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BEAM – How To Plan and Run A Lampshade Workshop

Looking for a new way to attract customer to your craft or retail shop, or to raise the profile of your lampshade making brand? Planning...

Nov 2, 20225 min read

BEAM - How to use Pinterest for Business

As well as being a social media platform, Pinterest describes itself as a ‘visual discovery engine' making it the perfect place for...

May 4, 20226 min read

BEAM – Offering Returns and Refunds

Although we imagine your lampshades are amazing, there may be some circumstances when a customer wants to return their shade. Dealing...

Mar 24, 20226 min read

BEAM – Taking on Bespoke Lampshade Commissions

Packaging your skills in a way that gives the customer choice, can be a valuable way of increasing profit margins and effectively using...

Feb 22, 20224 min read

BEAM - Pricing your lampshades to sell

Loving lampshade making shade is one thing, but making enough money to run a sustainable business is quite another. In this BEAM blog...

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Feb 4, 20225 min read

BEAM - How to sell on Amazon Handmade

Amazon might not seem the most obvious choice for selling your lampshades, but since the online shopping giant created Amazon Handmade, a...

Jan 25, 202211 min read

BEAM Meet the Entrepreneur - Light Owl

Discovering a niche gap in the interiors market, that happily coincided with his passion for creativity, Rab Moghal of Light Owl made it...

Sep 30, 20219 min read

Business Expertise and Advice for Makers - How to sell on eBay

The selling platform giant eBay might not sing 'handmade' or be your first choice for selling your lampshades, but as we take a closer...