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Http://www.craftme.co Welcome to CraftMe! We are a growing collection of quality NZ art and craft online stores, where you can showcase your art, craft, hobbies and artistic services in one location, tell more about yourself, sell your items, accept credit card orders and invoice your customers directly. It is a place to buy and sell all things unique, handmade, vintage, handcraft and supplies. The best of all: it is totally FREE to buy and sell on CraftMe!
This is what Roy Rodriguez, CraftMe.co Founder and Manager, has to say:
It doesn’t matter what you create- CraftMe is the place for you, the artist, the craftsperson.
We want to help our fellow artistic kiwis to market themselves, in a quick, affordable and effective way. Together we build the marketplace for you- the artist, photographer, fashion accessories designer, custom made jewellery maker, the unique chocolatier, or the yummy cupcakes baker.
We are building a unique art and craft oriented marketplace, a collection of boutique kiwi art and craft shops. It doesn’t matter what you create- we want to showcase anything but the ordinary!
So what we are not?
CraftMe is not another second hand goods market (a garage sale site), but a quality premium marketplace for everything unique. We want you to share your story with other people all around New Zealand, and help us to create this collection of quality vibrant artists galleries and handmade products marketplace.
So what we are not?
CraftMe is not another second hand goods market (a garage sale site), but a quality premium marketplace for everything unique. We want you to share your story with other people all around New Zealand, and help us to create this collection of quality vibrant artist’s galleries and handmade products marketplace.
When you shop on CraftMe, you support kiwi artists and sustain our local communities. We are also open for buyers around the world; we already have few of them registered with us.
But what if I make everything to order?
CraftMe is not limited to products only. If you have s specialty service, you can open a store as well. Advertise your studio or gallery, your art lessons, private tutoring, or artistic services. You can advertise examples of your work and show them in your unique online store gallery. Your name is out there in the marketplace, gaining HIGH ranking on Google, so when people browse for other items they are likely to find you as well.
So what’s in there for me?
With CraftMe you can have your own online storefront, when you present yourself to quality buyers, with your own logo and designed information pages about yourself. Then, you can sell your items online, accept visa credit cards payment straight to your NZ bank account, and invoice your customers directly with your details.
Listing your items on CraftMe gets you high ranking on Google!!!
We developed a system that keeps you well ahead of the competition, and in many cases, the products ranking is higher than the official sites of companies!
Check out the examples on the home page for more...
With more and more people researching a potential purchase online, it is essential that all retail businesses have an online presence and the ability to process online sales for those customers who are comfortable purchasing in this way.
It is important to recognise that many potential customers use CraftMe to find out more detailed information and then travel to a physical shop to make a purchase. Consequently the value of branded online store cannot be measured solely on the number of transactions done online.
Listing your items on CraftMe gets you high ranking on Google!!!
Can I see an example?
Check out the live examples on CraftMe homepage. For instance- this well known Chocolatier Company.
As you can see, searching the next words on Google gets the highest ranking:
Chocolatier shop, Chocolatier store, Caramel Pecan Brownies, Pecan Brownies, Brownies Free Delivery, Caramel Pecan Brownies, Buy Brownies, Godiva Shop, Godiva Store, Godiva brownies, Caramel Brownies, Weddings & Parties Services, and so on....
As you can see, this shop was listed only recently, but already ranked very high. These Google results are from organic searches, when people are looking for products- they are not from expensive paid advertising.
So here comes the question- why not to apply the same high ranking for your company and products, for FREE?
So you design the store for me?
No. You design your store by yourself- if you know how to type you can do it! We want you to do it simply because you know what works best for you. However, if you need any help with the design we can do it, for FREE. When you list your items for sale, you can upload up to 10 large detailed images, YouTube movies, and design yuor listings with fonts and colours. It is simple, just few clicks away. We give you instructions along the way, and you can use our free help. You can watch a movie how to open your store here.
And what if I already have a website?
That's great! You might have a good website that you are happy with it, so you can have your online store on CraftMe as another channel for advertising and generating sales. Link your your website to your CraftMe store and have an instant online store, when you can accept credit card orders and invoice your customers directly with your details and logo.
You can also link back from your CraftMe store to your website. We are building a quality marketplace, so people are likely to find you when they shop for other products, as in the real life. Bear in mind that sometimes our product ranking is ahead of official sites of companies.
How much does it cost?
We want to establish a good quality database of artists and craftsmen. For that reason we offer our services for free. We want to keep it affordable for everyone, so it is totally FREE to buy and sale on CraftMe. You can read more about some other Low Fees here.
Please take a minute to REGISTER HERE and support Kiwi artists and craftsmen!
So how do you make money?
Good question. At the moment, we don’t!
It took us 2 years to develop it, putting all our life savings and time into it. We are also not backed up by overseas media tycoons.
We are 100% kiwi company, based in Mt Eden, Auckland, and truly believe in our way. We want to establish a different quality online shopping marketplace in New Zealand, a place for small artists and craftsmen to get online, in a quick and affordable way. Even after the initial launch period, we are going to keep the fees very low, just to make it affordable to all. Moreover, this money goes towards further advertising and development of the project, not to finance our operation. We truly believe in our way, so we will do everything to make it work!
So where is Up4Sale.co.nz now?
Recently, CraftMe completed a successful merger with Up4Sale. While CraftMe represents the creative marketing and the public relations establishment, Up4Sale is the technical team behind the website, the people that brought you the best online shopping system in the world, allowing people to open online stores in matter of minutes. It just feels natural to combine the technical skills and the marketing activities in order to create a leading online marketplace for art, craft and supplies. In the near future you might still see Up4Sale on some Google results. Up4Sale.co.nz remains as a search engine for art and craft for that reason, but eventually all the web traffic is going to be redirected to CraftMe.co.
Moreover, CraftMe is an active player in the global market as well (hence the suffix .co, which is not limited to the local market), promoting Kiwi art, craft and design around the world. Please take a minute to REGISTER HERE and support this exciting project.
But I never heard of you before?
Yes, it is new! We launched CraftMe just recently after more than 2 years of hard work on this project.
So you ask yourself, why we don't have ads on TV? There is no point in launching our marketing campaign and bringing people to an empty mall, is it? We want to establish a quality database of art and craft sellers before we launch our marketing campaign. We already have so many members joining us every day, many of them are keen buyers asking us to bring in more artists and craft people. Why don’t you offer them your creations up for sale? Remember, it is totally FREE to buy and sell on CraftMe!
We always remind people that it took them years to establish their businesses and:
“If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got. Try Something New!”
As mentioned earlier, our goal is to create a distinguished quality art, craft and supplies marketplace, so we need you to help us.
Please take a minute to REGISTER HERE and support Kiwi artists and craftsmen!
Your consideration and support are much appreciated,
Feel free to contact us and ask us any question,
Roy Rodriguez, MBA
CraftMe Founder and Manager