lately i have been thinking about opening an esty shop.
but i don't know that i can "survive" in the big bad esty world.
or if the things i make would even be good enough to sell.
but part of me wants to do it to see.
to see if anyone would actually buy something i made.
the etsy shop name is a source of much thinking.
and how to connect this space to it (or not connect).
(yeah, it's sort of one of those days...)
i know the things i make aren't amazing works of art (see fear one)
but someone has to be interested, no? or am i fooling myself?
i've got to do SOMEthing with the mountain of fabric in my room.
and if i could make some yen in the process...
i've been playing around with ideas in my head and
i've got a batch of kinchaku in the works. ten, actually.
if it turns out i don't go for it, i can always use them as gifts, right?
comments from anyone with a shop would be most appreciated.
Monday, October 19, 2009
to etsy or not to etsy
posted by j. at 2:20 PM
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IF you decide to do it, there is a lot of work involved that doesn't include just the making of stuff. My initial headache was the shipping costs, it took a lot of trial and error to get the costs right - an yes, I lost money of a few sales because I under charged. And there is all the packing costs to consider too.
I would also recommend using Etsy as buyer before you become a seller, not only will that build your feedback score up before you start (people are cautious of buying from a newbie) it will also give you a good feel of how it all works.
photos- you have to have good photos, if you don't, it doesn't matter how good your goods are, crap photos = no sales.
Get your hands on Craft Inc.
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780811858366/Craft-Inc./?a_aid=jojoebi
some excellent advice on pricing goods, marketing etc.
ETSY charge for listings, if you don't want to part with any money you could try artfire first, although ETSY has a bigger part of the market.
That's my 10yens worth, it isn't just about making the goods, there is a whole lot of other work involved too.
has that helped?
jo
I tried listing some of my drawings on Etsy and didn't do too well.
I think the main thing is that you need to do a lot of promotion outside of just listing items - just being on etsy won't get you sales (or even people finding your stuff).
I'd look at it more as a way of expediating the actual monetary exchange part of selling, not so much as a means of getting your work out there.
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