How to Accept Credit Cards Over the Phone Sometimes when selling your crafts or artwork online you are in a situation where it would nice and very convenient to just punch in the credit card number that your customer is telling you over the phone. How can you do that? When would you need to ...…
When Should You Require a Deposit? Sooner or later when you make and sell handmade items, you will run into situations where you should really get a deposit. A lot of sellers are weary of asking for one and only really start requiring them after they have been burned. Just ask me why I started ...…
How Do Money Orders Work? When you get set up to sell your handmade items online you will need to choose the forms of payments you will accept. One of them is the money order. Here is what you need to know, starting with the basics. What is a money order? A money order is ...…
How to Send a Paypal Invoice An important thing to learn to do when selling your handmade crafts online is to know how to request money from a customer by sending them a Paypal invoice. Paypal is one of the easiest ways to take payments for your handmade items. Here are some cases where knowing ...…
Nothing to Click to Make Payment through Paypal Invoice I received the invoice, but there is no way to pay. Is there a button to click? If this is something you are hearing from your customers after you send them an invoice for your handmade items, you are not alone. I recently did an article ...…
Your Customer Didn’t Receive Their Invoice – Tell Them to Check the Spam Folder Paypal is a wonderful service that has allowed millions of sellers to accept credit cards online. I personally use their service more than any other for accepting payments from customers. Paypal itself has always performed flawlessly, the issues have always been ...…
Paypal Shipping Features When I first started selling online I would fill out all the labels by hand and wait in line to ship them. For the last few years I have done everything online so the packages can simply be dropped off at the shipping company. If you are already taking most of your ...…
How to Take Credit Cards and Craft Fairs These days about 98% of customers choose to pay for their online purchases with a credit card. It is the same way with local purchases. People just do not carry cash anymore. You are also more likely to sell higher priced items in person if you do ...…
