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Handmade crafts

You make craft goods by hand and sell them online or at markets, often on Etsy. The time each piece takes is the real cost to watch.

4.03 reviewsLast review 2 weeks ago
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Median monthly earnings
$175
Middle 50%: $175 – $175
Effective hourly
$5.83
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
7 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$100–500
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–3 months
From starting out
Monthly expenses
Under $50
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Fully on my own terms
Most common answer
Would recommend it
0%
0 of 3 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 3 reviews.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
Etsy
1 reviewer
Instagram
1 reviewer
TikTok
1 reviewer
How it scores
Happiness8.0 / 10
Would do it again0%
Schedule flexibility4.3 / 5
Pay predictability2.3 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 3 reviews.
How much time it takes
1
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
1
How much I could earn
0
How little I could earn
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
Taxes — how much I owe
0
Unexpected expenses
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How competitive the market is
0
Nothing really surprised me
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Reviews
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Etsy· 3–6 months in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly Under $100Hours 40–60 hrs/moHourly $1.00

I love what I do, I tend to overthink and be my own worst enemy when it comes to advertising and creating video content. It tends to take a lot of time to learn, then having to worry about the every day life struggles of finances to focus on my work creatively. I wouldn't do anything else with how much I love my job, just wished I made more

TikTok· 6–12 months in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $100–250Hours 20–40 hrs/moHourly $5.83

I love whenever people love my crafts, because they are all labors of love. I hate that one week won't have any sales, and another week will have many sales. And what is popular changes each week. For advice, do your research!! There are a ton of people out there that are freely giving advice as to what works in what doesn't. I wish I had more time to do larger craft shows.

· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $100–250Hours 10–20 hrs/moHourly $11.67

Love being creative and crafting. Don't like how many hours I spend at craft fairs selling.

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