How to Start a Home-based Craft Business

This book provides advice from personal experience on how to run a successful craft business from home. This edition is fully revised to reflect the latest tips and information related to starting a home-based craft business.

“"Answers basic artisan questions of what it takes to start and run a successful crafts business from one's home. . . . This [book] packs in the advice."”

—Midwest Book Review

Kenn Oberrecht is the author of more than two dozen books and numerous articles in home-and-workshop magazines. He lives in North Bend, Oregon. Reviser Patrice Lewis is a freelance writer and author of The Home Craft Business: How to Make It Survive and Thrive. She and her husband have run a home woodcraft business since 1993. Visit her website at

Everything you need to know to run a profitable and satisfying craft business from your home From business and financial planning to marketing your business both online and through traditional outlets, this comprehensive guide provides practical solutions and solid advice on how to tap your creative skills to earn a living. Learn all about business plans, finding supplies on the Internet, publicity, zoning ordinances, and much more. Whatever your goals are, join the thousands of successful crafters, artists, and entrepreneurs, and experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based craft business. Look for useful charts and worksheets throughout the book, including: Market Survey FormEstimated Start-Up CostsProfit and Loss Projection/Report Balance SheetSample Invoice

This book provides advice from personal experience on how to run a successful craft business from home. This edition is fully revised to reflect the latest tips and information related to starting a home-based craft business.

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