ONLINE TRAINING FOR CREATIVE BUSINESSES The Design Trust is an online business school for designers, makers and professional creatives. Based in London UK, working with creatives across the world. Practical, affordable & thought-provoking online business training, webinars, blog posts and more. THE 40 BEST PLACES TO SELL HANDMADE CRAFTS ONLINE What are the best places to sell handmade crafts online? The Design Trust gives an honest overview of the best online market places for designers and makers.

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The Design Trust Business Club is for ambitious creatives who want to grow their business. You want practical, thought-provoking training - online, so you can watch it and work on your business whenever you like, wherever you are in the world. WHERE CAN I GET FUNDING FOR MY CREATIVE BUSINESS OR Want to know what funding for creative businesses is available in the UK? We give you practical tips, a list of recommended creative business funders and resources. PRACTICAL BRANDING & STORY TELLING Practical Branding & Story Telling one day online workshop Turn your creative business into a brand that stands out - without spending a fortune! Join the next workshop Do you want to give your creative business a more focused, professional brand? To 20 OF OUR FAVOURITE INDEPENDENT CRAFT AND DESIGN SHOPS Do you love discovering new, small independent craft and design shops? We do! We have selected our 20 favourites here. Pease share your

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HOW DO DESIGN ROYALTIES & LICENSING YOUR DESIGNS WORK Licensing your designs and getting paid in royalties can be very profitable for creatives! But how do royalties work? In this blog post we talk about licensing agreements, payment options and share additional resources. GET TO KNOW YOUR IDEAL CLIENTS WITH THESE 10 QUESTIONS Want to get to know your ideal clients much better? These 10 thought-provoking questions will help you to dig a little deeper so you can design even better products and services for them. 8 PERFECTLY GOOD REASONS TO RAISE YOUR PRICES Do you WANT to raise your prices for your creative products or services? Here are 8 perfectly good reasons to increase your prices or

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CONFUSED ABOUT COST PRICE, WHOLESALE PRICE, RETAIL PRICE Do you struggle to understand the difference between cost price, wholesale price, retail price for your creative business? This post explains what they mean and how to calculate them. ONLINE TRAINING FOR CREATIVE BUSINESSES The Design Trust is an online business school for designers, makers and professional creatives. Based in London UK, working with creatives across the world. Practical, affordable & thought-provoking online business training, webinars, blog posts and more. THE 40 BEST PLACES TO SELL HANDMADE CRAFTS ONLINE What are the best places to sell handmade crafts online? The Design Trust gives an honest overview of the best online market places for designers and makers.

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The Design Trust Business Club is for ambitious creatives who want to grow their business. You want practical, thought-provoking training - online, so you can watch it and work on your business whenever you like, wherever you are in the world. WHERE CAN I GET FUNDING FOR MY CREATIVE BUSINESS OR Want to know what funding for creative businesses is available in the UK? We give you practical tips, a list of recommended creative business funders and resources. PRACTICAL BRANDING & STORY TELLING Practical Branding & Story Telling one day online workshop Turn your creative business into a brand that stands out - without spending a fortune! Join the next workshop Do you want to give your creative business a more focused, professional brand? To 20 OF OUR FAVOURITE INDEPENDENT CRAFT AND DESIGN SHOPS Do you love discovering new, small independent craft and design shops? We do! We have selected our 20 favourites here. Pease share your

favourites too.

HOW DO DESIGN ROYALTIES & LICENSING YOUR DESIGNS WORK Licensing your designs and getting paid in royalties can be very profitable for creatives! But how do royalties work? In this blog post we talk about licensing agreements, payment options and share additional resources. GET TO KNOW YOUR IDEAL CLIENTS WITH THESE 10 QUESTIONS Want to get to know your ideal clients much better? These 10 thought-provoking questions will help you to dig a little deeper so you can design even better products and services for them. 8 PERFECTLY GOOD REASONS TO RAISE YOUR PRICES Do you WANT to raise your prices for your creative products or services? Here are 8 perfectly good reasons to increase your prices or

fees.

CONFUSED ABOUT COST PRICE, WHOLESALE PRICE, RETAIL PRICE Do you struggle to understand the difference between cost price, wholesale price, retail price for your creative business? This post explains what they mean and how to calculate them. ABOUT - THE DESIGN TRUST About the Design Trust The Design Trust was set up in 1994 by the late Peta Levi MBE to support designer-makers who wanted to set up in business and lacked the necessary commercial skills. Peta was a champion of British designers throughout her career. She

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Publications Patricia van den Akker, the Director of The Design Trust, is the creator of The Design Trust diary planner for creative businesses. She has also written or compiled various free ebooks for creative businesses. Scroll to explore or click on a topic: Diary

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Grow your business Do you want to grow your creative business? To attract more and better clients? To show and sell your products in the right places? To make more money? If so, it’s time to take yourself more seriously, plan ahead and set some

DREAM PLAN DO

Dream Plan Do is a creative business planning tool for designers and makers. It helps creatives to work on all aspects of their business. The Dream Plan Do planner journal guides you through monthly topics, with practical tips, quarterly planning tools, exercises and

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WHAT TO BRING TO A CRAFT FAIR? THE 19 ESSENTIALS IN ONE Are you getting ready for your first craft event and a bit nervous? This detailed blog post explains exactly what to bring to a craft

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9 TOP TIPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING CRAFTS AND JEWELLERY Photographing your work professionally is a must if you want to succeed as a designer or maker. We share 9 top tips to photograph crafts and jewellery successfully. 6 TOP TIPS TO AVOID COMMON SALE OR RETURN PROBLEMS Sale or Return is common practice for selling to galleries and boutiques. But what can you do to avoid the most common sale or return problems and make it work better for you?

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