Do you sell on Etsy?
I don’t care if you’ve got your own site, you should still be listed on Etsy.
They’ve got an ever growing source of traffic consisting of people who buy indie. And most importantly, the feedback feature makes buyers feel more comfortable about purchasing from a vendor they’ve never heard of. Validity is often very hard to get on your own site.
Besides that, if you’re an Etsy seller you can get listed in the Etsy Showcase.
The Showcase page is updated every 24 hours. It has one product photo from 36 Etsy sellers.
When someone clicks on your product photo, they’re taken to your Etsy store.
The cost for this service is $7 a day. Just two days worth of small latte’s at Starbucks.
It’s instant publicity for you. You’re paraded in front of indie product buyers for your 24 hours of fame.
Is it going to make you rich? You never know.
If there’s one thing that has made me very successful at marketing, it’s that I try everything at least three times.
The first time is just a test to see how it goes. The second time I’m fine-tuning. The third time, I’m in it to win it.
Are you in it to win it?
June 28th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Hi Alexis,
Really like your site and appreciate your helpful advice. I am a brand new fused glass artist, making jewelry out of my pendants. Just got my first kiln about a month ago and am still figuring out things like the website which you will see is quite amateur. Thanks.
All the best,
Jennifer