Tips for success on Etsy... add yours here!

Hey!! Put your Etsy shop on here as well under my website! I just went to go look at your store but I'll find you on Etsy! Just a thought!

one great idea I've seen others do is to have a craft blog along with your etsy shop. Use it to shale upcoming sales, new products, and show how you come about creating what you sale. It's a grat way to promote and can attract people who might not have known about your shop before. I write a craft blog, http://creativemomcafe.com, and I've ben looking for Etsy crafters who would like to be featured. Just a short question and answer with a couple fun pictures about what you sell and why. It's a great way to get noticed.

Since there are more Etsyians here than when this went up, I just thought I would push this up. Got anymore ideas? What didn't work?

Thanks for starting this terrific thread! :-) I will keep my eye on this thread and read all of the responses here! :-)

Well, I think most of the seller on etsy also buy things off etsy. I know alot of my return customers are from the people I meet on the forums. I think you need to not only promote your shop off the etsy website but also make sure you are seen on the forum. Once people get to know you and start to look at your shop when you are talking to them they are more inclined to buy from you. Also if you can take advantage of people post on forum asking for promo or coupons for your shop to put in gift bags for show or workshops people go to. I made cards for a few people and I got some custom orders out of it

I find groups that I feel might be interested in my stuff and drop a link. I also have business cards and give them to anyone that I can. I've also got links to my shop everywhere I go. I just started a few weeks ago and only have a few things up but I figured if I was going to do it I had better go the distance. I will be putting more up very soon and will have different stuff come time for the holidays. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5596032

I used to sell my cards on Ebay but i have found there are so many people that make them now that there is so much choice for people to choose from, also as there are so many people that make them that people tend to buy them from friends and relatives. It's ok Putting loads of photo's of what you are selling on there but you need to make money out of it, other wise it's a waste of time. I tend to sell more of craft things for people to buy to make cards them selves now like punces etc. The other thing i tend to do is if after about 4 months if i have cards at home that i have not sold i sell them on ebay as a job lot. You don't make huge amounts of money out of it but at least it keeps your stock up to date and gives people you sell to different designs each time they buy off you. The best way i make money out of crafts is having card parties at my house or even at friends houses with a little incentive gift for the host, you can sell alot of Christmas cards and you can also get alot of orders from people as well. Good luck with selling your stuff let me know how it goes.

Hello there, I never heard Etsy before because I live in a small island which is far away from you. However, according to your post, I have browsed the site: www. Etsy.com and find it very interesting. I am not very good at crafting, but I can learn and get lots of ideas from the site. Enjoy your crafting, buying and selling!

great thread :) i am looking many tips and hints to boost my sales at my store http://borneodiva.etsy.com i am already promote and doing networking at my space but i think its really need more than that to promote and get many sales....