Joys of Handmade: Helping you share joys of your handmade business

Etsy Shop Tips: Be a story teller

August 13, 2012

You’ve worked hard perfecting your skill to make beautiful items. Describing them and tagging them properly so they can be found on Etsy should be a cinch, right? For the most part, that’s true. Your unique and creative item is far better than others and it will sell because of the great craftsmanship. But how do you make it stand out from the rest? Why would your crocheted coaster or [...]

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Etsy Shop Tips: How to tag your items on Etsy

August 6, 2012

Now that I showed you ‘why‘ using proper tags and titles is important, let’s see ‘how’ you should tag your items….what words to use to describe your items. Answer these questions to come up with words that you can use to describe your items as tags. Again, try to imagine yourself as a ‘buyer’ and not as a ‘seller’ to come up with terms that one might use to search [...]

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How to get your item found on search

August 2, 2012

you want to make money, right? so you open your shop on Etsy, list your items, and envision them selling out within minutes after hitting “publish”. then, minutes turn into hours. hours turn into days. weeks go by and you haven’t sold a thing. so besides checking your inbox for that sweet “you sold an item on Etsy!” email a million times a day, you go to Etsy and search [...]

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Lessons from the Olympics for your Handmade Business

July 30, 2012

have you been watching the Olympics? i have. i spent the good part of my weekend watching athletes from all over the world, trying to make their dreams come true. win a gold medal. did you see the Queen and James Bond jump out of the helicopter during the opening ceremony? classic British humor, don’t you think?. Mr Bean’s Chariots of Fire segment was hilarious and the fireworks was awesome [...]

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