How to Sell Wooden Roses

Wooden roses are great alternatives to silk roses or real roses, and are beloved by many people. Getting a retail store to carry your wooden roses is difficult, but it can be done. To make money selling wooden roses, focus your efforts on small, specialized, family-owned boutiques and websites. Selling wooden roses is a great way to earn some extra pocket money, but it takes patience and tenacity.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Business cards
• Information sheet
• Email account

How to Sell Wooden Roses to a Retail Store

1. Create or purchase professional-looking business cards that include your telephone number, home address and email address. They don't have to be fancy, and they can be printed on your home computer.

2. Create an information sheet about your wooden roses that explains the process, materials and techniques used to make them, a suggested retail price, and any other relevant information you deem necessary.

3. Take photos of the wooden roses that show them in attractive arrangements, such as a bouquet of roses in a vase. Print 3 by 4, high-quality copies to give to retailers or incorporate the photos into your information sheet.

4. Visit retailers, such as gift shops or boutiques, that carry homemade artisan products and might have an interest in selling your wooden roses. Small, family-owned businesses are easier to get an audience with than large corporations. Show the retailers your wooden roses, business cards, information sheet and photographs.

5. Ask to speak to the manager or merchandise buyer, make a polite introduction, then immediately pitch yourself and your product. Focus the conversation on how your wooden roses would be a great fit for the store.

6. Leave your business cards, information sheet and photographs with the manager or merchandise buyer and get his direct telephone number, if possible. Follow up the visit with a phone call if you don't hear back within a couple of weeks.

7. Ask the cashier or sales person to give your business card, information sheet and photographs to the manager or merchandise buyer if he is unable to speak with you. Call in a couple of weeks to follow up.

How to Sell Wooden Roses Online

8. Click to http://www.etsy.com, the Internet's best-known marketplace for homemade crafts and goods.

9. Apply to sell your roses on Etsy by clicking "Sell" or copy and pasting this link into your browser: https://www.etsy.com/login.php?from_page=http://www.etsy.com/register_seller1.php

10. Read all the terms and regulations carefully so that you understand how to Etsy selling process works. Etsy is a trustworthy and excellent online marketplace.

Tips & Warnings

• You'll probably have to solicit several businesses before you find one that will take your wooden roses. Don't give up, and don't be disappointed by rejection.
• Always be polite when speaking with anyone in a retail store. Kindness and good manners will get you farther than being pushy or aggressive.

References

• Sell Your Crafts
• Sell Your Wood Crafts
• Etsy: How Selling Works