[Jewelry making - Article 00816] - Re: [Orchid] Experience with Etsy?

[Burlison, Tracy]

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Hi Janet,

    Etsy is a great site for artists. Very slick and reasonable to list.
    In my experience, there's very little traffic other than other
    artists buying from you. In the 4-6 months I was listed there, I had
    no sales. It does help to build up your profile if you make a couple
    of purchases first. 

    I found I get more traffic and sales off my Ebay storefront, so I
    decided to focus my efforts there. It's cheap enough, that it won't
    hurt your bottom line to list a few items. It's a good advertising
    point, but with your own web site, probably not needed. If you have
    the time & can promote the heck out of it, it might be better for
    you. 

    Hey, on a side note... I've started a page on squidoo dedicated to
    artists (mainly for Ebayers) but also have links on there to
    e-commerce sites. Please feel free to add yours to ours! It's free
    to join and we get a pretty decent amount of traffic. We were
    supposedly featured in a publication that squidoo handed out during
    Ebay live this year, so we're hoping for good things. Anyway, have a
    look if you have the time & good luck with your sales! 

    http://www.squidoo.com/lensworthy 

All my best,
Tracy Burlison
Tracy's Treasures
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