There are many digital scrapbookers who are interested in trying to make money from home by selling digital scrapbook kits.Is it possible to make money this way? Of course it is possible, but it does take some skill to be good enough to make money in this industry. Skills needed to make money in the scrapbook market include artistic skills and marketing/sales skills.
Trying to sell digital scrapbook products may not make much money. Digital scrapbook kits are usually not a “high ticket” item. Sometimes good designers have poor marketing skills and good marketers have poor design skills, or both.
What can set your work apart – the more unique and professional your comptuer scrapbooking techniques and design are, the more chance you have of selling them. It will be imporant to become skilled in marketing and sales. If not enough people can view your work, it won’t be possible to get enough sales. The following list covers some advice for anyone trying to make it in the digital scrapbooking business.
10 Tips for earning an income in the digital scrapbooking market:
- Be realistic about your skills and designs – are they good, can they be better? Look at what your competition is creating and selling – and then create better designs.
- Be the best you can be at design: Think about improving what you know about design, color, and gain better software skills
- Be the best you can be at marketing: Have you done the best marketing of your products – or have you done ANY marketing? If you are selling products online, there are many ways to get customers and website traffic that are taught about. Have you been researching these?
- Help customers see what you sell: Are you displaying your products in the best way possible? Is it easy to navigate and view your products?
- Promotional tip: Are you listed in any directories or online stores (and are these the best places for you to be listed)?
- Be social: Do you use social networks or videos to promote yourself online? These methods can help you reach more customers.
- Be price concious: Compare your prices to your competitors – are they in line with the current prices?
- Know the competition: Find out what kind of advertising or marketing is used by the competition (the ones you think are really good). Find out what the best competitors do and do what they do. (Keep your friends close and your competition closer!)
- Know the customer: Are you selling what people are buying? Get familiar with what other online sellers list as their best sellers.
- Know the prices: Check out online auction sites and see what kind of things sell well and watch the prices of the sales.
To sell digital scrapbooks or digital kits, you will have to be knowledeable about the market and it’s customers.
