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Bought my website. Taking some pics.

Posted: Jul 13, 2014

I also joined Etsy, using my domain name. May I say...I wasn't terrifically impressed with quality of items for sale on Etsy. There were some phenomenal things....and then not so phenomenal...and the not-so-phenomenal stuff was selling too (maybe they just sold to their friends. I don't know. It didn't seem like it). So I guess that's a hopeful sign...

...I also have a *fun* job now, part-time, it is great to punch in, work, and voila! you get paid for all the time you are there! At my job I am surrounded by beautiful interesting pieces of clothing. Quite inspiring. Plus 2 breaks + 1/2 hour for lunch. I interact with the public all day at my job. My boss said, "I love your energy." Well thank you.

Hopefully if I can make *some* money selling my own stuff on Etsy, it will take the pressure off financially. Craft shows and so on.

Life beckons.

;

Good for you! Keep us posted on how your - online sales go, what you learn,etc. - Jess (sm)

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I have a sort-of part-time job (which I should be doing right now, actually!), and am about to start selling off a bunch of things I no longer need, but that someone else might, on eBay. I have lots of creative ideas at the back of my mind that might sell pretty well on sites such as Etsy, but I haven't been able to overcome my inertia about getting started yet. (My home is filled with half-finished projects I never completed). Part of the problem is I get too many ideas, and before I finish one, a new idea pops up and I lose interest in the old one. It's a vicious cycle.

For the most part, I've found the things on Etsy to be high-quality. I've bought a few handmade earrings and a couple handmade clothing items that were really lovely. I also go to the site just to get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes seeing one item will cause an idea for something entirely un-related to pop up in my head. But then there's the HARD part: Following through!

Good luck with your Etsy shop!

Etsy store - me too

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I have had an Etsy store for almost 2 years and doing quite well considering so much competition - I do wax tarts and soap items.

I think a lot of stores on there sell quality items but unfortunately they changed the rules this year and there a more and more mass produced items and cheaper items there.

Good luck with your store

Thanks for both of your responses - wheres_my_job

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Will keep you posted. Little concerned I'll end up doing some great creative things...but then not be making any money, 'cause I haven't priced anything correctly.

Re: Stuff on Etsy - I was looking at very narrow categories of things - I thought the color choices were so...weird...but those color combinations were selling! In my painting class, someone's always coming over with a color wheel, to show the right complementary color to use - and then I look at a lot of paintings also. So when I go on Etsy, it's a bit shocking, the color combinations people use!

Oh well, off to work. Really, not in the mood today. Everybody have a great day!

I think ultimately you have to price things based - on materials, labor hours, - sm

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usefulness, current trends and fashion, etc. And so often, it sometimes just boils down to how much does the product speak to a potential buyer.

I'm currently in love with the adorable little seahorse pendants made from rounded sea glass stones and silver wire, by a person in Spain. Priced around $150 to $275-ish, they're a little pricey for my own, personal budget, so I haven't bought one. Yet they're totally unique, beautiful, realistic-looking, and in my mind, worth what the artist is asking. I can't afford one, but when I look on his website periodically, the one thing I always note is that the seahorses I drooled over in the past are always sold.

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