Etsy lovefest! Show me your Shop!

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Comrade Quack: Jun 6, 2006; Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and general stupidity.

SassySally posted:

I finally decided to start an Etsy shop. Mine is at http://www.etsy.com/shop/nmfolkman. It's crochet items including Kindle/ E-reader covers, stuffed animals, and will soon have bibs and booties.

Example:

The Kindle cover is cute but I have some feedback. You may want to explain / better photograph what you mean by cover. For instance I looked at it but I'm a little confused about what kind of cover it is. Is it a pouch with a side opening or a top? or is it something that goes over the kindle, but with a window so you can read with it on? You also might want to specify that it's sized for a Kindle 3.

Comrade Quack fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Feb 6, 2011

# ¿ Feb 6, 2011 21:32

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 07:35

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Look Under The Rock posted:

Does anyone make stuffed animals? There's a specific squishy I want someone to make.

I do. http://www.etsy.com/shop/sockfiends?ref=si_shop

I don't know if he has an Etsy store but SA user nolen also makes awesome plushies.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2011 05:48

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Scooty Puff Jr. posted:

Weaselfactory's on the front page today!

I don't know, maybe that happens to you all the time, but I for one got very excited in your honour, Zoecore

I got derpy and started a thread in the goon team discussion. But yeah that works too.

Cuniculous I found this site http://www.myphotostitch.com/ I haven't been able to try it out yet. I cant make it look decent yet. The "edgier" cross stitch patterns seem to be getting popular.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2011 07:23

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Wandering Knitter posted:

Wow. It's that easy, huh?

Man and here I was all worried about needing to buy and learn a new program and stuff.

Nope it's really easy. That option isn't just in Open Office it's available in a lot of programs. You should try it in whatever software you have already. I think you can also get some software that kind of installs like a printer, so applications that don't have a save as PDF option you can "print" to that printer and it will create a PDF. Also handy for online transactions that say you should print a copy for your records, you can just save a copy as a PDF and continue your paper-free life.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2011 02:38

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zoecore posted:

You've summed up my thoughts about this very well. If I'm understanding the change correctly, it just seems redundant to use a keyword descriptive title when those very same keywords should be in the tags anyway.

I've always used descriptive keywords in my tags... So now, does that mean that I have to duplicate tags and titles? For instance, the Oh Happy Day / Oh Crappy Day ring set had the tags "plastic, kawaii, sunshine" - to get found, does the title have to have the same keywords? I just can't let the tags be and get found that way?

Have you thought about doing a listing in each style? You'd could watch your analytics / stats to see what gets more views or sales, and have your bases covered? That would probably work better for you vs. some of us with more one of a kind things.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2011 01:15

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Rather Tonic posted:

I would love to be a part of the Etsy Goon Team, how does one join up? Also, what does it mean to really be a part of a team? I read most of this thread, but I must have missed it somewhere along the way.

Go here: http://www.etsy.com/teams/6718/goon-squad follow instructions, receive bacon? It depends on what the team does, I find it nice for discussing and promoting.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2011 23:22

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Wandering Knitter posted:

Did the ad link directly to your shop or an SA-Mart thread? I find that creating a thread for your shop and linking to that gets a good amount of customers.

Also this note is the perfect segue into asking about the Goon Christmas Banner! Since I'm in charge of the etsy team I figure I'd be the first to bring this up.

Last year us craft goons created a mega-thread in SA-Mart of links to our shops plus some special goon-only coupon codes. We then split the cost of a banner to promote said thread. Would people be interested in doing that this year too?

I'll post this in the etsy team too.

I'm tentatively interested but will have to see what is up when things get more specific

# ¿ Oct 19, 2011 18:55

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Kruxy posted:

It wasn't a banner ad here. It was the new Search Ads Option at Etsy.

I didn't save the link but somewhere on the Etsy forums there was a link or a discussion about why the Search Ads were flawed, and probably not worth your time. It basically had to do with how Etsy sells per impression where as all of the other successful ad sites do either Cost per Click, or something else that might have been based on actual sales rather than clicks or the number of times the ad displays.

I imagine the Etsy forum thread has been closed and or archived or deleted. It seems like the kind of dissent and negative opinions that don't sit well over there.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2011 22:07

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Lealoo posted:

Roughly how much are we talking for the banner ad?

It will depend on the number of people interested and the number of times it gets inserted into the ad rotation. It might help if people can give a rough idea on how much they'd like to spend.

I don't know how much of my poo poo I'll get together so I don't know if I'll have enough product to make it worth it.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2011 23:21

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Mizufusion posted:

I've also had 130+ hits for the tag CF4L this week, since I tagged one of my Regretsy-inspired items with it. Kinda cool since I got three times as many views as usual one day, but still no sales.

I guess I'm confused as to the "proper" usage of the CF4L tag. I was under the impression that "CF4L" was for the type of Useless poo poo that finds its way to the front page because the photograph of it looks pretty. (And perhaps listed just for that reason) I think the CF4L tag might be a little more popular than normal right now just in terms of treasury bait.

I've been using "Regretsy" for items that are regretsy inspired, like the Goatse katamari. I've been using "teamapril" for general stuff that you wouldn't have to be a Regretsy fan to appreciate, but you want Regretsy fans that support other fans to find.

The goatse katamari is tagged with both regretsy and teamapril and it is consistently my most viewed item over a long term.

Comrade Quack fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Oct 20, 2011

# ¿ Oct 20, 2011 21:59

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Mizufusion posted:

I love your katamari and kind of want to hang one from the ceiling..

That's swell to hear; I think the owner of that Katamari keeps it in the "modesty bag" in the closet. Can't say I really blame him.

Here's the Etsy forum thread I saw on the search ads: http://www.etsy.com/teams/7714/ideas/discuss/9016264/

I haven't read the whole thread, but the first post seems to make sense.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2011 05:23

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Bewildrbeast posted:

What's a reseller? Someone who copies other's work, or...?

Somebody that sells (typically ) Chinese made goods and passes them off as handmade. They usually take the same stock photos from wherever they bought it from and sometimes do very little to even make it sound handmade. They're often easy to spot. Because they have a large number of sales of an item that shouldn't be that easy to reproduce.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2011 18:53

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Wolfgang M�ller posted:

I set a shop up a few weeks ago, and would like some critiquing. I make (weld) picture frames,
which is not really ideal for Etsy, but I'm giving it a shot.

My shop is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/WolfgangMuller

First time selling online, so I need to setup some policies, coupons, etc.
Shipping is the main problem, since the frames are expensive no matter the carrier. I would like to do a goon discount since I think my choice in movie posters are similar to people here.

It seems like you've already figured out the barnwood background. Aside from :ohdear:

my first thought is that you might want to go into a bit more detail about the chainsaw frame in regards to the sharpness of the edges. Will you need to wear heavy gloves to put it up and take it down? Should you worry about cutting yourself if you touch it? It might also be good to give a weight estimate to help people get an idea about what they might need to do to actually hang it.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2011 22:12

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Rathina posted:

Looks like that deal is now over? I went to check it out and it looks like its $33?

The $33 is for double sided, single sided is still $20 for 250

# ¿ Jan 1, 2012 01:35

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Absolute shot in the dark: Would anyone be interested in sharing an exhibitor table with me at Geek Girl Con in Seattle in October? I'm a little annoyed they've doubled their prices from last year but it was a good con and I'm not ready to give up on it just yet.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2014 03:43

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Bitchkrieg posted:

I'm a rare book and manuscript specialist, and one of my side hobbies is restoring art and illustration from dilapidated old (usually 130-160 years old) books. Basically, I remove the leaves from the volume and run them through a rudimentary conservation process. The purpose of the process is to remove/lessen surface damage, and slow down the natural degradation of paper. I've done some sales of the leaves to friends; they frame up very nicely and are a neat little piece of artwork and history to have.

Here is one of my best sellers, Death on a Pale Horse from the Book of Revelations. It's been a good way to both fund the hobby, improve my professional experience, and also give me some beer money.

Anyway, this is all leading up to my inquiry: if I am to sell these on Etsy, do they sell as a vintage item or as homemade or....?

The only reason I'm even making this inquiry is because what the person is paying for, in part, is my experience doing conservation/preservation work (and the application of that knowledge to ensuring they receive a good leaf).

I'm pretty sure you can sell it as both. I do vintage first then supplies.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2014 02:28

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ShrimpToast posted:

Finally got my shop together. I'll be listing some more items soon.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CleoHalfpenny

You might think about some way to make longer necklaces if requested. I like this but 16" is too small for me.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2014 02:28

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Stultus Maximus posted:

I've decided to take my Baby viking costumes to a craft show. It consists of three separate pieces - a vest, a hat, and a toy. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep those items together in the display area? It's not a booth show; every entrant's items are tabled by category and the entrants only work shifts for part of the shows so I won't have direct control after I bring the items.

Would something like this work http://www.joann.com/quilters-basting-gun/4792792.html#q=Basting+gun&start=1 it's a needle that shoots those little plastic fasteners that retailers use to attach tags.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2014 17:23

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I'd be interested to hear them too.

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 07:35

Comrade Quack: Jun 6, 2006; Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and general stupidity.

Not a scarf person but those seem pretty nice.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2018 20:37

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