Do you have en Etsy Shop?

Canada
August 6, 2011 11:22am CST
I earn a bit of extra money by selling arts and crafts that I have made. I put them in my Etsy Shop. Etsy is an online craft fair, you can browse different shops and put items up for sale. There are teams to join and forums to post in. If you have an etsy shop share it here! Discuss what you like and don't like about Etsy. my Etsy shop is Wander Into Wonderland
2 responses
@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Aug 11
I don't have one but I've thought about it a few times. I think I would like to make knitted lace and sell it by the foot or yard, but I haven't got started on it yet. I'm not sure how much of a market there would be for something like that.
• Canada
6 Aug 11
I guess it depends on how difficult the lace is I guess! Knitted lace is time consuming and takes a lot of patience! I knit a lace shawl once and nearly lost my mind! It's not something that I would like to do again anytime soon even though it is beautiful!
@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Aug 11
It's easier to make as an edging than to create an entire garment from it, unless it's a repeating pattern with little change. I like to knit lace, but just don't know if it's popular enough to sell.
• Canada
6 Aug 11
The shawl I did was a basic lace pattern that I designed. But I knit with black, I don't know if you've knit with black before but it's so hard to see the stitches! Almost impossible to take out. Try knitting a few pieces, maybe half a yard long to sell and then see how that goes?
• Malaysia
6 Aug 11
I never heard Etsy Shop before and I'm interesting in it. Can you explain more like is there registration fee needed or what kind of payment it accept or does it just accepted in some countries?
• Canada
6 Aug 11
As far as I know it's accepted worldwide, however I'm not 100% positive on this. Etsy is an online craft community. It is a place for artists and crafts people to sell their products as well as for interested people to purchase items. Etsy charges 20 cents to list one item for 4 months. You get slots for 5 photos of your product as well as a description box, options to add tags, and shipping fees. All items on etsy must either be vintage, supplies or handmade. Etsy accepts paypal and credit cards. There are teams to join and forums to post in. It's a wonderful little community and a great place to meet other artists.
• Canada
9 Aug 11
thats a very cool idea for a site...thanks for introducing it to us :)