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Making a shoe by hand is a damn lot of work: I know because I also sell handmade shoes in Etsy (and through our personal site, of course) We make custom designs
by RBerenguel 13y ago
Making a shoe by hand is a damn lot of work: I know because I also sell handmade shoes in Etsy (and through our personal site, of course) We make custom designs for our clients, let them choose colours and style. Not counting the time spent drawing and exchanging emails and measurements, at fastest speed a pair of shoes takes a craftsman or craftswoman 7 days, with not many stops. Some corners could be cut and do it in 5. To allow for several orders at once and allow a correct mind cleanse between shoes (no-one wants to screw up at the very end!) we take 5 weeks to shipping
- itsybitsycoder 13y agoSo given that half their items are bags (some of which look pretty simple http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/95544563/minimo-shopper-bag-leather-bag-tote?ref=shop_home_active http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/95544563/minimo-shopper-bag-l...), would ~4 days per person per item sound reasonable? (They have sold 1022 items in 517 days, and have two people in their About Me listed as "makers".)
- RBerenguel 13y agoIndeed. A bag like this can be done in a day or half a day: with a shoe you have glue drying time to consider, and the sewing is complex because it is curved and has to be close to the edge. In this bag everything is straight lines: cut, position, sew