amillion3147 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Well I finally set up an etsy shop and I have my own domain. I figured more promotion can't hurt. What I didn't realize is that etsy is a lot of work. The only way it seems you get noticed over there is if you list something at least everyday. The shipping is what is throwing me off. How the heck do I know how much shipping is gonna cost when I have no idea where the buyer is from? At least on my site I have real time shipping. I don't know it just seems like its mostly sellers over there who buy items. I mean does the general public even have a clue about etsy? Then there is the woe is me threads that someone starts when noone is buying their items. I guess I will sit around and watch the show and see how it unfolds for me. What I can say is that the soap porn over there is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Yea Esty is a lot of work and I am not sure it is worth it. A lot of who buys on esty are the sellers. I have had a few customers that do not have stores but very few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcitysue Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Hi,The best way to figure shipping is to figure out the further zone from where you live (I always figure CA) and set that as shipping. I include a note in the listing that shipping may be less than what is quoted based on the buyer's zip, and I always refund the excess shipping when I print off shipping labels. Most of my buyers are actually not sellers. It took some time for that to be the case, though. Etsy has gotten a lot of press over the past year from places like the NY Times and other major newspapers so the site itself gets quite a lot of hits. The thing about etsy is that they won't necessarily bring you that much traffic -- you still have to do your own marketing. Good Luck!!~Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amillion3147 Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Hi,The best way to figure shipping is to figure out the further zone from where you live (I always figure CA) and set that as shipping. I include a note in the listing that shipping may be less than what is quoted based on the buyer's zip, and I always refund the excess shipping when I print off shipping labels. Most of my buyers are actually not sellers. It took some time for that to be the case, though. Etsy has gotten a lot of press over the past year from places like the NY Times and other major newspapers so the site itself gets quite a lot of hits. The thing about etsy is that they won't necessarily bring you that much traffic -- you still have to do your own marketing. Good Luck!!~SueI so agree with the bolded. Offline I am more apt to give folks my own domain rather than giving them my etsy site. I just wondered what all the hype was over there so I joined. I think that is probably why there are alot of posts there with folks wondering why their items are not selling. You still have to do your own advertising and a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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