2y agoMind sharing your website? Genuinely curious.
- giarc 2y agoI can message it privately, don't really want to post publicly. 99% of orders are local pick up, shipping is just a hassle as most pieces don't fit in regular box (plus Canada Post is on strike right now). EDIT - messaged you on your IG.
- strongpigeon 2y agoPlease do! My email is on my profile.
- hactually 2y agoI'd love to see it too if possible - based in Aus here, contact on bio
- giarc 2y agoSent an email.
- prayerplant 2y agoDitto, I’m curious to see the art.
- Scoundreller 2y agoDepending on where you live in Canada, get on Stallion Express or Chitchats Express, which will be cheaper than Canada Post. They’ll either get you better rates through Canada Post, or access to the 3rd-party couriers like Amazon uses (FleetOptics, UniUni, ICS & others).
- giarc 2y agoIt's not always the cost that is prohibitive (although sometimes the shipping is the same price as the piece of wall art). What stops me from really exploring shipping is finding packaging for each, the time it takes to package and drive to CanadaPost etc. It probably sounds like I'm just making excuses, and you'd be right :)
- binarymax 2y agoHave you considered selling at a bulk discount to local merchants? They have the physical presence and would remove the hassle/danger of people coming to your house. Keep your digital presence and just point people to the local shops or accept orders for the shops and send them there.
- giarc 2y agoI've done this a few times, both local shops and one further away (driveable, but I shipped to them instead). They take quite large margins (50-60% or monthly shelf fees) and for it to be profitable for both of us, they would have to price the pieces quite high. I need to find a product that has higher value that's not already done. As for people coming to my house, I've completed nearly 1000 orders (most have done local pick up) and have never had an issue. Most often I leave the order at the front door and they either leave cash in mailbox or they e-transfer at pick up. Knock on wood, but I've never had anyone not pay.
- binarymax 2y agoMakes sense, thanks for sharing. My folks were artists and it brings me joy to see you making some money from your art.
- doctoboggan 2y agoHey I sell jewelry online as well (mostly Etsy and Shopify), and have been considering selling on fb marketplace. Do you pay for ads, or just make for sale posts? How often do you need to manage the posts? I know there are a ton of people who message sellers and then just waste their time. How do you handle customer support? Feel free to shoot me a message at jack at minardi dot org
- chrsstrm 2y agoWhat laser setup are you using?
- giarc 2y agoThunder Nova 51. It's a big, fairly expensive laser, but it's owned by a makerspace I'm part of.