So follow Rena’s suggestion- this is definitely a great sale generator as well as a good way to attract people to your booth.

Thanks for your lovely comments! 🙂

I place it near where customers stand when I’m writing up their order and people can hardly resist digging through the goodies. I’d say at least half of my sales include something from the bargain trunk. Now that I’ve cleared out a lot of old designs that were hanging around, I use the trunk to get rid of beads I bought and then ended up not using, so I don’t have money sitting there in beads I changed my mind about.

It’s been a great money maker! Thanks for the great idea!

This was my last boutique before Christmas and I reduced all my prices. Necklaces $10.00 less and everything else $10.00 less. My feeling was that folks came in with maybe $20.00 to spend and decide how they were going to spend it (benefits were going to the girls catholic high school).

I had crafters on either side of me who both recommended Etsy and Pinterest. I must now decide whether to continue trying for a little while longer. I love making things but when folks can go to Kohls, Target, etc and gets things for a couple bucks it’s hard for handmade things to compete.
Sounding off – Sue

Thanks, for all your information!
Flo

Hi Jeanne,
The marketer in me says try again with a different vessel. 🙂

I took a quick glance at your site and your work does not look like something I would find in a wicker picnic basket, even at a deep discount. People may even be surprised to find $10-$18 pieces in a picnic basket. My guess is they find that high, even though for your work it’s a steal, but the picnic basket sets a certain expectation.

The trunk that Rena uses in this example is interesting. It looks vintage and unusual even though it’s a simple little trunk, it has a richness about it. It stirs up some curiosity and some expectation that whatever is inside of it is good and worth having.

For your pieces I would go with a shallow lead crystal bowl. Maybe sit it on a mirror or shine a light on it, or just something with an interesting shape and some richness so that people want to see what’s inside, then they’re pleasantly surprised at the discount they find.

Alicia
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This time I took the earring box and sold a pair of those also. I love it. I think it has increased my earring sales and I like the fact they’re all in bags (looking good on my new handmade cards) so they’re not getting tarnished like they were on the rack. And they’re so easy to transport!

Maybe it’s my earrings(?). I haven’t even made any more earrings in this range for the basket. Perhaps I should lower my discount or try a different display container like the copper bowl, or a silver, glass,… bowl.
It is a very convenient way to keep the earrings safely in one place without hanging them individually and great for set up/break down.

Take this for what it’s worth, 1 person’s experience only in the upeer midwest.
If anyone else finds this successful please let us know if you try anything different that made it work for you.

I find that it’s much easier if everything in the basket has the same price, and that offering the price breaks for 2 pair and 3 pair of earrings really bumps up the sales.

And rather than marking the pricing on each earring packet, I put a sign inside the lid of the basket announcing the price breaks.

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