www.craftme.co brings you 4 easy tips for your craft shop: How to Reduce Craft Show Costs You probably just started to present in art and craft market. There are so many of them in New Zealand, the main ones are in Auckland. So you ask yourself: how do I reduce my costs, so I can generate a better income from my art and craft store. I found that it is not always easy to reduce your costs. You can be creative with how you peel your art and craft show costs down, so let me help you with that. I figured that there are at least 4 main ways to trim down your costs, without sacrificing the quality of your art and craft, nor affecting the general sales. Tip number 1: Buy your supplies in bulk – You do it for your foodstuff in order to save a few cents, so why not on your art and craft supplies? Think about it, if you are buying pipe cleaners for example, a paper for your origami craft or wood for your woodwork and you only need 10, it might cost you $5 – because you are paying for a single packaging and the convenience of only purchasing 10. However, if you bought 100 units instead of one, in a grey cardboard box – you might pay only $2 per unit. All of a sudden you have dropped your cost tremendously on each craft item that you create. So that’s smart business tip- pinch pennies from your material cost. Tip number 2: Use less frequent trips to your art shop. We all live in an instant satisfaction world. We already got used to idea that if we need something right now, we go and <b>…</b>

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