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Just Daydreaming Etsy Ideas
{Location Based Selling}

August 22, 2010

I’m sure I’m not the only one who watches the web blur by in a wave of never-ending progress. Progress to where? Not sure.
But one thing is clear… the “where” is part of the progress. Got that?

I’m talking about location. Facebook just launched Facebook Places, Google has a strong location-based search engine with Google [...]

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New Shop Spotlight & Giveaway {Twirl Away}

August 9, 2010

Check out this new Etsy shop!
Twirl Away is a fabulous shop full of little girl skirts that your little princess can twirl around in all day long. Do you know a girl that would love to wear this sweet Zinnias skirt? Well, today we’re giving one away! {More about that later.}
Let’s take a [...]

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Best Times To List on Etsy

July 23, 2010

Tim here with an (un)scientific analysis of when to list or renew listings on Etsy.com

When is the best time to list on Etsy?
It’s a question every Etsy seller has asked themselves. It’s a subject we’ve talked about before. It’s not an easy question to answer, but the ramifications of getting it right could [...]

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Common Sense Service

July 17, 2010

We’ve all had those moments when we wonder… what were they thinking?
Around here, I’m usually wondering that about one of my three boys/men (they all alternate between these two randomly).
Recently though, I had an experience which caused me to wonder the same about a company I had ordered from online.
I won’t bore you with the [...]

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Featured Shop & Giveaway – The Sugar Robot

July 5, 2010

Decorating your cupcakes with beautiful butterflies is one thing, but this is a whole new level of awesome…you can eat these! The Sugar Robot makes edibles to sugar up your baked goods.
Don’t you want to throw a party just to have these stunning cupcakes? I know I do! I love having something just [...]

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Twenty Ways To Get More Traffic To Your Etsy Shop

June 11, 2010

One of the cool things about Etsy is that you can sell as much as you can make! There are no limits, other than the fact that you have to sleep! And you may have kids to feed, and a house to clean, but hey, you gotta pay the bills, right? (or get money to [...]

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The Lavender Road {Giveaway}

May 10, 2010

Don’t you love the smell of lavender? I can’t get enough of it!
If you’ve ever been to my shop, The Lavender Road, you know what I’m talking about. I make tons of sachets and lavender drawer liners, and I never get tired of that beautiful lavender smell!
These pretty little pillows are a beautiful way [...]

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Etsy Wants You To Succeed — Don’t Believe Otherwise!

May 5, 2010

“Your success is our success and growing your sales is what we are focused on. Period. Only by placing ourselves in your shoes can Etsy be successful.”
The above is the closing of a post by Etsy itself on the Etsy forums recently. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
We hear so many reports of people in various [...]

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In Stock or Made-To-Order? What Works Best for Etsy Sales?

April 27, 2010

Every Etsy Seller has to make a choice. Make orders as they come in, or make them ahead of time and only list them when they’re ready to go. These are two distinct ways of doing business and both have advantages and disadvantages.

Made-To-Order
This is how I first started on Etsy. I designed and [...]

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How-To: Photograph Your Work For Sale On Etsy

April 14, 2010

{originally published on Febuary 23, 2009}
Second only to having a good product, product photography is hands down the most important part of increasing your sales on Etsy!

There are some truly helpful articles posted at The Storque on this subject and I’ll give you some links at the end of the post if you want [...]

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