The DIY industry is booming: while awareness of Sustainability, high-quality ingredients and the importance of independent and local producers As the number of employees grows, interest in homemade products also increases. Because with something handmade also always comes a piece of Personality – and that’s something consumers particularly appreciate in this day and age. As demand increases, so does the number of vendors selling homemade online or trading at local markets. However, if you want to pursue your hobby professionally not without a plan to begin with. We of mylager support many small manufacturers with our favorable Self Storages and would like to pass on our tips to you – so that your own small business becomes a success!
Selling homemade: Ideas for your business
If you want to make and sell products yourself, then you have almost endless possibilities: From homemade jam to greeting cards to larger projects like your own clothing line or furniture, the choices are hard to keep track of. Popular are for example also children’s toys, art, knitted, ceramics or lately also face masks. The most important thing here: you should fun stuff because only with passion it becomes a real success. So it is best to make your Hobby to (sideline) profession – how to do that, we have shown you in this blog article.
What homemade stuff sells well?
If you do not want to run only a hobby, but with your activity properly Earn money, then of course you should target a specific Target audience in mind and make sure that your product idea is also well received. So, before you make and sell things yourself, you should think carefully about whether you really want to Selling opportunities have or if your competitors might not leave any room for maktlucken. If you have talent and can market yourself well, then you can sell virtually any homemade products. Nevertheless, there are in principle goods that can be sold more easily than others. For example:
- Homemade jewelry: If you want to sell homemade jewelry online or offer it at markets, you have a lot of competition that also makes and sells schuck, but also many possible niches and target groups.
- Selling homemade furniture: If you want to sell homemade woodwork, you can usually find buyers for well-crafted pieces in popular style.
- Sell homemade clothes: Selling clothes can be a bit more difficult, but here you can also make a name for yourself. For example, you can sell homemade knitted things – especially for babies and children they are popular.
Here’s what you should look out for when selling homemade stuff online
You have a lot of ideas to sell homemade products? Then now is the time to find the right place for it. The most important way to sell homemade nowadays is without question the Internet. Here you can find all kinds of creative people offering their products – and you can get a good overview of the market Your competition and where they can sell their products. Probably the biggest platform to sell homemade online is Etsy. Here you get your own small store on the site and you can also place paid advertisements. A look at Ebay classifieds can be useful as well, especially if you homemade furniture or sell something similar.
Of course you can also sell your Own online store operate. This can be quite profitable, but you should put enough time into it and get from a programmer get support. Vendors like Shopify simplify the process and allow even people without programming skills to open their own store.
In addition, if you are launching a new product, you should check out the Self-promotion do not neglect. Unfortunately, uploading a photo and waiting is usually not enough – so become active on the social media, work together with designers on your Branding and also advertise offline, for example, by posting on Weekly markets sell your homemade. Only if people know about your product, will they buy it!
Special case: Selling homemade food
If you want to sell homemade food online or offer it at a weekly market, there are a few things to keep in mind. Because the food hygiene and special requirements play a major role. While you can sell home-grown fruit or vegetables without a permit, the situation is different for other foods – for example, if you sell homemade jam. When selling homemade products, which you are mostly from food that you have obtained yourself and then processed you have to name the contents and ingredients completely and correctly and give a best-before date. You may also need to complete a health department mandated instruction in food hygiene visit. Only then you can produce and sell food yourself.
Even more complicated is the sale of food with more than 50 % foreign content, i.e. products that you have not grown yourself. In this case, you must register a business and take into account some requirements. Even if you perishable food like meat and dairy products, but also alcoholic beverages like liquors you want to sell, you should first immediately find out about the rules that apply in your state.
Where to put the products?
If you make and sell products yourself, you usually deal with the production itself and with the sale. One thing is often overlooked – especially by people who sell homemade items online: It is of course also sufficient Place needed to store the goods. Because especially, who produces larger products or larger quantities, often comes in space shortage in their own home. In addition, the storage of Materials, Tools and maybe even Files.
At mylager we offer you Self Storages at particularly flexible terms from only one month, so that you can react particularly quickly to fluctuations in the quantity ordered. Of course our warehouses are dry and protected, so that your goods are not damaged, and around the clock accessible for you.
Selling homemade products: What to consider regarding taxes and co.?
Even if it’s just a hobby and you only sell small amounts of your product, you should still be aware that it’s an activity that you’ll Tax office have to inform. Because taxes are incurred when selling self-made products, just as with almost any other income. If you exceed a certain income limit, you must tax your profits as, below that your hobby remains tax-free.
Even a Business registration or the registration of a freelance work you have to take into account in most cases. If you would like to sell homemade goods without a trade, then you may only irregular sell (for example at street festivals or now and then at flea markets), so do not trade commercially. In such a case you do not need a trade license. An exception also exists if you make practically no profit or even losses through your activity. Then this will probably be Hobbyism classified and you do not have to pay taxes.
Whether the bureaucratic effort is worthwhile, you should estimate well. For a small business, for example, this is limited, since you only have to make your tax return once a year and are not required to do bookkeeping. The situation is different if you have Income limit of 22.000 € exceed in the year – then more work comes to you. Also remember Fixed costs, you will have: Cost of materials, rent and not to mention your own time.
How we can help you
At mylager we are always happy when we can support self-employed people who realize their dream of their own. We will provide you with spacious warehouse available – already from 1 m³ and at flexible transit times. If you ever have any questions or requests, there is a contact person on site ready. Why don’t you get to know our locations throughout Germany and send us an inquiry?!