What to sell: Steps to Finding Your Niche Workshop
What to sell: Steps to Finding Your Niche Workshop
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Finding Your Niche: Crafting a Successful Handmade Business
Are you a creative individual with a passion for making things by hand? Do you dream of turning your hobby into a thriving small business but feel lost on where to start? This course is designed to help you find your niche, identify your unique skills, and build a sustainable handmade business.
Course Description:
This interactive workshop provides a practical, step-by-step approach to discovering your ideal market within the handmade world. We'll move beyond simply "making things" and delve into the strategic thinking necessary for long-term success.
Key Topics Covered:
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Niche Discovery: Learn effective techniques to identify profitable niche markets within the handmade industry. We'll explore market trends, consumer needs, and competitive analysis to help you pinpoint areas with high potential.
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Market Research for Handmade Businesses: Discover how to conduct targeted research to understand your potential customers, their preferences, and their buying habits. We'll cover both online and offline research methods, including surveys, social media analysis, and competitor research.
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Skills Assessment and Development: Identify your existing skills and talents, and learn how to develop them further to create truly unique and desirable products. We'll explore ways to combine skills and discover new techniques to expand your creative repertoire.
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Defining Your Ideal Customer: Go beyond basic demographics and create detailed customer profiles to understand your target audience on a deeper level. This will inform your product development, marketing, and overall business strategy.
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Validating Your Niche: Learn how to test your ideas and gather feedback before investing significant time and resources. This crucial step minimizes risk and maximizes your chances of success.
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Competitive Analysis: Learn how to analyze your competitors to identify opportunities and differentiate your business.
Join us and turn your passion for creating into a thriving business!
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Returns
Returns
30 Day Limited Return Window
Please send a return/refund request to jessie@joneslasercraft.com within 5 days of receiving the item.
You must include the following:
Order #
Name
Reason for return
Images of the item (and the shipping box if damaged in shipping)
Do you want a refund or replacement
Shipping Damages: All gifts are insured. If an item is damaged in shipping, please send an image of the item and the packaging so that we may process a claim in a timely manner.
Wrong item/size, defect?
- Please let us know if you'd like a replacement or a refund.
- Please allow 48 hours for us to process refunds.
- Because we are a made to order business we can only replace or refund items that have clear manufacturing defect.
Laser Cutting Services
Laser Cutting Services
Have a project you need parts for? Want to personalize a gift?
We can cut and engrave on a number of materials. While we prefer to purchase materials ourselves (we know what cuts and engraves best!) We are always happy to work with you on items you have already purchased.
Price and Material Lists
Laserable Materials - Cutting |
Starting Price |
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Most Woods up to 1/4" Thick |
$25 hr |
| Acrylics (Plexiglass, Lucite)* | $25 hr |
Laserable Materials - Engraving |
Starting Price |
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Most Wood up to 2" Thick |
$25 hr |
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Acrylics (Plexiglass, Lucite)* |
$25 hr |
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Leather (Vegan and Natural)** |
$25 hr |
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Powder Coated or Painted Metal*** |
$25 hr |
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Glass/Mirrors |
$25 hr |
*We do not and will not cut or engrave any Poly Vinyl Chloride (Vinyl Records, etc.) or its variants. See more information on the dangers of heating PVC here.
** Natural leather engraves well but does not always have the contrast needed for the engraving to really stand out. See more information here.
*** Like natural leather, untreated metal engraves well but does not show well at all. Also, we cannot engrave jewelry at this time.
What You'll Learn
Niche Discovery
What sells?
Learn effective techniques to identify profitable niche markets within the handmade industry. We'll explore market trends, consumer needs, and competitive analysis to help you pinpoint areas with high potential.
Market Research for Handmade Businesses
How well will it sell?
Discover how to conduct targeted research to understand your potential customers, their preferences, and their buying habits. We'll cover both online and offline research methods.
Skills Assessment and Development
Can I make that?
Identify your existing skills and talents, and learn how to develop them further to create truly unique and desirable products. We'll explore ways to combine skills and discover new techniques to expand your creative repertoire.
Defining Your Idela Customer
Who should buy from you?
Go beyond basic demographics and create detailed customer profiles to understand your target audience on a deeper level. This will inform your product development, marketing, and overall business strategy.
Niche Validation
Testing on a budget.
Learn effective techniques to identify profitable niche markets within the handmade industry. We'll explore market trends, consumer needs, and competitive analysis to help you pinpoint areas with high potential.
Competitive Analysis
What are they doing differently?
Discover how to conduct targeted research to understand your potential customers, their preferences, and their buying habits. We'll cover both online and offline research methods.
Course Description
This interactive workshop provides a practical, step-by-step approach to discovering your ideal market within the handmade world. We'll move beyond simply "making things" and delve into the strategic thinking necessary for long-term success.
Course Format
Week 1
- Homework sent out at the begining of week
- Updates and Q & A in dedicated FB group
- 1.5 to 2 hr. Livestream Workshop
Week 2 and Beyond
- 15 min follow up call with coach
- Continued support in FB community