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Ok you guys, where do y'all sell your plant materials? Cuttings, Herbs, Seeds etc...I am on eBay but just wondering if there is another site I could try. I was going to try Etsy but it seems very saturated.

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We have a forum for that:

https://permies.com/f/386/flea-market

a lot of folks sell on Etsy and at Farmers Markets.

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You could try the Facebook marketplace,

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Some Permies started a site for that. Here at Permapeople.

I have not yet purchased from anyone there.

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I think it's easier to create a site that points to a sales location, as opposed to a site that actually handles sales.

I'm not a FB fan at all, but lots of my neighbours have FB just for Marketplace.

EDIT: If anybody knows how to game the system for anonymous read-only access, kindly let me know.

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Joylynn, just made an account, thank you! Looks so cool!
Doug, planning on this in the future but you have to pay for a domain. Not sure if it ends up being more or less than the fees eBay takes, though.
As for Marketplace I have heard bad things about that..apparently it attracts customers that like to cause trouble

I will check out the flea market forum Anne!

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Just sharing my Permapeople Marketplace here!
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Hi Almond,
One thing I would mention if this is a business, is not to put all your eggs in a basket you cannot control. While it is easy to use Etsy, Ebay, Facebook, Amazon, etc... you always want to make sure you have a website for them to come to. I have heard of too many people who had their accounts banned for whatever reason, who lost all contact with their customers. Make sure you have an email list and a place for customers to find you apart from those places... just in case. Use both. Use the easy ways of communicating and selling, but make sure you have their contact info saved somewhere else too.

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Most of my seed and plants not purchased thru the outfits catalog/online stuff have come from etsy, amazon and ebay.

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Oh interesting thought, Matt...I didn't consider repeat customers. I'm used to eBayers not bothering to look what store their products come from (although a few have ordered again which was super nice) I do keep all contact info though incase there is a problem...there have been a few times were I'm glad I had proof!

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We recently launched a free website called OffTheLand.net to enable permies to locally sell & barter their garden abundance, seeds, seedlings, artisan crafts, etc.

It's still a new platform, so it will take time to become very useful, but hopefully with some word of mouth, gardeners and locals can begin sourcing awesome things locally!

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