Classified ad website www.vivastreet.com has reported that the number of people selling home made goods online has increased a massive 125% in recent months, and other canny ‘businessmen’ looking to make a few bob are also selling home based services such as tuition, dancing lessons and music lessons online through advertisement website..
In such hard times it is nice to see that the internet is of benefit to not only the corporate companies.
Other popular methods that people are turning to to make some money online is, of course, selling new or 
unused items on Ebay. On ebay.com, “at any given time, there are approximately 113 million listings worldwide, and approximately 7.1 million listings are added per day. eBay users trade in more than 50,000 categories” (www.ebay.com).
Another valuable outlet for people looking to sell online is website www.etsy.com an online marketplace for people to sell their home made, vintage or craft supplies; since its launch in 2005 over 100,000 Etsy shops have been set up across the world. Etsy is a really good concept because it give start up retailers all the necessary ‘equipment’ to make their products go live including a shop, a secure payment gateway and direct access to their target market. The biggest draw of Etsy over Ebay is the fact that it does not cost anything to list items you simply pay a small fee when items are sold.
Big Cartel is a website and shopping cart provider for bands, record labels, clothing designers, artists, crafters, and independent businesses. Unlike Etsy, where the store is situated within the Etsy website, Big Cartel gives sellers an independent website along with all the same benefits including a management tool for tracking stock. The only requirement for sellers is that they set up a Paypal business account and pay a monthly fee.
Sounds like these craft guys have it all sewn up….
