Generating traffic on Etsy - Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics2024-03-29T10:15:13Zhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topics/generating-traffic-on-etsy?groupUrl=etsypotters&commentId=2103784%3AComment%3A71359&groupId=2103784%3AGroup%3A4026&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYep, that makes sense. Gettin…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2016-06-10:2103784:Comment:1338852016-06-10T17:38:19.338ZPathttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/PatRooker
<p>Yep, that makes sense. Getting traffic is a huge issue for online sales - Amazon knows how to generate traffic and, as you pointed out, people are comfortable buying from them. I hope you continue to have good success there.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Dani Montoya said:…</cite></p>
<p>Yep, that makes sense. Getting traffic is a huge issue for online sales - Amazon knows how to generate traffic and, as you pointed out, people are comfortable buying from them. I hope you continue to have good success there.<br/> <br/> <cite>Dani Montoya said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topics/generating-traffic-on-etsy?groupUrl=etsypotters&commentId=2103784%3AComment%3A133776&xg_source=activity&groupId=2103784%3AGroup%3A4026#2103784Comment133776"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">I wasn't so concerned about what others products are like but more along the fact the Amazon has a lot of buyers. Amazon has been good, a lot better by far than etsy. People are comfortable with Amazon and they shop there for everything, why not handmade!</div>
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</blockquote> I wasn't so concerned about w…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2016-06-10:2103784:Comment:1337762016-06-10T01:18:17.906ZDani Montoyahttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/DaniMontoya
I wasn't so concerned about what others products are like but more along the fact the Amazon has a lot of buyers. Amazon has been good, a lot better by far than etsy. People are comfortable with Amazon and they shop there for everything, why not handmade!
I wasn't so concerned about what others products are like but more along the fact the Amazon has a lot of buyers. Amazon has been good, a lot better by far than etsy. People are comfortable with Amazon and they shop there for everything, why not handmade! I looked through the listings…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2016-06-09:2103784:Comment:1338742016-06-09T13:04:16.377ZPathttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/PatRooker
<p>I looked through the listings on Handmade when they first launched. My hope was that it would be high quality goods but I didn't think that was the case after paging through their offerings. I hope you find great success there.</p>
<p>Have you seen Uncommon Goods? <a href="http://www.uncommongoods.com/designs" target="_blank">http://www.uncommongoods.com/designs</a> ? I am thinking I will give them a shot if I get some inventory.</p>
<p>I looked through the listings on Handmade when they first launched. My hope was that it would be high quality goods but I didn't think that was the case after paging through their offerings. I hope you find great success there.</p>
<p>Have you seen Uncommon Goods? <a href="http://www.uncommongoods.com/designs" target="_blank">http://www.uncommongoods.com/designs</a> ? I am thinking I will give them a shot if I get some inventory.</p> I am all but giving up on Ets…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2016-06-09:2103784:Comment:1339682016-06-09T12:54:49.185ZDani Montoyahttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/DaniMontoya
I am all but giving up on Etsy. They seem to be incredibly saturated now and unless you devote hours everyday it is difficult to sell. I have redone all my listings and changed titles etc to conform to their new search algorithm to no avail,<br />
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I also joined Handmade on Amazon and saw a much better return. Because there is a larger cost involved as well as being juried I think there will be less competition and higher quality goods available. It's still in its infancy but I am happy to grow with…
I am all but giving up on Etsy. They seem to be incredibly saturated now and unless you devote hours everyday it is difficult to sell. I have redone all my listings and changed titles etc to conform to their new search algorithm to no avail,<br />
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I also joined Handmade on Amazon and saw a much better return. Because there is a larger cost involved as well as being juried I think there will be less competition and higher quality goods available. It's still in its infancy but I am happy to grow with it.<br />
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Anyone else on Amazon Handmade With the recent changes in Et…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2015-01-11:2103784:Comment:1176342015-01-11T01:46:50.750ZDawn Atkinhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/DawnAtkin
<p>With the recent changes in Etsy, I am hoping to bring this post back for more discussion. I love Etsy, but Etsy doesn't sell things for me. I have to do all the work. This is the same work a gallery would do for me, but a gallery would take 40% of the sale. I can do a lot of online promo for 40% more money (okay 31% after Etsy and VISA take their share), especially since I can do it in my jammies while binge watching Netfix.</p>
<p>I post my work on my personal FB page with a link to my…</p>
<p>With the recent changes in Etsy, I am hoping to bring this post back for more discussion. I love Etsy, but Etsy doesn't sell things for me. I have to do all the work. This is the same work a gallery would do for me, but a gallery would take 40% of the sale. I can do a lot of online promo for 40% more money (okay 31% after Etsy and VISA take their share), especially since I can do it in my jammies while binge watching Netfix.</p>
<p>I post my work on my personal FB page with a link to my shop. I also post them to Pinterest, Craftori and Wanelo. I don't tweet. I should. Oh, and I use my store link in my signature whenever possible. : )</p>
<p>Dawn</p>
<p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lithology" target="_blank">http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lithology</a></p> I have enjoyed selling on Ets…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2013-12-04:2103784:Comment:918032013-12-04T22:40:46.502ZTroy Bungarthttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/TroyBungart
<p>I have enjoyed selling on Etsy. I have a full time job so it suites me well, I list items when I have time. Sales follow listing, the less I list the less I sell. I don't count on Etsy to do my selling for me. I use pinterest, blogs, flickr, Facebook and instagram to create traffic. Etsy is a convenient place to set up shop. If I had my own website I would still have the same need to drive traffic to it, so there is some ground work to do but once it is done online it continues to work for…</p>
<p>I have enjoyed selling on Etsy. I have a full time job so it suites me well, I list items when I have time. Sales follow listing, the less I list the less I sell. I don't count on Etsy to do my selling for me. I use pinterest, blogs, flickr, Facebook and instagram to create traffic. Etsy is a convenient place to set up shop. If I had my own website I would still have the same need to drive traffic to it, so there is some ground work to do but once it is done online it continues to work for you 24/7.</p> Wow, someone else does button…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2013-11-03:2103784:Comment:910752013-11-03T17:18:09.354ZRhonda Vegsohttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/RhondaVegso
<p>Wow, someone else does buttons! I thought that was an original idea lol. Nice work!</p>
<p>Wow, someone else does buttons! I thought that was an original idea lol. Nice work!</p> Thank you for the quick respo…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2013-11-03:2103784:Comment:908862013-11-03T17:12:21.650ZRhonda Vegsohttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/RhondaVegso
<p>Thank you for the quick response Victoria. This is good information. I guess the best thing for me to do to be sure if the rates will be similar in Canada would be to pack a piece up and pick a distant location and take it to shipping providers to get estimates. I would hate to lose all my profit to shipping costs lol. </p>
<p>Thank you for the quick response Victoria. This is good information. I guess the best thing for me to do to be sure if the rates will be similar in Canada would be to pack a piece up and pick a distant location and take it to shipping providers to get estimates. I would hate to lose all my profit to shipping costs lol. </p> Shipping for an $80, very wel…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2013-11-03:2103784:Comment:908102013-11-03T17:04:35.032ZVictoria Cochranhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/Victoria
<p>Shipping for an $80, very well-made teapot is $15. That's about 3 gallons of gas, plus time --not spent, because buyers shopped online. The ability to have it shipped to gift recipients is value-added. <br></br><br></br>I think a lot of buyers view it this way and are happy to pay shipping. From my own personal experience, I'm happy to pay shipping from a company in California that I can drive to -- because it comes out lower than the combination of gas plus bridge tolls were I to drive over,…</p>
<p>Shipping for an $80, very well-made teapot is $15. That's about 3 gallons of gas, plus time --not spent, because buyers shopped online. The ability to have it shipped to gift recipients is value-added. <br/><br/>I think a lot of buyers view it this way and are happy to pay shipping. From my own personal experience, I'm happy to pay shipping from a company in California that I can drive to -- because it comes out lower than the combination of gas plus bridge tolls were I to drive over, myself. It also saves me close to two hours of driving time--better spent on other things. (I also purchase online from a company here in town for similar reasons.)</p> I don"t have anything on Etsy…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2013-11-03:2103784:Comment:909682013-11-03T16:46:02.941ZRhonda Vegsohttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/RhondaVegso
<p>I don"t have anything on Etsy, though I love to browse through the pottery on there, But I have often wondered how anyone makes any money selling pottery if they are shipping it to buyers? Aren't shipping costs prohibitive because of the weight, size, packing requirements for pottery?</p>
<p>I don"t have anything on Etsy, though I love to browse through the pottery on there, But I have often wondered how anyone makes any money selling pottery if they are shipping it to buyers? Aren't shipping costs prohibitive because of the weight, size, packing requirements for pottery?</p>