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The Most Profitable Leathergoods to Make and Sell

I get asked this question a lot: “What are the most profitable leathergoods to make and sell?”

It’s a good question but the problem with this question is, it’s suggests that there is one type of person who likes one type of leathergood.

Now obviously that is not true! There are countless niche markets and audience groups that are all going to have their best sellers.

While I would love to tell you, make THIS leathergood and you WILL sell out, sadly, thats not how it works.

What might sell out for you, might be a really hard sell for me and my audience!

In this article i’ll tell you which questions you should be asking instead, and how to nail down the most profitable leathergoods to make for your leather business.

Top Blog Articles, Latest PostsMary SavelAugust 27, 2019leather sale, leather business, leathercraft, leather pricing, selling leathergoods, selling your handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, selling online, pricing for profit, profitable leathergoods business

5 Awesome Benefits of Starting a Leather Business and Selling Your Leathergoods For Profit

Have you ever heard this from a spouse or loved one before?

"Another tool?? Geez how many burnishing tools do you need?"

Here’s the good news.

You don’t have to quit your leather hobby because it’s too expensive.

But you should consider starting to selling your leatherwork to cover your costs. If you can sell a few leathergoods each month, this is extra money that you could put towards your leather tools and materials ADDICTION that your significant other is constantly keeping tabs on.

This is just 1 of the awesome benefits of starting your own leathergoods business. Read on to find out what the rest are.

Latest Posts, Top Blog ArticlesMary SavelAugust 21, 2019selling your handmade leathergoods, selling leathergoods, selling online, selling handmade, selling small business, small business, how to sell handmade leathergoods

How Under-pricing Can Actually HURT Your Leather Business?

Have you ever been browsing items at a store and shocked and confused by the low price?

You might at first think, “cool this stuff is really cheap!” and then quickly you think, “wait why is it so cheap? Whats wrong with it?”

You start to wonder about the quality of the leather and hardware.

Even if you can’t really put you’re finger on it, something feels off, and it’s turning you off from buying, right?

Click to read about how low pricing can hurt your business and how you can avoid this huge mistake.

Mary SavelAugust 14, 2019leathergoods, pricing for profit, product pricing, how to price your products, leather pricing, pricing, ultimate pricing strategy for handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, selling leathergoods, selling online, selling your handmade leathergoods, how to sell handmade leathergoods

3 Ways to Shift Your Leather Hobby to a Profitable Leather Business

Starting and running a business is hard, yes but if you're not turning a profit after 4 years, I gotta tell you, you're definitely missing some key steps in your business foundation.

Here are three KEY things that really shifted my business from a hobby to a profitable business and allowed me to take it to the next level.

Latest Posts, Top Blog ArticlesMary SavelMay 22, 2019leather business, leatherworkshop, leathercraft, leather pricing, how to sell handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, small business, marketing, target market

5 Myths That are Standing in the Way of Starting Your Leathergoods Business

When I asked my fellow leatherworkers a while back what the #1 thing was that was holding them back from starting their leathergoods business, I was shocked at the responses.

I got responses about needing inventory first, figuring out how to make customers value my leathergoods and need a large upfront investment first.

Guess what?

These are myths! None of these statements are true!

If any of these things are what is holding you back from starting your dream leather business, please keep reading!

Top Blog Articles, Latest PostsMary SavelMay 15, 2019leatherworkshop, leather sale, leathercraft, leather business, how to sell handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, small business, marketing, craft market, target market, how to get started with leatherwork

Imposter Syndrome: How to Deal With Feeling Like Your Leatherwork Isn’t Good Enough to Sell

Imposter Syndrome is the fear of being exposed as a fraud and I would be willing to bet, that you’ve experienced this feeling of being a fraud, of not being good enough or of not having leathergoods that are worthy of selling at some point or other.

This imposter syndrome might have led you to think to yourself, “who am I to start a leather business?”

If you’ve ever felt this way or are currently feeling this way, here are 5 tips for dealing with Imposter syndrome and not letting it get in your way of starting a leather business.

Top Blog Articles, Latest PostsMary SavelMay 8, 2019leathercraft, leather business, how to sell handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, ultimate pricing strategy for handmade leathergoods, imposter syndrome, feeling like you're not good enough, not geod enough to sell your leathergoods, professional leathergoods

3 Ways to Find Your Customer That Wants What You’re Selling

Imagine that you have a leathegood that you love making. It’s a wallet that you made that you’re super proud of. Making this wallet has given you nothing but pride and joy and now you want to share that pride and joy with the world! I mean who wouldn’t want a piece of this pride and joy, right? Who wouldn’t be willing to pay for a piece of this pride and joy, right??

Wrong. Sadly, no. And actually, this kind of backward thinking can leave you feeling rejected and discouraged.

As you probably already know…

if you don’t know who your customer is first and foremost, you’re going to have an uphill battle when it comes to selling your leathergoods.

Latest Posts, Top Blog ArticlesMary SavelMay 1, 2019leatherworkshop, leather sale, leathercraft, leather business, leather pricing, how to sell handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, ultimate pricing strategy for handmade leathergoods, small business

Time Management: Gain 18 Hours Per Week to Work on Your Leather Business

“You just need to prioritize your life”

“Add it to your to-do list!”

“Just find the time to squeeze it in.”

This is the well meaning advice from some people who have never started any kind of business before, while also working a full-time job or while also raising 3 kids. They won’t ever understand the time struggle until they’re in your shoes right?

Instead of telling you to just hustle, hustle and hustle some more, here are 5 concrete strategies for how you can get back 18+ hours per week to work on your leather business.

Top Blog Articles, Latest PostsMary SavelApril 24, 2019leather business, leather sale, how to sell handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, time management, getting back time to work in your leather business, juggling your time

Monthly Planning: Take Charge of Your Month and Get Stuff Done in Your Leather Business

Have you ever started to get a panicked feeling from looking at your to-do list, realizing that you haven’t accomplished anything yet this month? So then you start going through it frantically, looking for the EASIEST tasks that you can complete just so you can make yourself feel productive and like you’ve accomplished something this month?

Instead of doing this, what we need is a plan to get your small leathergoods business tasks prioritized so that you’re working on the most important and impactful tasks (the ones that are going to actually move the needle) done first.

Latest Posts, Latest Post #2Mary SavelApril 3, 2019leather business, leather sale, leathercraft, how to sell handmade leathergoods, selling handmade, selling online, selling on etsy, selling leathergoods, monthly planning, time management, BLOG PAGE #2

Building Your Dream Leather Business in Three Steps

Have you ever heard that saying, “throw it at the wall until something sticks?” Meaning lets try ALL OF THE THINGS until we finally find a thing that seems to work. Yea, that’s basically how I started my online handmade business ten years ago. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing, let alone how to make a business strategy so I just figured this is how you do it, right? You do ALL OF THE THINGS until something works. Well that’s ONE WAY you can choose to run a business, sure (I hope you like frustration!) but there’s a better way…

Top Blog Articles, Latest Posts, Latest Post #2Mary SavelMarch 27, 2019leather business, leathercraft, selling online, selling handmade, selling on etsy, selling on shopify, selling leathergoods, how to sell handmade leathergoods, BLOG PAGE #2

Are You Falling into the Trap of Turning Your Hobby into a Hustle?

I came across an article a few weeks ago in one of the many handmade business and marketing focused Facebook groups that I belong to. The article was titled, The Modern Trap of Turning Hobbies Into Hustles.

Two things immediately got my attention.

The first thing that caught my attention was the title of this article. The Modern Trap of… Trap??

Starting a small business to help support me financially as well as provide the freedom from the 9-5 has been anything but a trap for me!

Are you falling into this modern trap?

Top Blog Articles, Latest Posts, Latest Post #2Mary SavelMarch 20, 2019leathercraft, leatherworkshop, leatherworker, leather business, leather seller, selling leathergoods, selling on shopify, selling onl, selling on etsy, selling handmade, BLOG PAGE #2

The 3 Types of People You Must Be Following On Instagram

Does who you follow on Instagram really matter?

Should you be following your friends, family and those awesome people who post photos of their lunch and their pets?

OR

could you be using a more strategic follow strategy?

The answer is yes, it does matter and there is absolutely a strategy behind who you follow on Instagram and it’s quite simple.

Latest Posts, Top Blog Articles, Latest Post #2Mary SavelMarch 13, 2019leathercraft, leather business, selling leathergoods, selling handmade, selling on etsy, selling on shopify, selling online, how to sell handmade leathergoods, BLOG PAGE #2

3 Steps to Converting Your Ideal Customers into Raving Fans

If I came to you in the future and asked you to look back on your business in the very beginning, and tell me what you see, what would you say?

Would you tell me about the STRUGGLE AND FRUSTRATION that you experienced day after day from not know who your customer is and not having any sales?

Or

Would you tell me how you knew WHO your customer was and WHAT they wanted and so you knew exactly HOW TO PROMOTE your leathergoods to those people?

And would you tell me all about how this allowed you to MAKE CONSISTENT SALES month after month?

Top Blog Articles, Latest Post #2Mary SavelJanuary 24, 2019leather, leatherworkshop, leathercraft, leather business, ideal customer, what does my customer need, what does my customer want, promotion, how to sell handmade leathergoods, how to make sales, selling handmade, selling leathergoods, BLOG PAGE #2

3 Reasons Why You’re Not Making Sales in Your Leathergoods Business

Have you ever felt confused about why other leathercrafters seem to be able to sell their leathergoods no problem, but no one seems to be interested in yours?

The truth is, the reason that people aren’t buying from you is not because your prices are too high or because no one likes your brand.

No, it’s much simpler then that.