Craft Business Resources

Finding great craft business resources that are cost effective and deliver great value for your time and money can take some time and research.

I have worked hard to find craft business resources for my own business, and I hope this list of resources saves you time when you're searching for resources for your own home craft business.

You will find information about art business resources throughout the site, but, of course, when you're looking for a specific resource, it's easy to forget which article you read that mentioned a resource that was of interest to you. So this list should help you to find resources quickly.

Please note that some categories have fewer resources than others. I'm only posting resources that I have used (happily) myself or have been recommended by other professional craft artists and small business owners. So, please be patient with me, and over time there will be a thorough list of resources in each section.

Resources for Building Your Craft Business Web Site

Web Hosting

www.GoDaddy.com
While Site Build It is the company I prefer for all in one internet business building tools (your domain name registration is included in the annual subscription fee) I do have several domains registered at GoDaddy. I've used GoDaddy for registering domains that I'm not currently using but that I want to reserve because I will likely use them in the future to pursue business ideas that I have in mind but just haven't had time to work on yet. GoDaddy's customer service is very good; they have ayways responded quickly and clearly any time I have contacted them.

Site Build It
Site Build It is an all in one set of software tools that allows you to turn your hobby or passion into a viable online business even if you are not a "techie" and don't have any experience in building and marketing a website.

HTML Editors

CoffeeCup
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) HTML Editor, free trial download available

Dreamweaver
WYSIWYG HTML Editor, free trial download available

Photo/Graphics Editing

Adobe Photoshop Elements
Variety of options and price ranges with the Photoshop products, free trial downloads available

Credit Card Processing

Charge.com
Same day approval, 24/7 technical support, competitive rates and free web shopping carts.

PayPal
No monthly fees, low transaction fees and a free shopping cart.

Promoting Your Site

Wordtracker
Good tool for discovering what words and phrases people are searching for. It can help you to determine which keywords to target on your site.

Value Exchange and Make Your Links Work
Value exchange is a free program for networking with other website owners to exchange links to your site. Make Your Links Work is a free e-book that describes, in detail, the ways to use links to increase traffic to your web site. Both can be access from the link above.

Make Your Site Sell
Great, in-depth and easy to understand free e-book that details useful and cost effective strategies for building a successful online business.