Should We Start Our Own Ceramic Art and Craft Online Market Place - Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics2024-03-28T17:04:37Zhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topics/should-we-start-our-own-ceramic-art-and-craft-online-market-place?commentId=2103784%3AComment%3A60350&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere seem to be some questio…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-04-17:2103784:Comment:1034202014-04-17T00:31:49.117ZLawrence Weathershttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/LawrenceRWeathersPhD
<p>There seem to be some questions we need to answer as a first step.</p>
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<p>how many people are using etsy.com or similar?</p>
<p>how happy are they with it?</p>
<p>how many people are trying to sell directly from their own website</p>
<p>how happy are they with it?</p>
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<p>Here are a couple of more questions added by George Lewter 4/17/2014</p>
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<li>How many members are marketing…</li>
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<p>There seem to be some questions we need to answer as a first step.</p>
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<p>how many people are using etsy.com or similar?</p>
<p>how happy are they with it?</p>
<p>how many people are trying to sell directly from their own website</p>
<p>how happy are they with it?</p>
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<p>Here are a couple of more questions added by George Lewter 4/17/2014</p>
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<li>How many members are marketing through galleries or shops? Are you satisfied with that kind of venue? Is the commission you pay them worth having them do all the marketing and sales? Can you take away enough revenue to make the production of your wares generate income?</li>
<li>How many members are marketing by purchasing space at arts and crafts festivals? Are you happy with that kind of venue? Are the costs of space, booth display, transport, lodging, meals, and insurance plus all the labor and time sitting in a booth worth the effort?</li>
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<p>how many of the above are unhappy enough to be willing to support another alternative?</p> Having tried Etsy with very p…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-04-04:2103784:Comment:1021172014-04-04T01:15:16.632ZNadine Mercaderhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/NadineMercader
Having tried Etsy with very poor results I would love to be in on the ground floor, I look forward to hearing more.
Having tried Etsy with very poor results I would love to be in on the ground floor, I look forward to hearing more. In terms of setting up our ow…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-04-03:2103784:Comment:1020412014-04-03T17:13:35.499ZLawrence Weathershttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/LawrenceRWeathersPhD
<p>In terms of setting up our own "etsy.com</p>
<p>I may be able to contribute a high-end shopping cart shopping mall software package. I could probably even do the basic set up. This would basically provide the web marketplace software. One can get quite good hosting for about six dollars per month.</p>
<p>There are two major obstacles from my point of view.</p>
<p>1) marketing and promotion of websites can be a major enterprise. I know I've done it. The first and most obvious step is doing…</p>
<p>In terms of setting up our own "etsy.com</p>
<p>I may be able to contribute a high-end shopping cart shopping mall software package. I could probably even do the basic set up. This would basically provide the web marketplace software. One can get quite good hosting for about six dollars per month.</p>
<p>There are two major obstacles from my point of view.</p>
<p>1) marketing and promotion of websites can be a major enterprise. I know I've done it. The first and most obvious step is doing search engine optimization so it gets high enough on Google so there is some traffic. I have done a lot of this up until about two years ago when the Google dance changed. I am now out of date on the technology and would not have time to take charge of this. We probably have to hire someone who specializes in such things.</p>
<p>2) even though it would be far cheaper and more effective than everyone doing their own little website to display and sell their pots, getting enough C6P participants to put their work on the site and to contribute to its development and support.</p>
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<p></p> I would be very interested in…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-04-21:2103784:Comment:609182012-04-21T19:53:29.702ZEEhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/EE
<p>I would be very interested in seeing a strictly pottery selling site and think it could work with the proper SEO and promotion. I do like etsy and do well there, and many of my customers found me directly from a google search of something they were looking for, but there would be a definite advantage to not having to compete on a site that contained unrelated items</p>
<p>I would be very interested in seeing a strictly pottery selling site and think it could work with the proper SEO and promotion. I do like etsy and do well there, and many of my customers found me directly from a google search of something they were looking for, but there would be a definite advantage to not having to compete on a site that contained unrelated items</p> I have liked purchasing potte…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-04-15:2103784:Comment:604912012-04-15T02:33:42.637ZDarthe Hueshttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/DartheHues
<p class="p1">I have liked purchasing pottery from Etsy sites. The potters were ones I was familiar with. I think that it is up to the potter to create a presence elsewhere and then send customers to Etsy to buy when they are not in the area. I'm not sure most people who buy pottery would just find a random potter on any site and then buy. So going with a leader is better than going with a fledgling site that has higher costs. </p>
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<p class="p1">I notice that Amazon also has…</p>
<p class="p1">I have liked purchasing pottery from Etsy sites. The potters were ones I was familiar with. I think that it is up to the potter to create a presence elsewhere and then send customers to Etsy to buy when they are not in the area. I'm not sure most people who buy pottery would just find a random potter on any site and then buy. So going with a leader is better than going with a fledgling site that has higher costs. </p>
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<p class="p1">I notice that Amazon also has a way to sell hand made items.</p> I have had the same feelings…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-04-10:2103784:Comment:603502012-04-10T10:43:40.790ZDonna Ferrarahttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/DonnaFerrara
<p>I have had the same feelings about etsy....I would be interested in hearing more about it too</p>
<p>I have had the same feelings about etsy....I would be interested in hearing more about it too</p> I agree with your ideas about…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-04-09:2103784:Comment:600692012-04-09T23:52:55.871ZGinny Watershttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/GinnyWaters
<p>I agree with your ideas about a gallery-like experience that is understated and streamlined. It could be quite interesting. I've tried etsy - so much stuff, and such a wide range of merchandise. I'm not so much interested in internet sales (shipping ceramics is a high-risk operation) as in getting the word out for local sales and studio visits: a more informative than directly and unabashedly commercial site. I do have a website, but as you say, it's hard to show up on web searches.</p>
<p>I agree with your ideas about a gallery-like experience that is understated and streamlined. It could be quite interesting. I've tried etsy - so much stuff, and such a wide range of merchandise. I'm not so much interested in internet sales (shipping ceramics is a high-risk operation) as in getting the word out for local sales and studio visits: a more informative than directly and unabashedly commercial site. I do have a website, but as you say, it's hard to show up on web searches.</p> I have been working my way to…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-04-08:2103784:Comment:597222012-04-08T02:50:57.034ZJim Mayhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/JimMay
<p>I have been working my way toward marketing my work, but with little knowledge of how to do it.</p>
<p>I am interested in where your inquiry leads.</p>
<p>I have been working my way toward marketing my work, but with little knowledge of how to do it.</p>
<p>I am interested in where your inquiry leads.</p> Sounds very interesting Georg…tag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-04-07:2103784:Comment:597122012-04-07T20:49:02.475ZKathy Ransomhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/KathyRansom655
<p>Sounds very interesting George. I've been considering Etsy but it is so cluttered and I really don't want to go that direction. Artsy dog looks pretty good.</p>
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<p>Sounds very interesting George. I've been considering Etsy but it is so cluttered and I really don't want to go that direction. Artsy dog looks pretty good.</p>
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