Handmadeology

Customers look at your store policies to judge what kind of customer service you will offer; if there is nothing there they are likely to walk away.

Most markets these days are saturated. You need to stand out in the crowd. You can start this process with your brand. Remember, you reflect your brand & others perceive it. You want your brand perceived in a way that is rememberable & professional.

Are you prepared for these worst case scenarios in your Etsy shop? In this series of articles I’ll take a look at the bad and the ugly and offer up some suggestions about how to protect your shop when things go awry.

Well here is my recipe for a fantastic blog post! I’m not sure who coined the term ‘Evergreen Blog Post’, but it’s a great way to describe a post that continually draws traffic to your site.

The Etsy Search Ad Stratagem is a four step process that will give you every advantage possible to make your ads perform better than other Etsy seller’s ads.

Ask us if we’re investing for our future, and many of us will say, “Yes!” Whether we’re saving for our dream home, our children’s college tuition, or our retirement, we plan ahead. We have personal goals and outlandish dreams, and we visit them often.

We are delighted to introduce three new ways to shop and explore Etsy: Fashion, Home and Garden, and Kids. These new pages are a blend of curated content and category-based searches, changing daily to represent trends in the Etsy marketplace.

I have always created. When I was younger I would make clothes for our Barbie dolls out of socks and glitter paint. In high school I loved oil pastels, in college it was photography and graphic design. I

Making your product the best it can be starts with self-awareness. If you strive for perfection in your craft, why shouldn’t you do the same with the face of your business?

You don’t need a professional photography studio to get decent product pics. You just need a little ingenuity! North-facing windows have the best light for taking pictures and morning light is ideal.

DIY Fluffies soft toy patterns by Mariska Vos-Bolman In 2007 I made my first soft toys. I worked in the video game industry and I really needed a change. So I quit my job and started making soft toys for a living. Which I do part time now, together with being a mom of two [...]

When you’ve picked out your 5 most important core values, you’ll be able to pause before any decision and ask yourself if your choice is in line with what’s most important to you in life or not.

Selling at consignment shops can be pretty scary for first timers. I’d like to help you decide if consigning is for you, and how you can avoid mistakes and make the most of your experience.

Indian Inspired, Vintage and New Handcrafted Jewelry

Unfortunately it’s inevitable that at some point in an Etsian’s life that things just don’t seem to be going very far, whether its slow sales or you’ve only been open a few months and people are still not finding you very often.

Today’s links all come from the Arts Business Institute. The ABI offers seminars that are designed to instill successful business practices in artists.

I’m not sure how many of you keep up with Etsy changes, there are many I admit. I might be one of the few who actually think *most* of them are moving towards bettering the etsy shopping experience.

If you feel like you are getting traffic to your shop but not many sales that’s a conversion problem.