Are you an artist creating original artwork and you're completely baffled over how to price it?

Look no further! I’m giving you a completely customizable formula for how to price your original art.

Hi, I’m Mei Pak and I help makers, artists and designers make a consistent income from selling their handmade products online.

The Importance of Pricing

I believe that pricing is one of the most important aspects of running your business.

It doesn't matter how high quality your item is, how interesting, or how much marketing you do.

If you are not charging the right price for your items, your business is going to struggle to be a success.

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the biggest sales days of the year for me in my jewelry business.

Last year I made over $10,000 n just Black Friday alone.

In this post, I’m going to show you my Black Friday and Cyber Monday plans and how you can do it too.

Ladder Discount Sale

For this year's Black Friday, I will be doing my Ladder Discount sale.

You know how every time Apple comes out with a new iPhone, people wait in line outside Apple Stores early in the morning for hours, just so they can get their hands on one of those new phones?

There's that huge sense of urgency, and people can't wait to get their hands on one of the new products.

People are excited and they've been anticipating the release of the new product a long time before it actually becomes available for sale.

I don't think I need to tell you how much money Apple makes. It's a lot of money!

This is exactly the same experience we are trying to create online, which I found to be almost impossible to do.

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Here are 4 simple steps to writing great product descriptions.

You’re Missing Out on Sales!

So you’ve made yourself some great handmade products that you can’t wait to sell!

One of the next steps is to write some awesome product descriptions that are going to get people to actually buy them!

This might seem simple but a lot of people get this wrong and it costs them sales.

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Today I'm going to share the top 3 reasons why handmade businesses fail so you can avoid this happening to your own business.

Hi, my name is Mei Pak, and I help makers, artists and designers make a living from selling their handmade products online.

What Makes a Business Fail

This topic is always at the forefront of my mind because I want to see everyone succeed with their business.

But not everyone who wants to start a business succeeds and there are some common patterns that I've seen between those people who haven't made it.

Mindset

I need to preface this post by saying that everything here will be related to your mindset.

Most people reading this post are going to think this doesn't apply to them, but what most people don't realize is that they have mindset problems.

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I’m sharing my top 5 tips that you can use right now to lower your shipping costs and save money on shipping your handmade products!

Hi, I’m Mei Pak and I help makers, artists and designers make a consistent income from selling their handmade products online.

Shipping Costs

Shipping is a big part of every physical product business.

It’s especially important for handmade shops to be able to get their products to the customer in excellent condition so that they are completely wowed and want to buy from you again.

The goal is to be able to give your customer that great experience at an affordable price so that you don’t have to

A.) hike up the price of your product

B.) charge an arm and a leg for shipping

It’s a real balancing act.

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