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Jan 29th, 2014 |
Etsy Spotlight, Undiscovered Treasures
Maria Lasarga’s contemporary jewelry has found a perfect home on Etsy in her designer shop. She revels in experimentation and uses uncommon materials for her jewelry, including pieces of broken china. Maria has enjoyed professional and commercial success, but she’s just recently opened an Etsy shop. Tell us about your studies and how...
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Jan 26th, 2014 |
Editorial
Lots of Etsy sellers are starting blogs to promote their craft, connect with other artists and bare their soul to the world. Writing is hard work, so it’s easy to get distracted with all the bells and whistles you can sprinkle on your new blog. It’s also hard to know what blog features are going ...
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Jan 7th, 2014 |
Etsy Spotlight, Viva Vintage
Dawn Winslow of Love That Lingers spent years touring with Phish and the Grateful Dead, and living on the big island of Hawaii. She’s brought all the fun and energy into her vintage shop to share with everyone. Dawn is a full-time Etsy seller that started with handmade clothing, then burst out of the gate with ...
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Dec 18th, 2013 |
Editorial
Something’s amiss for businesses on Facebook. I have 300 Facebook fans on my business page – on average, only 40 people see my posts. If you’ve experienced the same, you’re not alone. Facebook has been narrowing the reach of your posts for years. The fans you worked so hard to gain, that liked your page ...
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Nov 13th, 2013 |
Etsy Spotlight, Viva Vintage
Timea of Mighty Vintage keeps her eyes peeled for fantastic vintage finds; she has a knack for selecting the finest German pottery, gorgeous accessories and home decor pieces. She shared what it’s like to be an international vintage seller and writer for the German Etsy Blog. This year, you quit your day job and started ...
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Oct 29th, 2013 |
Editorial
Etsy’s reputation as the darling of handmade is starting to crumble. It’s a strange place to be for Etsy; throughout its history, sellers and customers alike have been near-giddy about the company and the site. Etsy filled an important void in the online market – to celebrate handmade and enable personal interactions with sellers. Etsy ...
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Oct 16th, 2013 |
Etsy Spotlight, Shop Local Colorado
Chris Alexander of Metalogical practices the lost art of blacksmithing. With the exception of a few power tools, his workshop is much like it would’ve been a few hundreds years ago when a blacksmith was a staple in every town. Chris wasn’t raised around a forge; he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in History before developing ...
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Oct 10th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
Making treasuries on Etsy is a great way to network and show appreciation for other sellers. This summer, Etsy released a new feature that’s eased the pain of treasury-making. I went from searching through pages of items and spending an hour or more on a single treasury to making them in mere minutes. The critical ...
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Sep 30th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
The culture of steampunk has captured mainstream attention. Based on ninteenth-century fashion and technology, steampunk has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past few years and leaked into popular culture, high fashion and entertainment. Earlier this year, IBM predicted that steampunk will be the big new trend in 2013-2015. This comes as no...
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Sep 25th, 2013 |
Etsy Spotlight, Viva Vintage
Andrea Bonner of Red Hill Home curates a growing collection of vintage items gathered from auctions, estate sales and barns near her home in New Hampshire. She inherited a love of antiquing and treasure-hunting from her mother; now that her two kids are grown and her career in social work was put on hold, Andrea has ...
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Sep 14th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips, Tools
Leaders of Etsy teams that have treasury requirements know too well the pain of auditing the team each month. Making sure everyone’s made enough treasuries is tiresome manual process, even with treasury threads or member-updated spreadsheets. I’ve seen plenty of team leaders throw up their hands and stop trying to enforce the...
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Sep 10th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
With over a year of blogging under her belt and hundreds of Pinterest followers, Mary of Craft Colorfully has weathered the ups and downs of blogging. She shares four quick tips to help Etsy sellers dip their toe in the authoring waters. Etsy sellers know firsthand that getting a shop up and running takes patience ...
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Sep 5th, 2013 |
Editorial
Last week, Etsy announced a big change to their feedback system. Renamed to Etsy Reviews, the new feedback uses a five-star rating system and does away with buyer feedback entirely. It has a host of features designed to build a stronger platform for feedback and dispute resolution. Let’s dig in for a closer look at ...
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Aug 28th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
Social media has exploded; ten years ago, MySpace was the only game in town. Now there’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Google+, Flickr, Instagram, Blogger, Reddit, App.net – and so many others that I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Social media is a great way to connect with your fans and promote your Etsy shop, but ...
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Aug 19th, 2013 |
Etsy Spotlight, Etsy Tycoons
Diane and Christopher Serviss of Pixiebell create handmade knit hats, patterns and crocheted accessories. The diversity of Pixiebell’s styles is staggering – berets and beehives, slouchy and cloche hats, aviators, beanies, scarf hats, and their signature line of gnome and pixie hats. Closing in on 15,000 sales with over 1300 items in...
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Aug 13th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
Copyright law is a broad and often misunderstood topic; the Etsy forums are rife with sellers confused about copyright infringement. I don’t blame sellers for being naive – I’ll be the first to admit that researching copyright is rather dry reading. I covered the basics in my Are You Violating Copyright article, but I want to ...
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Aug 1st, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
Last year, Etsy debuted a new feature for shops – the shop About page. The About page was a big stride for Etsy in promoting the best part of the site – that there’s someone crafty and creative behind every shop. It’s your profile on steroids. The About page features large photos, a well-typeset description of ...
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Jul 28th, 2013 |
Etsy Spotlight
Miniature things are more adorable than their full-size counterparts. There’s no denying it. Miniatures also give me an excuse to collect lots of them, since they hardly take up any space; at least that’s what I tell my husband. It was extremely dangerous for me to research cute little things for this spotlight. These are the ...
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Jul 18th, 2013 |
Etsy Spotlight, Undiscovered Treasures
William of William Cain Fine Art was passionate for the arts from a young age; his mother was an Academy Award-winning artist, and his own travels as a model and actor exposed him to many different cultures and styles. He’s opened an Etsy shop with his Village Life paintings, featuring finger-painted oils and Mediterranean themes. How ...
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Jul 15th, 2013 |
Etsy Tips
Etsy’s engineers are always working to make enhancements to the site. Some features, like Direct Checkout, are developed rapidly and pushed to everyone; others are allowed to simmer for a while as Etsy Prototypes. These experimental features are available to sellers willing to join the prototype team and test them out. Some prototypes are...
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