Handsome Blog

Workshops in Pesaro and Urbino: a guide to hands-on experiences

An afternoon with your hands in clay, a present, a different kind of birthday: where to find open dates in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, how to ask for a tailor-made experience when the right date isn't there, and how payment works.

5 Oct 20266 min

Pricing & income

From studio to experience: how a CNA member opens their workshop to the public

Opening your studio to the public doesn't mean turning it into a school: it means picking one gesture of your craft and giving it a length and a price. The decisions to make first, the questions to take to your adviser and the steps to publish on Handsome.

5 Oct 202611 min

Team building in Pesaro and Urbino: artisan workshops for companies

A guide for companies in Pesaro, Fano, Urbino and the province: why an artisan studio is the natural choice in a land of ceramics, furniture and boatbuilding, how the format changes with group size, when to do it and how a request on Handsome works.

How to organise a creative team building event: the HR guide

The practical guide for HR and office managers: objective, format, numbers and budget, a timeline that works backwards from the date, the exact questions to ask a supplier, the mistakes to avoid and a checklist to copy.

Team building for small companies: what works with 10-30 staff

With 10-30 staff everyone already knows everyone, the owner is in the room and every euro per head shows: the formats that hold up, what to avoid, when to do it and how to read a quote.

Team building ideas: craft workshop, escape room or cooking class?

Six families of activities compared on what actually matters: what each trains, how many people it fits, how long it takes, what is left the next day and who it leaves out. With a 'choose X if' list to decide in five minutes.

How much does creative team building cost? Reading a quote

There is no price list for team building: the price is made of people, duration, materials, venue, day, facilitators and food. A guide to reading a quote line by line, understanding how it differs from a public workshop, and asking for offers you can compare.

Selling online without a website: a step-by-step guide for makers

A VAT number, Stripe, five well-prepared pieces and one link to share: the full path to selling online without a website, from sign-up to the first parcel. Including what Handsome does and what stays with you.

How to photograph handmade products with your phone

Window light, a sheet of light card and six shots with different jobs: a practical guide to photographing your pieces with a phone and getting them into your online shop.

Handmade product description: how to write a listing that sells

Online, nobody can pick your piece up: the listing has to answer before the question gets asked. Title, first line, size, materials, care and irregularities, field by field, with a before-and-after example.

How to ship handmade products: packaging, costs and returns

Packing for ceramics, jewellery, textiles, wood and candles, the right amount to charge for shipping, the free-shipping threshold, and what to do with broken parcels and returns.

Pricing & income

How to price a handmade product: the formula, step by step

Multiplying materials by three makes your hours vanish from the sum. The full formula for pricing a handmade piece, a worked example on a mug, and the checks to run before it goes in your shop.

Letting paying guests into your workshop: the permits you actually need

In most cases you can, but there is no single nationwide permit: it depends on how your premises are classified and on what your local council says. The five things to check, in order, and the questions to bring to the counter.

21 Sept 20269 min

Minors at your workshop: who signs, who comes along, who is responsible

A minor can take part without their parents, but supervision stays with you: a signed waiver shifts accepted risk, not the duty of care. What article 2048 of the Italian Civil Code says, and how to write the minimum age and the accompaniment rule on your listing.

21 Sept 20268 min

Photos, video and participant data: what you can publish and what you must ask

Taking part in a workshop is not the same as allowing photos to be published, and booking data is not a marketing list. How to ask for permission, what to keep and for how long.

21 Sept 20268 min

Food workshops: when you need HACCP and when a health notification is enough

Online the answer always comes from whoever sells the HACCP course, and it is always "yes, you need it". Here is the distinction nobody draws: taking home a sealed jar is not the same as sitting down to eat. With the questions to take to the health desk, and the same reasoning for soaps and creams.

21 Sept 20269 min

Running workshops

When a client cancels: what happens to the money, and when yours arrives

We have already written here about how to break bad news. This one has the rule: when the refund is full, when it is zero, what happens with a no-show, and which day the money leaves for your bank.

21 Sept 20268 min

Tax & admin

Selling your handmade products online with zero commission: how it works on Handsome

Handsome takes no cut on products: the payment is created on your own Stripe account and the money is yours in full. Here is how the shop works, what you need and what it costs.

20 Sept 20268 min

Etsy or Handsome: an honest comparison on fees

On Etsy you pay roughly 0.20 dollars per listing and about 6.5% on the order; on Handsome the platform withholds nothing on products. What really changes between the two: fees, audience and shipping.

20 Sept 20266 min

What it costs to sell a 40-euro piece online: Etsy, Shopify, Instagram and Handsome compared

Same piece, same price, four channels: one 46-euro order followed to the last cent. On Handsome you keep 39.06 euros, on Etsy about 37, in the Instagram DMs about 35 once you count your time.

20 Sept 20267 min

Selling on Instagram without a website: why DMs cost you more than you think

Instagram hands you a warm audience for free, but every sale in the DMs costs you messages, a payment to chase and no order recorded anywhere. Here is the real bill, and how to keep the shop window where it is while moving the till.

20 Sept 20267 min

Your own online store or a ready-made shopfront: the real cost for a craft studio

Subscription, domain, theme, apps and half a day a week: the real arithmetic of a DIY online store, and what changes with a ready-made shopfront where five published items cost you nothing.

20 Sept 20268 min