![]() "Our overhead is low, and we are in the black on our books," says Jacobs. Jacobs and co-founder Tony Ford, the site's Chief Operating Officer, have avoided seeking venture capital. But when more and more crafts began to appear at cut-rate prices from countries such as China, business began to suffer, he says, and craft suppliers began to move to sites like Etsy.Īrtfire was launched in 2008 and is a small operation, with less than 15 employees. At one time his company was the largest supplier of beads on eBay. Jacobs first got started selling on eBay when, on one of his trips to sell at craft shows, he encountered representatives from the site who were encouraging them to sell online. There was no reason why they had to charge those (listing) fees." Today, Artfire members pay no listing or final value fees the only fee is a premium membership package that costs $12 per month. "Even paying them a million in fees per year would still have made sense from a business standpoint. "We paid millions of dollars to eBay in fees." His big objection: eBay's insertion charges. The moment you speak to him, it quickly becomes clear why he wanted to start his own marketplace. Jacobs sold millions of dollars worth of merchandise on eBay through User IDs such as Foxy Findings. "What we are creating is an alternative for people to having to construct their own artisan Web sites," says Jacobs. RAPIDCART NO PAYMENT PLAN HOW TOAnd his mother no longer has to travel either she sells instructional DVDs that show how to create beads and other crafts online through Artfire. He is the one running the marketplace at Artfire, a Tucson, Arizona-based website whose members specialize in selling gems, jewelry, and other handicrafts. ![]() These days, Jacobs doesn't have to travel unless he chooses to do so. ![]() When he was a boy, John Jacobs followed his parents to one craft, gem or mineral show after another. ![]()
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