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    BEAM - Setting up an online shop
    • May 26
    • 6 min

    BEAM - Setting up an online shop

    Have you ever wanted to create your own online shop? Whether you're new to selling lampshades or are already selling via other online...
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    BEAM – Offering Returns and Refunds
    • May 4
    • 6 min

    BEAM – Offering Returns and Refunds

    Although we imagine your lampshades are amazing, there may be some circumstances when a customer wants to return their shade. Dealing...
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    BEAM – Taking on Bespoke Lampshade Commissions
    • Mar 24
    • 6 min

    BEAM – Taking on Bespoke Lampshade Commissions

    Packaging your skills in a way that gives the customer choice, can be a valuable way of increasing profit margins and effectively using...
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    BEAM - Pricing your lampshades to sell
    • Feb 22
    • 4 min

    BEAM - Pricing your lampshades to sell

    Loving lampshade making shade is one thing, but making enough money to run a sustainable business is quite another. In this BEAM blog...
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    BEAM - How to sell on Amazon Handmade
    • Feb 4
    • 5 min

    BEAM - How to sell on Amazon Handmade

    Amazon might not seem the most obvious choice for selling your lampshades, but since the online shopping giant created Amazon Handmade, a...
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    BEAM Meet the Entrepreneur - Light Owl
    • Jan 25
    • 11 min

    BEAM Meet the Entrepreneur - Light Owl

    Discovering a niche gap in the interiors market, that happily coincided with his passion for creativity, Rab Moghal of Light Owl made it...
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    BEAM – 5 ways to grow your lampshade making business
    • Jan 5
    • 4 min

    BEAM – 5 ways to grow your lampshade making business

    Happy 2022! With a new year ahead and after a couple of weeks of essential rest and relaxation, now is a great time to reassess where...
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    BEAM - 5 Amazing Ideas for Packing Your Professional Lampshades
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 4 min

    BEAM - 5 Amazing Ideas for Packing Your Professional Lampshades

    Making stunning lampshades that are carefully crafted is only one part of being a lampshade maker and retailer and packaging your...
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    BEAM - Tips for selling at Christmas Craft Fairs + UK Craft Fair listings
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    BEAM - Tips for selling at Christmas Craft Fairs + UK Craft Fair listings

    Hurrah! Selling in real life at Christmas Craft Fairs and Markets is possible again this year! Not only are fair and markets a fantastic...
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    BEAM - Professional Lampshade making safety standards
    • Oct 12, 2021
    • 6 min

    BEAM - Professional Lampshade making safety standards

    Making and selling lampshades may be your dream job, but have your thought about the more regulatory and safety considerations of...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on eBay
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 9 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on eBay

    The selling platform giant eBay might not sing 'handmade' or be your first choice for selling your lampshades, but as we take a closer...
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    BEAM - Making lampshades to expand your soft furnishings services
    • Sep 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    BEAM - Making lampshades to expand your soft furnishings services

    The skill of making bespoke curtains and blinds is not to be underestimated, as many curtain and blind makers will know. From initial...
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    BEAM - Meet the Entrepreneur - Sian Elin
    • Aug 20, 2021
    • 7 min

    BEAM - Meet the Entrepreneur - Sian Elin

    We've loved helping you explore the many ways of expanding your business with our more practical Business Expertise and Advice for Makers...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell to small retailers
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell to small retailers

    You've ticked off all of the online marketplaces for selling your lampshades and your business is off to a great start, but there is...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell to large retailers
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell to large retailers

    Ways to expand your lampshade making business come in many forms and so far in our BEAM posts we’ve extensively explored marketplace...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on facebook
    • Jul 2, 2021
    • 5 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on facebook

    Smart tech and easy clicks make Facebook a exciting place to sell your lampshades and if you're already promoting your lampshade making...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on Not on the High Street
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on Not on the High Street

    Not on the Highstreet was set up in 2006 as an alternative selling platform to showcase quality handmade goods that... you guessed it.......
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    How to sell your lampshades on Instagram
    • May 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    How to sell your lampshades on Instagram

    Social media selling platforms are fast becoming the free and easy way of expanding the visibility of your products and making some sales...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on Folksy
    • May 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on Folksy

    Sharing tools, knowledge and support that help your lampshade making business grow is a key part of the Dannells company ethos and the...
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    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on Etsy
    • Apr 23, 2021
    • 8 min

    Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on Etsy

    Today we’d like to introduce our new series of blog posts, BEAM - Business Expertise and Advice for Makers, which we’ve developed to help...
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