Getting serious about selling your work. - Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics2024-03-28T08:53:30Zhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topics/getting-serious-about-selling-your-work?commentId=2103784%3AComment%3A66549&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLast summer I made $10,000 wo…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-07-09:2103784:Comment:1086542014-07-09T22:39:11.867ZLeo Villaromanhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/LeoVillaroman
<p>Last summer I made $10,000 worth orders from Galleries and Museum stores,with the Wholesalecrafts.com.</p>
<p>Last summer I made $10,000 worth orders from Galleries and Museum stores,with the Wholesalecrafts.com.</p> You get out of Etsy (or your…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-07-09:2103784:Comment:1085602014-07-09T20:09:42.402ZJacqueline Allardhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/JacquelineAllard
<p>You get out of Etsy (or your own site) what you put in. Still way more profitable than any gallery. Agree with Judy, starting now will help you in search. I would get going way before the holidays. What helps me is using stock photos for many of my listings. Doesn't really stop anyone from buying and a HUGE time saver. Good luck everyone.</p>
<p>You get out of Etsy (or your own site) what you put in. Still way more profitable than any gallery. Agree with Judy, starting now will help you in search. I would get going way before the holidays. What helps me is using stock photos for many of my listings. Doesn't really stop anyone from buying and a HUGE time saver. Good luck everyone.</p> I see my last post was two ye…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-07-09:2103784:Comment:1084862014-07-09T18:55:33.011ZJudyhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/Judy
<p>I see my last post was two years ago to the month and I'm still on Etsy. It's gotten better for me because more people have turned into collectors and return customers. A lot of my sales come from internet searches so the search brings them right into my shop and they skip the oven fired Pebeo pen mugs and right to my listings. I've realized that to make sales you have to "make" sales". One sale leads to another. Also good tagging, titling and descriptions are essential to get your…</p>
<p>I see my last post was two years ago to the month and I'm still on Etsy. It's gotten better for me because more people have turned into collectors and return customers. A lot of my sales come from internet searches so the search brings them right into my shop and they skip the oven fired Pebeo pen mugs and right to my listings. I've realized that to make sales you have to "make" sales". One sale leads to another. Also good tagging, titling and descriptions are essential to get your listings picked up by the searches. Listing something everyday or so also is key. When I run a firing, what's not already earmarked for a pending order, gets photographed and then photo edited so it's ready to go for a listing. I spend a lot less time than I used to on Etsy, and that's been a positive thing for me so that I can spend more time working. Time management is a big problem. As more of the brick and mortar galleries close, I think the internet in one form or another will start to be a major alternative for many of us. Starting now, if you haven't already, will pay off because your rankings for the search engines will be higher as you rack up the hits.</p>
<p>Judy Freeman</p> I had the same experience wit…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-07-09:2103784:Comment:1084172014-07-09T18:04:33.431ZNadine Mercaderhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/NadineMercader
<p>I had the same experience with Etsy when I tried to sell my handbags (Bagnificent), the amount of time it took to promote the site was AWFUL and for a few sales, it was not worth the effort. I agree that they need to remove the crap in order to make it a worthwhile place to sell.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Leo Villaroman said:…</cite></p>
<p>I had the same experience with Etsy when I tried to sell my handbags (Bagnificent), the amount of time it took to promote the site was AWFUL and for a few sales, it was not worth the effort. I agree that they need to remove the crap in order to make it a worthwhile place to sell.<br/> <br/> <cite>Leo Villaroman said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topics/getting-serious-about-selling-your-work?commentId=2103784%3AComment%3A108397&xg_source=activity#2103784Comment108397"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I had a very nonproductive experience with Etsy,unless you have the time to upgrade the content of your page every week buyers do not have the time to scroll for your page. It is a huge market.including old junk from the attic.</p>
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</blockquote> I had a very nonproductive ex…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-07-08:2103784:Comment:1083972014-07-08T16:24:38.726ZLeo Villaromanhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/LeoVillaroman
<p>I had a very nonproductive experience with Etsy,unless you have the time to upgrade the content of your page every week buyers do not have the time to scroll for your page. It is a huge market.including old junk from the attic.</p>
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<p>I had a very nonproductive experience with Etsy,unless you have the time to upgrade the content of your page every week buyers do not have the time to scroll for your page. It is a huge market.including old junk from the attic.</p>
<p></p> I really like this one, it's…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-04-22:2103784:Comment:1047572014-04-22T12:43:00.801ZKathy Ransomhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/KathyRansom655
<p>I really like this one, it's a jpg and tried to get it into this comment as George did above but could only have it come up as a link in the attachments below. ( Image added inline by George)…</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/pM3ABSV3WVWxYewjNMQSeen8JEf-H4rhdrX3qZmZqSZXZuI8D4izwQs495LVeJWSpOHCzWIw24*uNP00IRAFVz3RVfrthKu3/ARTISTS.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com/files/pM3ABSV3WVWxYewjNMQSeen8JEf-H4rhdrX3qZmZqSZXZuI8D4izwQs495LVeJWSpOHCzWIw24*uNP00IRAFVz3RVfrthKu3/ARTISTS.jpg"></img></a></p>
<p>I really like this one, it's a jpg and tried to get it into this comment as George did above but could only have it come up as a link in the attachments below. ( Image added inline by George)</p>
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<p></p> As Lawrence Weathers observes…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-04-19:2103784:Comment:1046662014-04-19T14:28:22.841ZGeorge Lewterhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/GeorgeLewter
<p>As Lawrence Weathers observes -- getting paid is not so easy for artists.</p>
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<p>As Lawrence Weathers observes -- getting paid is not so easy for artists.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127169564?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127169564?profile=original" class="align-full"/></a></p> Dave's topic generated our mo…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-04-19:2103784:Comment:1044802014-04-19T07:40:21.418ZGeorge Lewterhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/GeorgeLewter
<p>Dave's topic generated our most spirited conversation ever on the cone6pots network. Twenty months later, I think the heat has died down around this topic enough that we might be able to continue it in a way that is actually to the benefit of our members. Selling and making money from ceramic art and craft is vitally important to those of us who want to do more than dabble. The question now, is can we get serious about helping each other find viable ways to generate income from the work we…</p>
<p>Dave's topic generated our most spirited conversation ever on the cone6pots network. Twenty months later, I think the heat has died down around this topic enough that we might be able to continue it in a way that is actually to the benefit of our members. Selling and making money from ceramic art and craft is vitally important to those of us who want to do more than dabble. The question now, is can we get serious about helping each other find viable ways to generate income from the work we love. Dave spent some serious coin establishing a downtown ceramics studio. It would be great to hear back from him on how that enterprise is working out for his bottom line, and is it still a labor of love?</p> This discussion has become to…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-07-14:2103784:Comment:670492012-07-14T16:41:46.279ZGeorge Lewterhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/GeorgeLewter
<p>This discussion has become too charged with big egos and bruised ones. I am closing it to additional replies, at least temporarily. Please let me know when and if you think it should be reopened. Consider this a cooling-off period.</p>
<p>I hate doing this kind of thing, but the ongoing snarky postings are intolerable on a network that is all about members supporting and mentoring each other.</p>
<p>George Lewter,</p>
<p>imperfect network creator.</p>
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<p>This discussion has become too charged with big egos and bruised ones. I am closing it to additional replies, at least temporarily. Please let me know when and if you think it should be reopened. Consider this a cooling-off period.</p>
<p>I hate doing this kind of thing, but the ongoing snarky postings are intolerable on a network that is all about members supporting and mentoring each other.</p>
<p>George Lewter,</p>
<p>imperfect network creator.</p>
<p></p> There are some great books on…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-07-13:2103784:Comment:667912012-07-13T16:47:01.845ZJacqueline Allardhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/JacquelineAllard
<p>There are some great books on "law of attraction" by Abraham-Hicks. Good stuff.</p>
<p>There are some great books on "law of attraction" by Abraham-Hicks. Good stuff.</p>