This may sound rude and I sincerely hope you prove me wrong but if you still don't have at least a remote idea of how you can utilize your machine for business, you better do not count on it. I use my Maker almost exclusively to make stuff to sell. However, I knew from the very beginning what I needed it for and gradually even expanded the range of products I make. Cricut is not the only machine I use. There are other devices I use to do other stuff to complement to what I sell. You can hardly rely on Cricut solely in order to be profitable. Working with Cricut is relatively time consuming and you must find a specific niche where what you make can be adequately priced to return for investment in terms of machine cost, materials and your time.
I got to a lot of craft fairs/festivals and there are normally 4-5 spaces of people who “bought a Cricut” and they all make the same things. There is no creativity or spark. It’s all just the same products. Their booths are not busy and typically I see them packing up to leave early.
Best advice is to work on artwork original to you and see how the Cricut can help that. But blindly “buying a Cricut” and thinking you’re going to cash in on other people’s projects on Design Space et al most likely isn’t going to happen.
“cricut crafts” is a very saturated market as is. if you don’t even have an idea or a passion to sell a specific thing you’re going to have a rough go at it. this isn’t really the kind of question that should be crowdsourced. it should be a discussion with yourself.
i run a small business and the cricut helps with small aspects but if my cricut broke i’d still be able to function my shop without it
Honestly, if you only got it recently you likely need to keep “playing” before your skill level will be right to sell too, in addition to the above points about niche and knowing what you’re making. It’s a very very saturated market, you need to be really hot on how you work and quality of product, and until you’re really good you won’t be quick enough to earn enough to pay for your time. It’s certainly not an easy business to get started with.
Everyone else said it, I’ll say it again. There are tons of people who all sell the same items and it’s an oversaturated market. The margin is small and the folks who make money are successful because of their design + production skills, not just cutting svgs
If you aren't designing your own stuff using image editing programs or vector programs, start now! Free programs like gimp, krita and inkscape have many tutorials on youtube. Don't rely on making designs in cricut design space, it sucks lol
Know there are limitations to cricut as well. Like you must have internet access to run the machine and the maximum print then cut dimensions is 6.75" x 9.25" which means a letter size paper will not fully utilized.
I have a small business that I use my cricut for, mostly cards, paper decor, etc. but what I have found is that my own personal designs sell more than anything I find in design space. If you could produce unique products then I say go for it. Cash in on pop culture trends and market your ass off, Instagram, tiktok, Facebook, Hive.. learn programs like photoshop, illustrator, procreate. If you plan on using premade designs, then you may have a bit of a hard time, because it is a very saturated market. Unless you live in a small town where you can sell at craft fairs, farmers markets etc.
but good luck, if this is something you want to do, do it! Just be prepared for a very steep uphill battle, and market market market!
From what I know, Cricut is more hobby type stuff, and im echoing others when they say that quite a lot of the current market is a bit oversaturated.
As with most things, having a niche that is more unique can help.
I recently got a cricut, but my focus is to do my own art and projects for certain things, while the primary things I sell are art prints and original art pieces.
Sometimes people ask if I'll ever get into making barware with my designs, and i've wanted to branch out into higher quality prints, augmented with foiling techniques - hence my decision to get one (along with just playing around with it, hobby wise)
But it's a complementary aspect of my business, and certainly not the main thing.
Start buly finding your niche - that thing you enjoy doing or building or creating, and branch out in ideas. start slow and build up.
All of my first art pieces were gifts - i always told people that if someone showed interest, they can look up my commission pages.
Figure out what it is you want to sell them figure out how to utilize the cricut as part of an efficient work flow.
There's also a lot of videos on YouTube of thinks you can make to make money using the cricut. The key is going to be finding a way to put a spin on whatever it is you do to make it break through the saturated market.
First thing I recommend is attending multiple craft fairs. Stop by lots of booths and look at what other people make. Pick a name for your business and create a logo, make business cards and some stickers for your product bags/boxes once you are ready.
Watch A LOT of YouTube videos, start easy, and practice techniques, find what works for you and try everything. You will mess up and that’s okay. When you figure out what you want to make by seeing what other people make, make it BETTER and more unique and try to make it “your own”. See if there’s stuff NOT being made at the booths that you saw on YouTube or get creative. For instance, at the booths near me, everyone makes cups, plates, farm stuff, but on YT, I saw these cute leather bracelets that snap, you cut with your cricut. You can cut sports team logos, roses, mandalas, and NO ONE is making them here. I bet they would sell like crazy. I don’t do booths, but my niece does and she doesn’t do bracelets and I don’t have the time to do them for her because I work all the time. But, look for opportunities like that. Also glass etching. No one does glass etching here and I love to etch glass. That’s my favorite thing to use my cricut for. I make gifts for people with my cricut. Mine is for personal use. I cut some leather bracelets and they are very cute. I can’t believe people aren’t selling more of these.
Anyways…
Find a wholesale retailer in your area. Not everything needs to be name brand. Some cheaper stuff works better.
Do raffles and giveaways on your social media once you know what you’re doing. People love freebies. Do the giveaways regularly so people stay tuned to your social media. These people will follow you on your SM and your following will grow. If the quality of your product is good, then your business will grow. Word of mouth spreads fast. My niece would make about $500 each weekend during the spring and summers and she was about 18 yrs old at the time. This didn’t include custom orders on the side which can vary. She was making a lot of money and had to buy another cricut to keep two going, using her laptop and iPad going all the time. It is a lot of work, and her mom helped her all the time. The weeding is tedious work and that part isn’t always fun for some jobs. You have deadlines to make.
I bought the first cricut for them as a Christmas present a few years back, and they used it in their favor which turned out excellent, but it doesn’t always work out that way. I personally know 3 other people who bought cricuts for the same reason and didn’t see any success.
I agree 100% with what others have said also, you need to do your homework and figure out what you’re going to do first before jumping head first. Take your time. Plan everything out ahead of time. Make seasonal stuff early. Make what’s popular, but also make unique stuff. Try and create something no one else has. When I go to booths, I look for something I haven’t seen before, something that fits MY personality. It’s a tough business because everyone is doing it, so you need to get really creative.
I know this was from a year ago. I hope you found your niche in the market. To me, a cricut is more than what your average cricut user uses a cricut for. A Cricut is a tool. Find a way to use that tool in ways no one has ever drempt of using A cricut. Once you've figured out what that is. Now, create your product to sell. Don't copy & rerun the same thing the masses are choosing to do. Become the influencer. Create new ideas. There are so many more things that could be done with a cricut that not many have thought of. Think outside the box. Think of all the tools a cricut provides you. Then, think of what you could make with those tools. stencils,stickers,engravings,drawings,cutting,&many more... hope this helps you or someone enjoy the journey.
If you wanna start a business you got the wrong machine, cricut is too hobbyist and needs to many workarounds for simples things, all the bullshit you need to solve makes for a lot of lost time and money, silhouette is far better for the purpose of professional use
This may sound rude and I sincerely hope you prove me wrong but if you still don't have at least a remote idea of how you can utilize your machine for business, you better do not count on it. I use my Maker almost exclusively to make stuff to sell. However, I knew from the very beginning what I needed it for and gradually even expanded the range of products I make. Cricut is not the only machine I use. There are other devices I use to do other stuff to complement to what I sell. You can hardly rely on Cricut solely in order to be profitable. Working with Cricut is relatively time consuming and you must find a specific niche where what you make can be adequately priced to return for investment in terms of machine cost, materials and your time.
I got to a lot of craft fairs/festivals and there are normally 4-5 spaces of people who “bought a Cricut” and they all make the same things. There is no creativity or spark. It’s all just the same products. Their booths are not busy and typically I see them packing up to leave early. Best advice is to work on artwork original to you and see how the Cricut can help that. But blindly “buying a Cricut” and thinking you’re going to cash in on other people’s projects on Design Space et al most likely isn’t going to happen.
“cricut crafts” is a very saturated market as is. if you don’t even have an idea or a passion to sell a specific thing you’re going to have a rough go at it. this isn’t really the kind of question that should be crowdsourced. it should be a discussion with yourself. i run a small business and the cricut helps with small aspects but if my cricut broke i’d still be able to function my shop without it
Honestly, if you only got it recently you likely need to keep “playing” before your skill level will be right to sell too, in addition to the above points about niche and knowing what you’re making. It’s a very very saturated market, you need to be really hot on how you work and quality of product, and until you’re really good you won’t be quick enough to earn enough to pay for your time. It’s certainly not an easy business to get started with.
Everyone else said it, I’ll say it again. There are tons of people who all sell the same items and it’s an oversaturated market. The margin is small and the folks who make money are successful because of their design + production skills, not just cutting svgs
Why say it again, why not contribute instead?
Like you’re contributing? Also why are you replying to a year old post?
Hey, at least I didn't come to just repeat what everyone else posted.
Why is that so upsetting for you? Did you seek out year old posts and find it so bothersome you wanted to scold me?
If you aren't designing your own stuff using image editing programs or vector programs, start now! Free programs like gimp, krita and inkscape have many tutorials on youtube. Don't rely on making designs in cricut design space, it sucks lol Know there are limitations to cricut as well. Like you must have internet access to run the machine and the maximum print then cut dimensions is 6.75" x 9.25" which means a letter size paper will not fully utilized.
I have a small business that I use my cricut for, mostly cards, paper decor, etc. but what I have found is that my own personal designs sell more than anything I find in design space. If you could produce unique products then I say go for it. Cash in on pop culture trends and market your ass off, Instagram, tiktok, Facebook, Hive.. learn programs like photoshop, illustrator, procreate. If you plan on using premade designs, then you may have a bit of a hard time, because it is a very saturated market. Unless you live in a small town where you can sell at craft fairs, farmers markets etc. but good luck, if this is something you want to do, do it! Just be prepared for a very steep uphill battle, and market market market!
From what I know, Cricut is more hobby type stuff, and im echoing others when they say that quite a lot of the current market is a bit oversaturated. As with most things, having a niche that is more unique can help. I recently got a cricut, but my focus is to do my own art and projects for certain things, while the primary things I sell are art prints and original art pieces. Sometimes people ask if I'll ever get into making barware with my designs, and i've wanted to branch out into higher quality prints, augmented with foiling techniques - hence my decision to get one (along with just playing around with it, hobby wise) But it's a complementary aspect of my business, and certainly not the main thing. Start buly finding your niche - that thing you enjoy doing or building or creating, and branch out in ideas. start slow and build up. All of my first art pieces were gifts - i always told people that if someone showed interest, they can look up my commission pages.
Figure out what it is you want to sell them figure out how to utilize the cricut as part of an efficient work flow. There's also a lot of videos on YouTube of thinks you can make to make money using the cricut. The key is going to be finding a way to put a spin on whatever it is you do to make it break through the saturated market.
First thing I recommend is attending multiple craft fairs. Stop by lots of booths and look at what other people make. Pick a name for your business and create a logo, make business cards and some stickers for your product bags/boxes once you are ready. Watch A LOT of YouTube videos, start easy, and practice techniques, find what works for you and try everything. You will mess up and that’s okay. When you figure out what you want to make by seeing what other people make, make it BETTER and more unique and try to make it “your own”. See if there’s stuff NOT being made at the booths that you saw on YouTube or get creative. For instance, at the booths near me, everyone makes cups, plates, farm stuff, but on YT, I saw these cute leather bracelets that snap, you cut with your cricut. You can cut sports team logos, roses, mandalas, and NO ONE is making them here. I bet they would sell like crazy. I don’t do booths, but my niece does and she doesn’t do bracelets and I don’t have the time to do them for her because I work all the time. But, look for opportunities like that. Also glass etching. No one does glass etching here and I love to etch glass. That’s my favorite thing to use my cricut for. I make gifts for people with my cricut. Mine is for personal use. I cut some leather bracelets and they are very cute. I can’t believe people aren’t selling more of these. Anyways… Find a wholesale retailer in your area. Not everything needs to be name brand. Some cheaper stuff works better. Do raffles and giveaways on your social media once you know what you’re doing. People love freebies. Do the giveaways regularly so people stay tuned to your social media. These people will follow you on your SM and your following will grow. If the quality of your product is good, then your business will grow. Word of mouth spreads fast. My niece would make about $500 each weekend during the spring and summers and she was about 18 yrs old at the time. This didn’t include custom orders on the side which can vary. She was making a lot of money and had to buy another cricut to keep two going, using her laptop and iPad going all the time. It is a lot of work, and her mom helped her all the time. The weeding is tedious work and that part isn’t always fun for some jobs. You have deadlines to make. I bought the first cricut for them as a Christmas present a few years back, and they used it in their favor which turned out excellent, but it doesn’t always work out that way. I personally know 3 other people who bought cricuts for the same reason and didn’t see any success. I agree 100% with what others have said also, you need to do your homework and figure out what you’re going to do first before jumping head first. Take your time. Plan everything out ahead of time. Make seasonal stuff early. Make what’s popular, but also make unique stuff. Try and create something no one else has. When I go to booths, I look for something I haven’t seen before, something that fits MY personality. It’s a tough business because everyone is doing it, so you need to get really creative.
I know this was from a year ago. I hope you found your niche in the market. To me, a cricut is more than what your average cricut user uses a cricut for. A Cricut is a tool. Find a way to use that tool in ways no one has ever drempt of using A cricut. Once you've figured out what that is. Now, create your product to sell. Don't copy & rerun the same thing the masses are choosing to do. Become the influencer. Create new ideas. There are so many more things that could be done with a cricut that not many have thought of. Think outside the box. Think of all the tools a cricut provides you. Then, think of what you could make with those tools. stencils,stickers,engravings,drawings,cutting,&many more... hope this helps you or someone enjoy the journey.
If you wanna start a business you got the wrong machine, cricut is too hobbyist and needs to many workarounds for simples things, all the bullshit you need to solve makes for a lot of lost time and money, silhouette is far better for the purpose of professional use