topic Re: Hand made in Selling

Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:12:29 GMT

Could anyone define "Hand made" when included in a listing description on ebay?

Re: Hand made

digital*ghost — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:21:20 GMT

If it helps, I use hand made in descriptions if I actually have to make something by hand in order to make a piece (I make jewellery). I use hand-assembled if all I'm doing is putting factory produced components together.

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:34:47 GMT

Thanks digital*ghost

I am just a bit confused as I design and make dolls houses, however looking at my compertition handmade seems to be ok as a description when you buy factory made flatpack dolls houses from China and assemble them by gluing them together yourself.

Seems to me it is like buying and frozen meal and saying you created the meal because you reheated it in the microwave IMHO.

Re: Hand made

annies_fancy_dress — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:17:02 GMT

Handmade is NOT a flatpack dolls house from China no matter who put it together. They are false advertising.

On another note, are you a member of the "dollhouse and miniature group" (ebay groups) because I applied to join and haven't received an answer yet.

Re: Hand made

annies_fancy_dress — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:19:42 GMT

I also cannot see any items you have for sale

Re: Hand made

phorum_junkie* — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:20:23 GMT

Perhaps describe yours as hand crafted which sounds a bit more as if it has been made entirely by hand and not just assembled.

Re: Hand made

davewil1964 — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:22:21 GMT

@annies_fancy_dress wrote:
I also cannot see any items you have for sale

Which is relevant how?

Re: Hand made

chuk_77 — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:06:58 GMT

That how I describe my items

@phorum_junkie* wrote:
Perhaps describe yours as hand crafted which sounds a bit more as if it has been made entirely by hand and not just assembled.

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:42:30 GMT

No annies_fancy_dress

I have just started on ebay so I am not a member of anything. Let me know if it is any good

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:46:30 GMT

Thanks everyone.

annies_fancy_dress I only have one dolls house up for auction at the moment. The rest is handmade (sorry hand crafted) dolls house food and a couple of bought items to see how they do.

Re: Hand made

retailtherapist_8 — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:20:19 GMT

Every little girl needs a Doll House....

Good luck, I hope you do well. You must have the patience of a saint that must be very fiddley work!

Re: Hand made

annies_fancy_dress — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:47:49 GMT

I really can't see any listings when I click the "View Listings" link

I already have a dolls house that my Grandfather gave to me when I was 14 (3 decades ago) and a little old for dolls houses.

I loaned it(in pristine condition) to my little cousins who loved it ,and I got it back some 10 years later in very used condition.

It's been with me ever since with nobody using it as I had sons only.

I want to revamp it soon and make it a show piece, even better than it was before.

Grandpa made it from scratch and I was very proud of how lovely it looked.

It was many years before I found out he bought the plans from an advertisement in the paper. I thought he'd designed it himself and I was a little miffed, but what the hell, Grandpa was a craftsman not an artist.

If I ever get a reply from the group I'll let you know.

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:08:20 GMT

Thanks retailtherapist_8

I just enjoy making them and yes they are fiddley!

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:11:38 GMT

Hi annies_fancy_dress

I have also tried through view listing and can not see anything so will have to get onto ebay (thanks for letting me know)

Thanks for sharing your dolls house story. How special to have one that your Grandpa made. Think of all the love that went into it. I agree you should restore it you never know your sons may have daughters for you to give it to.

Regards

Katrina

Re: Hand made

digital*ghost — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 02:30:11 GMT

The forums have recently changed hosts and one of the current "glitches" is that when you click on 'View Listings', it directs to eBay.com (US site) instead of eBay Australia, so unless a seller's items are available to the US, it will show as having no items listed.

The quickest way to get to a seller's listings (as noted by sir-sales ) is after clicking View Listings, add .au after eBay.com in the URL bar then hit enter.

Re: Hand made

annies_fancy_dress — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 03:08:44 GMT

Now I see the listings, they are SO cute!!!

I especially love the leeks.

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 04:19:40 GMT

Thanks digital*ghost

I have ebay looking into it

Re: Hand made

sewells_of_victoria — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 04:21:52 GMT

Thank you.

Unfortunately I think ebay is not the best place to sell them due to the postage doubling the price. May start on craft markets when the weather gets a bit better.

Re: Hand made

thesundayrose — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:42:22 GMT

i am making handmade pillow cover. this my first time to sell in ebay

usually i sell in etsy.

for me anything you make by yourself is handmade

usually handmade products are limited

Re: Hand made

*crikey*mate* — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:40:55 GMT

that kind of makes sense, because you sew the material together to make the product, so in effect you are assembling the product. I don't know anything about doll's houses, so why would the concept be different - ie using a prefabricated kit to build/make etc ? I mean the person would still have to have the knowhow of how to put it all together and make it look nice etc, wouldn't they?

years ago there was this magazine you could buy and each time it came out it came with a bit more of the dolls house to build and decorate etc. The magazine was kind of the instructions etc, but everything you needed to build it came in the packet with the magazine.

but I still had to sand it all and paint, stain, glue, wallpaper, tile, etc, get the electricity working etc - it did have some furniture too, mostly came flatpacked though, so I still had to construct it, stain and upholster it etc - then I just added other stuff to finish it that I either made or bought.

I got all the landscaping stuff for outside from a model train shop, but I still had to put it all together kind of thing and design it.

I would have thought that was pretty hand made.