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jenny33

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Hi guys, I'm looking for some advice from any etsy/ folksy sellers out there. I'm hoping to open up a shop soon on one of the sites selling some of the knitting I do in my spare time. I'm hoping to get some advice on which would be the best way to do this - is it best to use one of these, ebay or something else entirely? Also, if I do start selling, is it more effective to sell a range of items or focus on something in particular. I was thinking of putting up some of the spare scarves I've already made to begin with, but I'm also trying to work on these little knitted animals at the moment which would fit into more of a niche I guess and I could wait and focus specifically on those...

Thanks for any help! :)
 

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Hey :) I just opened an etsy store two days ago and would recommend that over ebay for selling anything handmade. I think having a range of items would be helpful but I've only got a few bum bags listed and in 36 hours i've had over 800 views and a few requests for custom orders. I think as long as you promote as much as you can you'll be fine :) You can always add more/different items as time goes on :)
 

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Wowww [member=2490]BriarRose[/member] I'm really impressed you've made so much headway in such a short time, I'd imagined it would be really slow. How are you going about promoting your store, if you don't mind me asking? Yeah it would probably be good to jump in while I've got momentum too instead of waiting to have some perfect niche that might not ever work out. Well done on your progress so far :)
 

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38 sales in 2 years here. You have to promote your listings otherwise they will just sit there doing nothing, like mine.

Cheaper than ebay but you do have to pay a listing fee for each product you list. Ebay is free to list but more expensive fees.
 

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So it's all about promotion then eh... I don't really know how to get the ball rolling on that front, but a quick google is showing me there's a lot of advice out there so I'll start reading up on it. 38 sales still sounds like a lot to me right now [member=4564]homie[/member] !! What kind of products do you sell?
 

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I sell in the vintage category, rather than handmade. Etsy is more geared towards the handmade stuff so if you're producing your own unique items you might so better.
 

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Hey :) I just opened an etsy store two days ago and would recommend that over ebay for selling anything handmade. I think having a range of items would be helpful but I've only got a few bum bags listed and in 36 hours i've had over 800 views and a few requests for custom orders. I think as long as you promote as much as you can you'll be fine :) You can always add more/different items as time goes on :)

Hi @BriarRose how's your etsy store going? I'm in the process of setting up a new one and any advice you could give would be fantastic.

Many thanks
 

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Hi @BriarRose how's your etsy store going? I'm in the process of setting up a new one and any advice you could give would be fantastic.

Many thanks

I've ambitions to do this as well and would love to hear others experiences. An Etsy shop was my plan before I joined this forum 2 years ago and in the meantime I've got sidetracked by all the other ways to make money online, but have picked it up again at the beginning of this year and hoping to make some progress...
 

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@luckyj142 it's been going well. Sales have been very slow since Christmas but traffic is still good and I'm several people are favouriting my shop or items every day. Good SEO is important as well as having good descriptions. I ship to a lot of countries and was apprehensive about increasing my postage costs because I was charging too little, but since increasing the cost I've had less sales but I think that could be because January is slow in general. Take as many pictures as you can using natural light if possible and have good descriptive titles, good SEO and you'll do fab
 
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I have an ETSY shop. Most of my interest is with ebay, but ETSY does bring in some sales. What i think is really important is the 'tags' as they can up the traffic a lot in my opinion
 
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There are a number of really helpful groups on Facebook which will help you make the most out of your Etsy shop. Promoting through other channels is always a bonus, but with Etsy you have a captive audience there already, so it’s really important to drive organic traffic to your listings too. Tags and titles are a big player, and decent product photography is a no brainier. Let me know if you want the links to the groups, I’ll send you them in a message. We’re not huge sellers on Etsy as it’s quite a niche market we’re aiming for, but almost all of our sales have been organic through Etsy, without advertising.
 
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