How to Start a Quilting Business
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I received this question from Eileen Keane about selling on eBay and making a decent living…
Good morning Chuck,
Thank you for including me on your mailing list for your ezine! I’m finding lots of valuable information on it.
I’ve been reading the selling on eBay article and checking out other machine quilters on eBay. I have to [...]
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Time to dip into the mailbag again…
I received this question from Lynn May a little while ago (tough to answer all the great questions!), and wanted to get an answer to Lynn and Nina, who both had some of the same concerns:
Hi to all and to Chuck – Couple of things of interest. One, how [...]
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I received a great question from Karen about how to best handle when a competitor goes out of business. Here’s the question:
Chuck,
The nearest competitor to us closed on Monday. Is there any way we can capitalize on her closing without appearing as over zealous or gloating . How or what should we advertise to capitalize [...]
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One of the top questions I received recently was about starting a quilting website, or improving an existing website. I’ve been developing websites for well over 15 years, and have spent a lot of time evaluating the best ways to get things done. I’ve coded sites by hand, used Front Page and Dreamweaver, and have [...]
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I’m answering my first question from the Quilting Business community today, and it comes all the way from Israel. Here’s the question:
Hi,
I am an about-to-be unemployed high-tech writer who has been quilting 15 years. I have loads of experience with many quilting techniques that I have learned over the years. I enjoy wallhangings and quicker [...]
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Based on the comments on the site, and the emails I’ve received, I’ve decided to do a weekly Questions and Answers article where I answer 1 – 3 questions you’ve submitted. To make things easier, please send your questions to me via the Contact page. And, here are a few hints to getting your question [...]
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In response to all of the questions around quilt pricing, I’ve created a quick quilt pricing calculator that will help you focus your thoughts on quilt pricing and get you thinking about some of the other factors you should consider when pricing your quilts.
The Calculator is pretty self-explanatory (there are two worksheets – one for [...]
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