Find a job you enjoy doing and you will never have to work a day in your life."
There's no shortage of quotes out there to inspire you to take your craft, your handmade hobby, your creative passion - that thing you really love spending time doing - and turn it into a way to make a living - to start a handmade shop.
This book gives a deep reveal and an idea anyone can make and sell to get up to $5000 monthly based on my personal market research
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And I know it's possible too because that's what I help makers do, every day. That's my job.

But is loving what you make enough to make it sell like hot cakes?

Can you really "Do what you love and the money will follow?"

Or is reality a little more complex than that, and if so... how?

Let's explore!
What you love to make is what someone else will love to buy....and boom! - you're in business, making money doing what you love.
You can sell anything, to anyone, from anywhere.
AND it gets better.
Now... you can start a shop in a few clicks.

You can open a shop on Etsy next weekend.
Or start your own website.
Or start selling on Facebook.

The point is that you don't need to spend big bucks hiring a developer OR spend time doing market research - you can just get it out there and see what happens.

Now - of course - you might be thinking:

"I make ceramic mugs" or "I make t-shirts" or "I make pillow cases" - and that feels like a pretty safe bet, like... surely I can find people who are looking for pillow cases?

And yes - yes you can.

There are definitely people somewhere on the internet, who want to buy the exact product that you are making.

What if you sell cushion covers and your favorite thing to create are designs and patterns using bright tie-dye colors but the current trend in home decor are more natural, earthy tones?

Sure you might find customers who don't care so much for that "earthy tones" trend and prefer bright colors - but... are you going to find enough of them?

Others decide what to sell based 100% on research and create purely based on what keywords are being searched most, on what the trends in their niche are, on the colors of the season, the theme of the year, etc.

There's nothing really right or wrong with any of these 2 approaches... you just need to get very clear on where you sit before you start selling your products and turning your hobby into a handmade business.

Because when you stop making as a hobby and start making for a living - you have to create not just based on what you love, but based on what customers love and are looking for.

your aesthetics and style is also what will help make your shop, products and brand cohesive...

BUT and that's kinda key, I would also STRONGLY suggest that if making a reliable income out of this is your main goal, you get in the habit of doing a bit of market research when you create new products and make some room for things you're not always 100% in love with - but that you know will sell well.

Imagine you sell kids clothing - it could mean that 40% of the colours you're offering are not necessarily your personal favorite - but they are trending this year. Maybe it means that if pandas or koalas are trending, you also offer a few items with those animals' patterns on them.

Another example would be if for example you are an artist and your specialty and what brings you the most joy is to paint on fabric - and most specifically you love to paint flowers.

What if it turns out with a bit of research that not many people are looking for "floral scarves?" But that a lot more people are looking for floral t-shirts?
Can you compromise and offer that instead?

You get my point- it's about incorporating trends and what you learn from doing a bit of market research into what you offer.