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- Accounting and Bookkeeping (15)
- Administrative (16)
- Advertise Your Craft Business (19)
- Advertising: Ads on Your Site (9)
- Arts and Crafts Magazines (21)
- Blogs and Blogging (27)
- Build a Website (28)
- Business Materials (11)
- Business Opportunities (9)
- Business Resources (17)
- Copyright (29)
- CPSIA and Child Products Law (10)
- Craft Councils and Related Organizations (32)
- Craft Fairs and Trade Shows (20)
- Directories (5)
- Etsy Tools (21)
- Forums (14)
- Free Tools (15)
- Funding (7)
- Google Analytics (17)
- Handmade Online Market Places (28)
- Insurance (18)
- Interviews (28)
- Legal (9)
- Legislation (6)
- Marketing and PR (35)
- Miscellaneous (14)
- Payment (9)
- Photography (33)
- Pricing (26)
- Resources (3)
- Selling Online (29)
- Selling Tips and Advice (5)
- SEO (11)
- Shipping, Postage and Handling (18)
- Shows for Crafters (2)
- Snark Sites (7)
- Social Networking Tips and Tools (24)
- Software (20)
- Starting a New Business (28)
- Tax (15)
- Video Tutorials (17)
- Wholesale (14)
Free Tools for Craft Businesses
This is quite a general section that focuses upon rounding up pages that offer a variety of free tools that can assist the new craft business owner in the efficient running of their business.
If a tool is free and it can be used by a craft business owner then we'll add it in this section. For example, in this section you can find a link to Gimp which is the free and open source image editor seen by many as an alternative for Adobe Photoshop. This can be used by craft business owners to improve the appearance of their product pictures which should be seen as an essential practice by all craft businesses.
Also paid for tools and online services that offer a free solution maybe included here.
If you use a free tool to help run your craft business that we've not included here, please let us know about it.
Google Docs +tab
Free online wordprocessor, spreadsheet & presentation application from Google. Allows you to share and collaborate with other users.
bannersketch - Free Banner Maker +tab
BannerSketch.com is a 100% free web Banner maker where you can generate free design web banners, headers, avatars and much more without watermarks.
Picasa 3: Free photo editing software from Google +tab
Picasa is a software download from Google that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. It\'s free, and easy to use.
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program +tab
A free open source alternative to Photoshop (tm)
Jing - Add visuals to your online conversations +tab
Use Jing to capture anything you see on your computer screen and share it instantly...as an image or short movie.
Currency Converter for 164 Currencies +tab
Useful when working out prices for international sales
Google Product Search +tab
Let Google know what products you have for sale using Google Base
FreshBooks - Online Invoicing, Time Tracking and Expense Service +tab
A range of price options, including a limited free service.
twitterfeed.com +tab
Use your blog rss feed to feed your blog into Twitter. A good way to use Twitter passively.
SocialOomph.com +tab
(formally known as Tweetlater). Allows you to schedule your tweets. Also offers a range of other services. Free and paid for options.
TweetDeck +tab
This will help you manage your Twitter time. Allows you to set up groups, searches etc, as well as manage several Twitter accounts. Free.
