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Jeffrey and Amy Johnson of Handmade Family love the way that IndieMade lets them showcase, sell, and blog about their work all on one website. One in a series of featured IndieMade users.

Did you know that IndieMade allows you to import all of your Etsy shop listings into your IndieMade store? Read on if you also sell on Etsy and would like to save yourself hours of copying listings and reuploading photos!

Looking for ways to make your next craft show application a winner? We collected craft fair tips from show organizers around the country, to find out what makes them place an application in the "yes" or "no" pile. Visit our resource article to learn what you can do to boost your chances of getting accepted!

Indie business owner Brenda Olson creates fun and colorful cards and magnets featuring her original artwork. When she was searching for an online home for the many facets of her indie business — direct sales, wholesale, image licensing, and teaching, to name a few — she found just what she was looking for in IndieMade.

Margie Criner of Chicago-based handmade accessory and functional art company Red-Belly has a knack for creating fun and well-designed wallets, bags, belt buckles, and unique magnets using materials from wool to upcycled children's toys. One in a series of featured IndieMade users.

As a craft business owner, you may be looking to get your product in stores, and wholesale is one way to accomplish that. But is your business ready for wholesale? One craft business owner reviews Retail Readiness, a wholesale prep course led by a retail business expert.

IndieMade users now can make their products invisible with a single click — an especially useful feature for those artists who sell one-of-a-kind works on both their sites and at shows.

The Urban Folk Circuit is spotlighting handmade wares made in Chicago at its first ever popup shop. Running through Sunday, April 22, the shop is loaded with handmade jewelry, clothing, accessories, and artwork all created by Chicago craft business owners.

When you're pitching stories to journalists, you don't have to have an outrageous concept or a shocking subject matter. Getting media attention from journalists is just a matter of giving them a reason to care about your artwork or latest exhibit. Elizabeth Burke-Dain shares some tips for getting media attention in her resource article.

As a crafter, you might not have considered selling at a flea market before, but according to veteran sellers, these shows aren't so different from your everyday art and craft fairs. Artists Jeannine Komush and illustrator Maggie Hurley share their flea market selling tips.