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What the New Cataclysm Professions Reforging Will Mean For Gear Crafters
Oct 19th
Net Krafter : What the New Cataclysm Professions Reforging Will Mean For Gear Crafters
When Blizzard announced the release of World of Warcraft Cataclysm at Blizzcon, they did it with a slew of new details about upcoming profession changes – one of those being reforging. Now, most players have been wanting to see self-repairing of their gear. After all, if you can originate your own mail, why can’t you fix it? But, Blizzard seems intent on retention their ages old cash sink in the game and as a result, the new highlight will be Reforging instead.
What is Reforging?
In a nutshell, reforging is a recipe by which individuals can admittedly turn their gear or the gear of other players by removing skill points from one area and placing them in another. This is an provocative highlight for a few reasons. First it is going to allow there to be infinitely more gear options in the game. And because the reforging will not allow anyone to shift all the numbers into a particular stat, there will be no “uber” gear crafted either.
Second, it will originate an entirely different store of individuals in capital cities who can offer their reforging services for fellow players. Instead of just crafting new items, all of the gear crafters – blacksmiths, engineers, tailors, and leatherworkers, will be able to take the gear their fellow players procure from raids and PvP and then start tacking on different stats where needed.
New Levels of Customization
This will allow players who may find confident pieces of gear slightly inferior due to their focus on the wrong stats much more willing to use those pieces. It might also originate a higher degree of conference in instance parties over who gets what pieces of loot due to their different stats and how those stats can be shifted nearby now that any piece of gear can admittedly be changed.
Whatever ends up happening though, the straightforward truth is that reforging is a major new expanding to the game and one that will prove to be incredibly beloved when Cataclysm finally launches in 2010.
The New Way Crafters Are Working From Home
Sep 19th
Net Krafter : The New Way Crafters Are Working From Home
One of the oldest and most primary ways to work from home is to make and sell handmade crafts. In the past, crafters would sell their wares at craft fairs, flea markets, consignment market and more recently, on eBay or their own websites. Unfortunately after the fees and tour expenses involved in these markets crafters would end up with minimal profits. Fortunately, there is now a new virtual venue, Etsy.com, where crafters can sell their homemade goods.
Etsy.com is called a “marketplace as unique as the goods themselves.” Crafters of all kinds now have access to the world straight through this virtual marketplace. Etsy.com is just over a year old and already has somewhere in the range of 75,000 registered members. This doesn’t consist of the thousands that come to Etsy.com to browse straight through items listed by over 16,000 sellers.
Etsy.com is not an auction-based site. Instead, each seeder sets the price that they feel is fair for their homemade items. The fees on Etsy.com are incredibly affordable compared to other similar virtual shopping sites. Sellers pay a
The creators of Etsy.com have also built in many unique and fun ways to browse straight through all of the items listed on the site. Shoppers can sort by color, by most recently listed and, of course, using the proper categories as well. This unique way of browsing the items is a great way to hook shoppers and keep them on the site.
There is a great sense of society between the sellers on Etsy.com. The founders have created a mentoring agenda that pairs up new sellers with an experienced user. This allows those who are new to the site to have a way to interact with sellers who are experiencing success on Etsy.com and to have a uncomplicated way to have their questions answered. This not only creates a camaraderie between merchants, but also alleviates that sense of “virtual insecurity” that one feels when using a new website. Instead of leaving new users to fend for themselves they have established a spectacular, way to plug them in and make them feel linked to the community.
During an interview on the Inside the Net podcast (twit.tv), the creators of Etsy.com stated that they even though they have only been in company slightly over a year, they already have people development a living using Etsy.com. They stated that they knew of a amount of people that had been able to quit their day jobs and stay home and sell on Etsy full-time. They mentioned the story of one woman who had quit her job and was now living out her dream of living in Europe. She makes her living selling her homemade items on Etsy.com and no longer has to live each day in the rat race of corporate America. Dreams do come true.
Etsy.com is a vital tool for handmade craft sellers because you’re not in competition with cheap mass-produced items. What is thought about “handmade?” From the Etsy.com Faq, “You can sell whatever that is handmade or, a bit more loosely put, hand-assembled or hand-altered. For example, screen-printed shirts are Ok. A custom-built computer is Ok, as long as you’re development the case and not buying prefab. Furniture is Ok as long as it’s nothing mass-produced (yes, you can use power tools to build it). If human hands put some love into the object, odds are you can sell it on Etsy. Please note: we do allow some non-handmade items in the Supplies & Vintage categories.” (http://www.etsy.com/faq.php)
What may be the most unique part of Etsy.com is that they seem to truly care about the success of their craft sellers. They have gone out of their way to help their merchants to accomplish success in development sales. They have incorporated numerous unique ways of browsing the shopping categories and they keep fees minimal and offer complimentary virtual market to each seller. Crafters now have a good occasion than ever before of development a living development and selling their homemade goods from the comfort of their own home.
Stop by Etsy.com today and shop, set up a shop, or both. With the holidays rapidly approaching, this can be a great start to the season.
.10 listing fee per item and a 3% commission per sale. Each listing can be left posted for as long as six months. Each seeder also receives a complimentary “shop” where they can list all of their items.
Tech-savvy crafters can Go Global
Jul 20th
The image of a craftsman or artisan is often serene, even pastoral. It 'easy to imagine a potter spinning the wheel in his barn-turned-studio and then selling his wares to the market of the small farmer on the road. Or a knitter, knitting quietly with a dog at his feet and a cup of tea when she is ready for this year's Christmas craft fair business.
But in today's global marketplace, as artisans, craftsmen, artists and designers are not based on farmers' markets and craft fairs alone. TheInternet provides, such as artisans have access to a global market, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the traditional methods of selling is not easy to compare in terms of sales and exposure.
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An online presence can be a great advantage for every type of craft, whether it's a jewelry maker, a knitter, a glass blower, potter and painter. There are craftsmen credibility as a legitimate business, because now their customers quickly and easily access their data, including contact details (in fact, customers canConsidering less credible, unless you have a website).
The craftsmen can advertise their domain names on flyers, business cards and signs and potential customers will pass automatically to the site to learn more about them and their products. The craftsmen can get a complete and updated inventory of their products with photos on the site so that you can just click on a buyer, and sort them.
A presence on the Internet is essentially how to open a shop every day, allYear – no time to wait between local craft fairs or tourist season. And their customer base grows automatically by a limited local market around the world.
Considering all these benefits and the knowledge that if you're offline, your opponent will be – in an online presence is not so much a question of "Should I?", But "How could I?". But the thought of running a website, especially one that offers online ordering system can seem daunting for many smallEntrepreneurs.
Artisans can hire a website designer to create an online presence with e-commerce capabilities for them. There are often high costs associated with designing and managing Web sites are, of course. There are also concerns about things like security and payment, which will be treated accordingly in this day and age of identity theft. Another possibility is to craft a line 'to join the mall. A good "craftsman Mall will make things easier for contractors, as they have created theBasic infrastructure already and will not deal with the logistics of maintaining the site, are still only update their personal data and fill the orders start coming in
Tech-savvy crafters can Go Global
How Paper Crafters Import and Cut SVG Files for Cricut
Nov 18th
With more and more paper crafters using digital die cuts to create scrapbook pages, cards and decorations, the desire to learn how to import and cut SVG files on a Cricut digital die cutting machine is also growing.
Even novice scrapbookers need not feel intimidated by digital die cuts. The process of downloading, importing, preparing and cutting the designs is actually quite simple. And with two quality third-party software programs on the market (Sure Cuts a Lot and Make the Cut), each with active message boards and support forums, any glitches should be easily resolved.
First, anyone planning to use SVG files must have three things: a Cricut machine (either the original Personal “Baby Bug,” the Create or the 12-by-12-inch capable Expression), along with a standard printer cable and either Sure Cuts a Lot or Make the Cut.
Sure Cuts a Lot (SCAL) and Make the Cut (MTC) are available for purchase via their respective manufacturers. SCAL is compatible with both Mac and PC, while MTC was designed for PCs and will only work with a Mac that is running Boot Camp or Parallels.
While some sites make files available for purchase, there are many available for free. There are SVGs available in all kinds of themes, from animals to holidays to toys. Many images are similar in quality to the designs available on the Cricut cartridges sold by Provo Craft for $70 to $80 each.
Once you find a SVG file you like, download it to your computer. It’s usually just a simple process of clicking on a download button or link, and then “unzipping” a compressed file by double-clicking on the file name once it’s downloaded and then choosing Extract. It’s a good idea to organize your SVG “collection” into folders by subject, or via some other system.
If you are using Sure Cuts a Lot, open the program and the mat screen will appear. You can set your virtual mat to 12-by-12, 6-by-12 or 12-by-24, depending on the size of your Cricut machine and real-life mat. Under the File menu, select “Import SVG” and then navigate to the SVG image and click OK to import it. You will be able to change the image’s size, rotate it and combine it with other images, among other functions.
In Make the Cut, open the program so the mat screen appears and choose “Import,” and then “SVG/SVGZ File.” The image will appear on your virtual mat and you can choose “Shape Magic” and “Break” the SVG to separate it into the parts of the image.
In either program, once you have the elements of the image arranged the way you want them, usually by color and maximizing paper use, arrange your cardstock or paper in the corresponding areas of the sticky Cricut mat.
Save your project, make sure the Cricut mat is loaded into the machine (check blade pressure and speed) and then choose the “Cut” command. If you have any trouble, remember, both SCAL and MTC have active support communities.
Another benefit of using third-party software with the Cricut is the ability to cut virtually any True Type Font, including welding (joining together) letters.
Once the design is cut, it can be assembled with glue. Many paper crafters, as well as those using SVG designs for school projects, home decor or other uses, like to add dimension and their own creative spin to die cuts with white gel pens, chalk, ink, glitter glue or dimensional “pop” dots.
As many paper crafters who love saving money while expanding their creative options, using designer cut files with a cutter such as Cricut is an easy process to master, thanks to high-quality SVGs and third-party software.
Copyright 2010 by Kevin Savetz
Kevin Savetz is creator of more than 80 web sites, including FreePrintable.net sites offering free printables. In September 2010, Savetz launched CutFiles.net, with free SVG digital die cut files to download and use with the Cricut machine
What the New Cataclysm Professions Reforging Will Mean For Gear Crafters
Nov 16th
When Blizzard announced the release of World of Warcraft Cataclysm at Blizzcon, they did it with a slew of new details about upcoming profession changes – one of those being reforging. Now, most players have been wanting to see self-repairing of their gear. After all, if you can create your own mail, why can’t you repair it? But, Blizzard seems intent on keeping their ages old cash sink in the game and as a result, the new feature will be Reforging instead.
What is Reforging?
In a nutshell, reforging is a method by which individuals can easily change their gear or the gear of other players by removing skill points from one area and placing them in another. This is an interesting feature for a few reasons. First it is going to allow there to be infinitely more gear options in the game. And because the reforging will not allow anyone to shift all the numbers into a single stat, there will be no “uber” gear crafted either.
Second, it will create an entirely different market of individuals in capital cities who can offer their reforging services for fellow players. Instead of just crafting new items, all of the gear crafters – blacksmiths, engineers, tailors, and leatherworkers, will be able to take the gear their fellow players gather from raids and PvP and then start tacking on different stats where needed.
New Levels of Customization
This will allow players who may find certain pieces of gear slightly inferior due to their focus on the wrong stats much more willing to utilize those pieces. It might also create a higher degree of argument in instance parties over who gets what pieces of loot due to their different stats and how those stats can be shifted around now that any piece of gear can easily be changed.
Whatever ends up happening though, the simple truth is that reforging is a major new addition to the game and one that will prove to be incredibly popular when Cataclysm finally launches in 2010.
Stay on top of world of warcraft reforging, profession changes, and all the new features in WoW Cataclysm by visiting the Cataclysm Front Lines. Daily updates, regular content features, and much more added each day.