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| FreckledNiki |
Posted - May 02 2007 : 12:35:42 PM
Hi,
So I am just a week into this site. I love it and all of the farm girls I am meeting. I have read this ETSY on a few postings, I understand it has something to do with selling handmade goods, could y'all help me understand better what it is, what you have to do to have one, who has them... etc.
Thanks,
Nik |
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| Bluewrenn |
Posted - May 25 2007 : 08:41:30 AM
ETSY is like a boutique that offers unique handmade items - sometimes edgy, sometimes mainstream... but always handmade.
It was originally designed as a place to sell your artwork (as in painters and photographers) and over time has evolved into all things handmade.
My Homesteading Journal http://toomyvara.livejournal.com
My craft journal http://bluewrenn.livejournal.com
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| Justimagine |
Posted - May 25 2007 : 07:44:13 AM
Hi Niki,
By now you've probably had a peek at Etsy... but if you haven't, let me encourage you to! It really is fun, like everybody said. And a little bit addictive, too. I have a little shop over there. You can get to it from my blog.
It's so easy to set up a little shop.. and you meet lots of nice people, too! I spend more money than I make, LOL, but hey, it's fun! Kate~
"...out of the heart flow the wellsprings of life"
Proverbs 4:23
See what's springing up from Kate's heart today at www.Kate-Wells.com |
| nashbabe |
Posted - May 24 2007 : 7:40:47 PM
What Botanical Bath said. :-)
Grew up on a farm...moved to da city... |
| BotanicalBath |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 11:50:34 PM
How much traffic do you get on your Etsy site? I have had a website for about 9 years, and I make enough to pay for itself, but most of my business is from people who are reordering from shows.
How much do you do off Etsy in a month? What are all of the fees? Just very curious.... and now thinking about giving it a try.
E-
BotanicalBath@peoplepc.com |
| FreckledNiki |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 09:19:30 AM
Thanks to all who gave me tips. I am so busy coaching softball, teaching and taking grad classes. This sounds like something I should look into starting this summer.
Nik |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 06:57:33 AM
ok thanks, sounds like something I should do.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 06:52:47 AM
just go to etsy.com and sign up for an account. You need an email address and a credit card.
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
www.willowartist.etsy.com
www.willowtreecreek.com |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 06:14:47 AM
did someone say you dont need a tax ID for itsy?? How do you do it? Just sign up?
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 05 2007 : 11:02:38 PM
do any of you gurlz ever go to the on-line primitive 'selling' sites .. like Ranting Raven and Crow Soup and Folk of Art?
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - May 05 2007 : 12:00:51 PM
I like Etsy alot and find it really easy to use. It is less complicated than Ebay..at least for me. If I can do Etsy anyone can..I am NOT techo-smart for sure!! It is really user freindly.
And fun!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 05 2007 : 11:44:11 AM
those of you that do 'etsy' .. do you like it more than 'e-bay'?
i find that i don't make enuff stuff to do the 'on-line' shoppes for my dollies and other prims. too much 'road runnin' i guess! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 05 2007 : 11:42:58 AM
wow babs .. that sounds like a great idea .. but honey hunk would probably have a STROKE if i got another credit card. we only use ONE .. but this one sounds really different. is it kinda' like a phone 'calling card'? you put money into the 'card account' .. and ONLY that money can be deducted?
how does wally world make money on it?
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| babs |
Posted - May 05 2007 : 10:19:58 AM
Oh hey Frannie! I saw the coolest thing last night and immediately thought of you.. Its a pre-paid Visa card! Apparently you can get one at walgreens and it works just like a credit card and you can "recharge it" with new funds when it runs out. No cc late fees, no annual fees it's quite the deal! For someone nervous about putting cc numbers online thats probably the best way to go! :)
Babs
Hatching Eggs: www.countryegg.com
& Home Goods: www.mugwortmaggies.etsy.com
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| babs |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 9:41:50 PM
Etsy has an option of either letting them deduct it automatically (on or around the 15th) or you can click "pay now" and it takes it out of whatever account you signed up with.
I have sort of a "work" account that I only keep enough money in for paying things like etsy bills, and I can transfer funds back and forth at anytime. That way if the site was ever hacked and my financial info stolen I wouldn't be financially ruined. That said, I've never once had a bad online experience with my account info or credit cards - and I do *everything* online!
Babs
Hatching Eggs: www.countryegg.com
& Home Goods: www.mugwortmaggies.etsy.com
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 6:29:09 PM
gurlz .. i couldn't figure out how etsy takes their two dimes and three and half percent .. do they just deduct it from your 'credit card'. i soooo dislike putting our credit cards on line anywhere! anyone ever have a bad experience with the credit card aspect?
i used to have 'paypal' .. but got a notice about a year ago that someone had tried to 'hack into' my account .. and paypal 'froze' it .. took me FOREVER to get my money cleared and back into my account.
i know there are good and bad stories about jus' about everything .. but lordy! it only took me once to have a lot of my own money frozen and unusable to 'skeer' me away!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 5:33:27 PM
Babs-- that's me! :-) Thanks for the link back! I'm loving the stuff I bought from you, by the way.
http://apartmentfarm.wordpress.com
Now Open!: http://shadetreestudios.etsy.com |
| babs |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 4:48:22 PM
Hi Niki,
You don't have to have a tax id to sign up. Tax rules are different for every state so I would check into your own states regulations there. Beyond that, theres really nothing to loose by signing up so go for it! Oh and it's FUN. :)
Kitchensqueen- I knew you were shadetree studios from our convo, but I didn't realize you were also author of the Apartment Farm blog where I happened to find myself mentioned a few days ago. ;) Thank you! I linked to you from my new blog at
http://mugwortmaggiesapothecary.blogspot.com/
The really neat thing Niki about all this and blogging is that we can all network and link together, which brings in a lot of new people into our stores that might not have otherwise found us.
Babs
Hatching Eggs: www.countryegg.com
& Home Goods: www.mugwortmaggies.etsy.com
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| FreckledNiki |
Posted - May 04 2007 : 09:42:39 AM
Thank You all... I have checked out your stores! What cool stuff. So how does one open a store? Do you have to have a tax number? I have always wanted to have a small hometown bakery, maybe this would be a start, but with handmade kitchen items, like hooks, towels etc... Can you sell food items on there? |
| Mikki |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 3:59:33 PM
I love etsy too! I just opened my etsy shop, still a lot I want to do but at least I've begun.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
www.mikkijo.etsy.com
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
http://strawberriesnapronstrings.blogspot.com/ |
| knewslady |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 3:47:48 PM
I hope you will go and take a look, I know you will love shopping there.
Kathy
Will always be a farmgirl at heart
Visit my online shop at http://thebackfence.etsy.com |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 2:16:45 PM
Addictive!
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 2:05:47 PM
Etsy is really fun. It's so much more fun to buy and sell stuff from individuals rather than big box stores. And so neat to browse and see what interesting things people create. I have an Etsy shop too. :-)
http://apartmentfarm.wordpress.com
Now Open!: http://shadetreestudios.etsy.com |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - May 03 2007 : 05:42:17 AM
Lots of us have shops on there and sell stuff! Gaiasrose makes great Laundry soap, candles, and all kind of other goodies (http://gaiasrose.etsy.com).
I make felt items, jewelry and other kindof random things (http://willowartist.etsy.com).
If you look around there are a ton of others on here that Etsy!
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
www.willowartist.etsy.com
www.willowtreecreek.com |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - May 02 2007 : 1:23:45 PM
go take a peek....www.etsy.com
you'll be hooked and just might start your own shop.
I have a shop and a LOT of us here do too...my address is in my signature!
oh! and welcome!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
Blogs: http://gaiarose.wordpress.com
http://tasharose365.wordpress.com/
Homepage:
http://gaiasrose.etsy.com
http://ForestFaeries.etsy.com
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