Etsy?

[traveler]

Do any of you sell on, or do you have any information you would share about Etsy?

[walkersstics]

www.etsy.com/shop/WalkersStics

I do sell on Etsy, you can sign up for free, and it cost 20cents to list an item, you get five pics per listing, and the listing can run up to three months without having to re-new, I also recently signed up for ArtFire, and now have a studio there.

www.artfire.com/users/walkersstics

[traveler]

Thank you! I appreciate the inside info!

[walkersstics]

You are quite welcome, I have been with them for awhile now

[bmermaid]

I have an etsy shop too and have sold some stuff there. It's cheap for sure and there are plenty of shoppers. But there are so many shops, you really have to be listing regularly to keep showing up in the searches. Unlike when I used to sell on ebay, you can't schedule listings ahead, which used to let me work on auctions once or twice a week and forget it. I can't seem to get a routine going that will keep up... although, if I had smaller things that were easier to photograph, it would be a bit different.

Also, the buyers there tend to be younger. Even though folks are ready to spend what your item is worth, I've found my best sellers in the booth (to older ladies) don't sell at all on etsy. I try to stick with kids' clothing and younger styles.

[bmermaid]

Another cool thing about etsy... lots of doodads to put on other pages. They have a neato thing you can add to your Facebook page that shows your etsy goods, plus other buttons and things for your blog etc. You can see one on my blog (below).