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source: potterycrafters.com - article from Marie "Pottery that sells well" - article date: 24-4-2023

Note to readers: I tried to summarize as much as I can this beautiful article that I highly recommend you to read it. 

9 pieces all potters should make and sell

Most potters who turned their hobby into a business will tell you that

The smaller pieces make up the lion`s share of their profit

This is important to remember for handcrafters: 

• Right design/handcrafted sells well. 
• Because it adds uniqueness, 
• having the object that everyones envies
• Customer love the uniqueness
• Mid range salary or good salary people, don`t make a big change. Everyone want to have something unique in his/her life
• You can never know your customers behaviour and mind, until you discover it
• talk to your customers, get their feeling and thoughts
• ask them if it will be for gift or for themselves
• ask them if they have special interest on 
• customer age: 18 - 25
• Harry Potter
• Star Wars: which episodes
• K-pop
• customer age: 26- 40
• ?
• customer age: 40-50
• star wars
• Pop or  Rock
• Your price and selling depends on where you sell

Don`t fully rely on this table data, prices change over time, over the market changes. So experiment ad explore the prices. Remember that prices are subjective, it depends on how the potter feels about is objects. 

Handcrafted Objects

Rank	object	Between price			Average price sells best at				can go up to		commitment - : quick sell +: require time
					small	mid	big	$
1	Mugs	10	$ to $	12				$	25	$	-
2	Bowls	20	$ to $	50	10	32	50	$	100	$
3	Soap Dishes	15	$ to $	50		20		$		$
4	Spoon rest	12	$ to $	23				$		$	-
5	Sponge Holder	15	$ to $	35		22		$		$
6	Vases		$ to $		29	79	133	$		$
7	Teacups	20	$ to $	120				$		$
8	Plant pots / succulent pl pots	25 / 10	$ to $	50 / 30				$		$
9	Plates	10	$ to $	50				$		$

• Mugs
• good place to start
• It is the best selling items of potter
• Bowls
• Types:
• Cereals
• Soups
• Salads
• Pastas
• Can be a decorative piece
• Fun and personality of bowls sells, it makes them shine and stand out
• Soap dishes
• cool things attracts and sells
• Spoon rest
• can be used just as deco object next to stove
• Spong holder
• personality/character/design sells
• water drain is important. No drainage = amateur potter
• Vases
• used as deco or for flowers
• always sells
• It becomes a cornerstone piece
• conversation starter at home
• vases price really affects their selling rate
• vases are deco objects, deco objects may sell less 
• depends on... luxury behaviour?
• if it is luxury behaviour, where you sell influence the selling rate
• Teacups
• sells well but not the hottest selling item
• right place to sell can change this behaviour
• Plant pots
• sells well and quickly
• price and profit is problematic
• glaze choice changes the behaviour
• some like simple; and simple pot sell well too
• Plates
• people like to upgrade their old dishes
• Or just buy new set as extra
• Always have more than the set
• people like to extend their set afterwards, with time and experience
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