tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post5958506151235305768..comments2014-02-27T15:38:11.454+00:00Comments on Dizzy Ducks Creations: Should I really be flattered if my work is copied?Mother Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130858304684663720noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-84690383860928287092013-02-16T00:56:13.740+00:002013-02-16T00:56:13.740+00:00I am unable to sell at craft fairs/events now due ...I am unable to sell at craft fairs/events now due to my progressive disability, so I sell online (facebook only at the moment) and through word of mouth only. When I was selling at local and further afield I was horrified to see other stall holders, as in bath bombs/candle producers/jams&chutneys all selling handmade cards, one event had every stall holder with a good selection of cards, even knitters!! Why of why cant they stick to their own crafts and give us card makers (some of whom cant knit or sew, let alone any other crafts) do our own creations. <br />Ive not finished yet but im too tired to think properly. Good night dear friends ;) xMarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725109392933312563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-67029243489751246462013-02-16T00:45:44.596+00:002013-02-16T00:45:44.596+00:00I have myfreecopyright.com and I like them. When i...I have myfreecopyright.com and I like them. When i post my creations using a watermark, I get an email unique to that post, as long as you keep those emails you have the copyright protection. Yes it is free but its good. Im a disabled single parent with a teenager just about to start college so I need every bit of money I can get. Yes, I do sell my cards cheaply, but I cover the cost of making it so i can make more cards. Its my therapy to stop me getting depressed as I was forced out of the best job iver ever had in over 30+ years of working...If you do go for the copyright and watermark, you will need a photo editing program on your computer. I recommend Photoscape, its free and does the job. Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725109392933312563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-54131922597296961482012-03-18T00:29:15.119+00:002012-03-18T00:29:15.119+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307151386938476266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-26125096031924312362012-01-31T14:40:26.837+00:002012-01-31T14:40:26.837+00:00Thank you all for your feedback. This really is a ...Thank you all for your feedback. This really is a subject dear to my heart. I am so often surprised, even after many years, when I hear people at craft fairs.<br /><br />So many crafters are diversifying in an effort to obtain sales. At Dizzy Ducks Creations we have always made a wide range of items; because of this we have found many organisers of craft fairs will only permit us to display a small proportion of our goods, they are unable to pigeon hole us into one type of craft.<br /><br />xxMother Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130858304684663720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-64496370022751254302012-01-31T11:33:57.592+00:002012-01-31T11:33:57.592+00:00What a fantastic write up. I've posted a link...What a fantastic write up. I've posted a link to this from my facebook page. Let's see how many people read it!LOVE Feltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231252562280578594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-38382810647225743432012-01-31T10:42:07.815+00:002012-01-31T10:42:07.815+00:00Oh Im so pleased that someone has done the fabulou...Oh Im so pleased that someone has done the fabulous thing and talked about this!! Thank you Mother Duck. Im a seller of handmade cards and I, too, am fed up, totally, of other people assuming, for one, that they can get my design cheaper, a card at a cheaper price but what they dont realise is that, yes, we dont charge the full amount for making items as the price to sell at, would be too high and no one would pay it! Ive reguarly sold my creations at a loss but thats because, 1) other card sellers are selling "handmade" cards at such a low price even 25p!!I cant compete with that.. 2) too many card sellers at anyone craft fair 3) other handcrafters diversifying into card making and selling cards along side their original goods (thats so annoying as its not giving sellers like me a chance if only one table of such a craft is allowed at a craft fa L4 nded as a visitor I saw: every single table selling cards of one form or another!!<br /> I am now making cards for a hobby, making every occasion a special one and handmaking every card, I make for the month ahead and then settle down and craft for blog challenges and competitions. I will be checking out the copyright stuff as I do post on social network sites, I make for my regular customers too. people have come back to me time after time and I appreciate them. (Sorry I drifted off onto diff subjects) but Im happier now to have said all of what I have.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725109392933312563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-24459872440614243062012-01-30T19:02:50.703+00:002012-01-30T19:02:50.703+00:00This is all very true and scary, I have a pattern ...This is all very true and scary, I have a pattern i have been working on for a little while now and when this topic came up on fb a while back i used a site recommended by another page to copyright my design but im not sure if its a good site or not as it was free<br />myfreecopyright.com. Anyway i think i will go ahead and pay for a multi copyright as i would like to do more.The Handcrafted Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760716455155108492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-384308507862542932012-01-24T23:16:07.078+00:002012-01-24T23:16:07.078+00:00People do say and do these things regularly ... no...People do say and do these things regularly ... not only customers but some fellow stall holders can be pretty sneaky in copying your work too :(<br /><br />I prefer to have faith in human nature and would like to think that in the majority people are honest and wouldn't copy my work; sadly it is the minority that highlight where the theory falls down.<br /><br />I wish more customers had your mindset when purchasing handmade goods.Mother Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130858304684663720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-74693280652640573302012-01-24T18:44:10.998+00:002012-01-24T18:44:10.998+00:00Goodness me I never knew people could be so cheeky...Goodness me I never knew people could be so cheeky as to actually do that!! That's terrible.<br />As a customer I must admit that I am one of the "you get what you pay for" types, and I am more than happy to pay that little bit more knowing someone has taken the time to sit and create something of high quality and workmanship. Also if things are too cheap, then I am inclined to think it must have been made cheaply :/<br /><br />Great post xxxMoooody Cow ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/08523433716966964305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-81309444578376330462012-01-24T15:19:45.277+00:002012-01-24T15:19:45.277+00:00I have had problems at craft events with other cra...I have had problems at craft events with other crafters 'just looking' but I drew the line when one wanted to take pix and add a few notes in a book. I asked if she would be paying the licence fee for my designs she just turned heel and left.<br />I now have a polite 'no photographs with out prior permission of owner'Mother Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130858304684663720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199860738049684441.post-83196576857378137692012-01-24T12:46:52.201+00:002012-01-24T12:46:52.201+00:00I read this Post with Interest as it is such a Mir...I read this Post with Interest as it is such a Mirror to what happens to me often. People looking touching my Items at fairs then putting them down and very loudly proclaiming "Goodness I could make that" Or, as happened at my last Fair some person actually saying to me 'I don't want to buy anything just come by to see what I can make for MY next fair!!!' Ppl often say my prices are to high!!! Yeah? Really? I am fed up if I see some crafters selling their Handmade's cheap. I know what the Time alone some Items can take...do you not charge for that I always want to shout at them...Okay rant one over!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com