hi fragrant addicts this is torie and
today I'm gonna talk to you about my top
three tips for selling wool online so it
doesn't matter if you're a wool producer
like a shepherd or a farmer it doesn't
matter if you're a fiber artist it
doesn't matter if you're a wool merchant
all of these tips that I'm gonna give
you today absolutely apply to you tip
number one photos matter here's an
example of a not great photo for selling
you'll here's an example of a good photo
for selling wool
one of the main differences that I see
all the time in good versus bad fleece
photos is natural light anytime that you
can get your fleece outside in natural
light that is absolutely the best option
if you are someone like me who lives in
Minnesota and half the year it is
snowing outside at least trying to get
your fleece in front of an open window
or something that's letting in a lot of
natural light take your photos during
the brightest part of the day that
really helps people so that they can
look at the fleece and really see what
they're getting so there's not really a
guessing game of like oh is that
actually the color or is there more VM
than I can actually see because the
photo is really dark so whenever you can
take your photos in natural light that
is absolutely the best way to go I will
be doing a more in depth video on how to
photograph raw fleeces for sale later
but for now just know please take your
photos in natural light tip number two
don't hide the details it can be really
really tempting sometimes to look at
your fleece and look at the level of VM
in your fleece and say okay I know this
is probably a four maybe a five but I'm
just gonna say that it's a three because
I don't want to scare anybody off from
buying it people do this okay be very
very transparent in the description that
you're giving of your fleece make sure
that you say if it has dirty tips make
sure you take a photo of those dirty
tips and include that with your listing
so that people can actually see what
they're getting make sure you take an up
close and personal photo don't just take
a photo from all the way back so that
the fleece is like one big pile make
sure you include a exact representation
of what the staple length is that's also
really important for people that are
trying to buy a fleece because if
they're trying to buy for a specific
purpose they're gonna need to know if
this is a three-inch staple length or a
six-inch staple length regardless of the
breed that you're selling you need to
make sure that you include a staple
length in your description when you go
to list your fleece and you've weighed
your fleece so you can tell your buyers
how heavy it is and how
pounds are included under estimate if
you weigh your fleece and it says like 7
pounds 10 ounces make sure what I always
do is I will say 7 pounds 8 ounces on
the description because I don't want
somebody to get my fleece have a
different scale than me and be like oh
my gosh this is way off I do this
especially if you're selling smaller
amounts of fleece this is very important
say you buy a pound of fiber and you get
it and you open the box and you put it
in your scale and it only weighs like 13
ounces that is a huge huge no-no so make
sure that you are overly generous in the
amount of fleece that you're sending to
your buyer whenever I have somebody that
buys a pound of fiber from me I always
try to include an extra at least 1 to 3
ounces just to kind of help make sure
that they're getting plenty of fiber so
those are my top 3 tips for selling raw
wool online if you have any questions go
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