Hi, i was going to start selling my craft pictures on Folksy but after going through all the terms and conditions it has put me off quite a bit. All my pictures are framed but i don’t know whether they conform to safety standard etc and i am unsure of the way to go about liability insurance! Am i being a bit too clinical in my understanding of the agreements? I am a bit nervous now to post my pictures because of these. Am i making it seem more complicated than it is? Deb
Not sure about the conforming to safety standard bit - does this apply to pictures? However liability insurance is easy enough to get from various places for around £40-£50 a year and you should probably have this if you are selling anywhere (craft fairs, own website, other selling platforms, facebook etc). The only thing I would say about selling framed pictures is that they are difficult and expensive to send and many people prefer to buy unframed art - but that is up to you. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Thank you Orchard Felts. My craft pictures need to be framed because they are quite delicate, but i will definitely look into postage costs as that was one area i haven’t totally researched. I will look at insurance prices too.
Is there any way you could frame them using acrylic rather than glass? I don’t think many carriers will insure for glass breakage, so that might be a work around? Acrylic is barely distinguishable from glass to be honest. And that would mean you’d be covered in case of breakage in transit, and would also be safer for customers. 
Hi, thanks for the advice. I will look into the acrylic idea. I knew the people on Folksy would help me out. Thanks again.
No problem - good luck!
Hi again, I have looked into getting acrylic instead of glass in my frames like Sarah suggested. Still debating about selling on Folksy. I have uploaded one of my pics to my profile. This is just one of many styles. Any feedback would be truly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
What’s your worry about selling on Folksy? Maybe we can help
You’ll never know until you try and what have you got to lose - its only about 15p per listing and if you get it done this weekend (before midnight on Sunday) you get 20 listings for free! Do you sell elsewhere, at craft fairs, in shops etc. - if so then you know your product sells so it will just be a case of driving the customers to your Folksy shop - which to be fair is the tricky bit! You will need to do a fair bit of promotion of your shop on social media and anywhere else you can think of to drive the customers in - its no use listing and sitting back, customers rarely arrive that way. If you do open a shop I would fill it with at least the 20 free listings - an empty shop can be off-putting to customers.
If you log out of the forum, then log back in again, your shop name should appear in blue at the top of your postings. Then we will be able to find your shop
Thank you to everyone. I only have about 6 pictures at moment to post - do you think i should wait until i have more? I am doing a picture for a wedding present at moment so don’t have much time in between my other picture requests from friends. It’s lovely that you all have taken the time to advise me. Deb
Hi, it was just all the terms and conditions concerning safety standards, insurance etc. I was totally confused about it and i think I was reading too much into it. After speaking to some other people on Folksy i am a little bit more relaxed and i may post some of my pictures to see how i go.
The beauty of the Folksy forum is that it’s a super friendly place for getting all sorts of advice. It’s very rare indeed to ask a question and not get a good response.
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