Handpainted Handmade
Handpainted Handmade
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 DELFT PORCELEYNE FLES PLATE POLYCHROME  US $19.00
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 Handmade Candlestick Holders Ceramic Made In Italy US $11.11
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 Greek Hand Made Hand Painted Urn Typical Art Beautiful See Photo US $8.75
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 VINTAGE FRENCH OYSTER PLATE VALLAURIS GABRIEL FOURMAINTRAUX HAND PAINTED US $59.00
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 Kevin Francis Face Pot Jade the Yellow Panda Prototype US $75.00
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 Kevin Francis Face Pot Half Patriotic British Elephant 2012 Proto US $45.00
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 Hand Painted Green White Vintage Mini Small Bowl Unique US $10.00
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 2 Polish Pottery Stoneware Cereal Bowls Handpainted from Boleslawiec Poland NEW US $28.00
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 5X Ancient Greek Pottery Miniature Dollhouse 4cm 16in HANDMADE Corinthians US $30.00
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 5X Ancient Greek Pottery Miniature Dollhouse 35cm 14in HANDMADE Classical US $33.00
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 2 Handmade Ceramic Mugs From Greece Signed by Artist US $7.95
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 CERAMIC WALL VASE SET 2 HAND PAINTED MADE IN SPAIN AMAZING US $99.99
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 CERAMIC VASE PLATE SET HAND PAINTED ONE OF A KIND SIGNED FROM SPAIN AMAZING US $219.99
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 CERAMIC VASE PLATE SET HAND PAINTED ONE OF A KIND SIGNED FROM SPAIN AMAZING US $219.99
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 Craft Art Pottery Porcelain Handmade Pie Cake Wedding Party Knife Server Decor US $15.95
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 Takito Co Japan Hand Painted Finger Nappy US $12.50
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 Vintage Zhongguo Jingdezhen China Miniature Porcelain Jar with Lid US $7.99
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 STUDIO POTTERY WALES EARTHENWARE GLAZED PIN DISH HAND PAINTED BADGER DESIGN US $5.52
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 Beautiful Vintage Majolica Covered Bowl Cherubs Angels in High Relief US $26.00
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 Hand Painted Imported Italian Serving Platter 16 Hanging Wall Platter US $110.00
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 1 VICTORIAN ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE ELLESMERE CHINA VIVID BLUE CUP RESTORERS CUP US $7.89
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 VICTORIAN ERA C1890S BLUE WHITE RED HAND PAINTED WEDGWOOD NAPIER PLATE US $15.79
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 SUPERB RARE 19TH CENTURY LARGE ART POTTERY SERVER US $45.00
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 VINTAGE PINK POTTERY VASE LARGE HAND MADE HAND PAINTED SIGNED JB 1981 US $9.99
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 SUPERB ESTATE RARE CHINESE MEI FENG ART POTTERY VASE US $45.00
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 MASONS PERSIANA POTTERY C1900S ANTIQUE MULTI COLOURED HAND PAINTED BIRD PLATE US $4.73
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 THREE GERMAN BLACK FOREST MAJOLICA GIANT CHARGERS or PLATTERS LOT OF 3 US $179.00
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 Pair of White Italian Bowls SARA Hand Painted Hand Made Sea Shell Shape US $50.00
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 POTTERY HANDMADE QUART SHIPPENSBURG PA TREE OF LIFE NEW US $29.99
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 POTTERY HANDMADE QUART CHAMBERSBURG PA TREE OF LIFE NEW US $29.99
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 SIESTA Hand Painted Ceramic Vase Peruvian FOLK ART US $39.95
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 Hand painted 25 qt bean pot or tureen with stylized petunias1950 60s era RARE US $17.99
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 Mr Pickwick Toby Mug Jug Sylva Ceramics Staffordshire England Excellent US $6.98
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 STUNNING LAUGHARNE POTTERY WALES LARGE STUDIO POTTERY VASE US $7.89
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 Hand Made Greece Terra Cotta Fine painted Classical Greek Jug Museum Piece Copy US $1.56
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 Hand Made Greek Terra Cotta Fine painted Classical Greek milk jug marked Base US $1.56
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 VINTAGE SIGNED BASIL MATTHEWS DACHSHUND DOG WITH TOYS FIGURINE US $79.99
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 Nuova Ceramica Vicenza Pottery Wall Plate from Italy Hand Painted Crocus Lovely US $23.63
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 Russian handmade porcelain flower basket signed by the artists US $37.00
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 Russian handmade porcelain flower basket signed by the artists US $37.00
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 Russian handmade porcelain aroma flower box US $34.99
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 Russian handmade porcelain jewelry box beautiful roses US $19.00
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 Russian handmade porcelain jewelry box beautiful roses US $19.00
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 Russian handmade porcelain jewelry box blue white flowers US $19.00
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 Russian handmade porcelain flower basket signed by the artists US $37.00
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 A SET OF TWO POLISH STONEWARE CEREAL DESSERT BOWLS BRAND NEW US $46.02
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 Vtg Enamel Art Vase Pitcher Old Ceramic Pottery Handmade Portugal Portuguese US $32.00
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 A POLISH STONEWARE DEEP RECTANGULAR BAKER BRAND NEW US $45.00
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 POLISH STONEWARE PEDESTAL AND BUBBLE MUG BRAND NEW US $40.00
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 Ancient Greek Ceramic Art Pottery 15cm 59 inches HANDMADE Geometric Krater US $50.00
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 Ancient Greek Ceramic Art Pottery Vase 15cm 59in HANDMADE IN GREECE Amphora US $65.00
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 2X Ancient Greek Ceramic Art Pottery Vases 85cm 33inches HANDMADE RED FIGURE US $30.00
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 A GORGEOUS POLISH STONEWARE SCALLOPED BAKER BRAND NEW US $70.00
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 Rowe Pottery Vase Handmade Cambridge WI Grey Stoneware Blue Green US $18.00
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 AN EXQUISITE POLISH STONEWARE BAKER BRAND NEW US $65.00
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 WELLER POTTERY SIGNED HAND MADE AND PAINTED VASE 5 INCHES TALL NO RESERVE US $29.00
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 ANTIQUE GIEN FRANCE FAIENCE RENAISSANCE POTTERY LARGE OIL LAMP NICE NO RESERVE US $299.00
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 Nemadji Pottery 6 inch jar Handmade US $17.99
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 Lovely Vintage Bennington Vermont Pottery dark Blue Cream Spongeware Pitcher US $29.99
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 Folk art Troyan red clay tray 6 cups pitcher Bulgaria peacock eye US $22.99
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 STAFFORDSHIRE Hand Painted Character Toby Mug Jug THE MINER Royal Doulton Style US $8.54
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted Scalloped Bowl 4 US $44.49
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted Scalloped Bowl 5 US $44.49
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted Scalloped Bowl 6 US $44.49
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted Oval Serving Platter 5 US $60.59
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted Divided Serving Dish 2 US $60.59
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted Onion Keeper US $60.49
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 Hand Painted Italian Pottery 16 piece Dinner Luncheon Snack Tea Set US $178.96
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted 16 ounce Mug 99 US $21.99
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 PAIR Vintage BENNINGTON POTTERS Mid Century FLOWER 2 Candle Holder SET Pottery US $17.99
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted 16 ounce Mug 100 US $21.99
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 Pair of Hand Made Hand Painted Greek Mythological Miniature Clay Vases US $49.99
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted 16 ounce Mug 101 US $21.99
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 Unikat Polish Pottery Hand Painted 16 ounce Mug 102 US $21.99
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 Robinson Ransbottom Rosevill Ohio Spaghetti Bowl US $25.00
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Starting an internet business, learn from my mistakes
The aim is to build a business that I can run from anywhere in the world. First up was silk tie retailing with www.tiespecialist.com selling handmade English woven silk ties. I started this in December 05 and have learnt a hell of a lot since then making many mistakes. By February the silk tie business was starting to break and I started to feel like I knew what I was doing so I have launched an oil painting retailer www.artspecialist.co.uk just over a week ago. This site is selling handpainted oil paintings that are reproductions of masterpieces by famous artists.
Getting to break even has been much harder than I thought it would be, the first thing I learnt that the marketing spend to get people to come to your site is large and it is very easy to lose money on every sale. Getting that advertising cost down and conversion rate up are the two factors to focus on.
When I was thinking about starting an internet business there were a few things that were must have requirements.
The first one was that I needed to be able to get the business to profitability for less than a £1000. In practice each site has cost more than that when you figure in the marketing costs needed to get it off the ground quickly. The silk tie retailing site was set up for less than £200 but when you factor in marketing spend, then I have spent almost £500 per month on marketing, mostly Google Adwords and Overture. It is only after month three that I have got close to breaking even. Anyway, near enough and if you are more patient and make less costly mistakes than me then you should be able to do it for less.
Secondly. The business had to need as little manual work as possible. I am after a business that I can start working part time and as am a management consultant and sell my time by the hour, for me time really is money. I am also not keen on hiring people if I can avoid it. The internet has the potential to offer some really virtual businesses and I wanted to use this. For this reason as well as start-up costs this means that I do not want to stock or handle any products. I do a lot of supply chain consulting work so it was obvious to me that I could have a business that used other companies to buy, store and deliver the products. The easiest way to do this is by using dropshipping. Dropshippers are wholesalers that ship individual customer orders direct to your customers.
There is a lot of information on dropshipping online, however it has to be said that there are some terrible dropshipping companies where prices are too high or products too common to successfulull. Typical of these is thSelect which charges a fee to join, but once you join you find that the prices are often higher than they are being sold for on eBay and are widely sold with lots of competition. It is very hard to make good money from these sort of dropshippers. There are however some good companies out there with niche products where achievable margins are good.
The third requirement was that the business needed to have the potential to generate at least £1k per month in profit. That way with a few web businesses it could become my full time job. I decided that I was not trying to start the next Amazon, instead I was after a good profitable niche. Something not too competitive and with no house-hold names as competitors. This means that I have not gone into electronics even though it is the area I know the best, it is a very competitive market online and were competition includes Amazon and Dixons. To be successful in electronics you either need to find a niche not served by the big boys or spend serious money to get established.
I then started searching for business ideas. I read the get rich quick newsletters, internet marketing newsletters, internet business forums and drop shipping websites. I searched for dropship suppliers then when I found a product that I thought might be promising, did a search for it and checked out the competition. If after that it still looked interesting then I did a keyword search on Google AdWords to find out how many clicks I could get and at what cost.
While doing this I came across some sites selling ready-made business websites. Essentially they provide a shop template, a catalogue and a supplier of stock and off you go. These sell for between £50 ($80) and £500 ($800). I wasted a fair bit of money with a couple of false starts. I bid on a lingerie web business template on eBay with a starting price of £99; my wife was a lingerie merchandiser for Marks & Spencers and so I though she could help, then I saw a gadgets website from the same people and thought I would get that and see if I could find a gadgets niche and bid for that too. Trouble was I then did some more research and found that lingerie was very competitive online and that the supplier I would be getting had a limited selection of very tarty undies at rather high prices. I also found that the gadget supplier was the Select and as I have already said they are overpriced. I then found the tie web business and decided this was a better niche where margins really are 60% and bought that one (silk ties from www.tiespecialist.com) from DpbUK who have been very good. Unfortunately no one else bid on the two on eBay and I ended up winning them although I no longer wanted them. £200 wasted. Oops. So do your carefulcarefull before buying; look carefully at the sample sites and try and find some clues to the suppliers, check the competition out and make sure the margins are high enough.
Hope you enjoyed the article, look out for the rest of the article series and check out my blog at http://specialist-paintings-ties.blogspot.com/.
About the Author
Oil painting reproductions from www.artspecialist.co.uk, masterpieces painted for you
English woven silk ties from www.tiespecialist.com. Every silk tie has free delivery
Tony Gosling's Internet Entrepreneurship blog at http://specialist-paintings-ties.blogspot.com/
I have recently launched my website...Any recomendation on books on small business marketing strategies ?
We have a very limited budget, so any ideas on how to get our website out there will be welcomed. We sell Arts & crafts from south america, most of our items are handmade and handpainted, we also sell silver jewelry and alpaca products. All items are imported from Peru, and soon from all around South America.
Thanks for your help,
Alberto Filomeno
Due to popular demand here is the web address 
www.andesshoppe.com
Check out some of Seth Godin's marketing books at www.sethgodin.com. "Small Is The New Big" is the best. Also subscribe to his blog, it's terrific.
You should have included your web address when posting this question! Think of how many potential customers read your question but weren't given the opportunity to check you out.
Handmade & handpainted masks Made In Latacunga - Ecuador
