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Challenges with Crafters
Today we continue to see resiliant craftspeople carry on their work. In order to be profitable craftspeople have to charge according to time spent. In a first world country this can create costly goods. These craftspeople often fail to turn a profit because they spend many hours making and productin and not enough time findingd an audience who will buy their wares. Many rely on selling in collectives, or sometime in small storefronts.
+ Fast
+ Quantity of material
+ Inexpensive
+ Brand trust
- Impersonal
- Homogonous global design
- Growing distaste for big buisness
+ Diverse stories
+ User connection to makers
+ Meaningful jobs
+ Regional Design
- Costly in time
- Difficult to find buyers
- Unknown brand
- Inventory