As a new seller on Etsy, I have been scouring the forums and reading article after article on how to be successful on Etsy. Truthfully, I am hoping this blog will assist in those efforts.
Jewelry is a heavily saturated market on Etsy. So, if you are going to be successful you need to stand out. And you need to be seen. These seem like no-brainer kinds of suggestions, but how do you do that when your newly listed necklace is one of 15,000 listed? (That was just this morning.) I am not pretending to have the answer to that just yet, but I am hoping to find it. Here are the things I am going to do to stand out and be seen.
1- Visit and comment on forums. Then return and comment again in the same thread. Then do it again.
2- Maintain this blog and promote it through my existing blog network.
3- Keep reading articles on how to be successful and implement those ideas!
4- Learn how to use my fancy SLR camera so my pictures will be stunning.
5- Continue to create and list new pieces.
6- Keep doing all those things again and again and again.
I know there are countless way to promote an Etsy store both on and off. Right now I am going to focus on these ones, see how they work, and expand slowly. I tend to get really excited about one thing and jump for it before finishing what's in front of me. So this strategy might take some restraint. However, the alternative is overwhelmed, inefficient, and most likely not effective.
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What a thoughtful and helpful blog...I love it! And your work is superb!!
I hope that you are very successful! One other thing that I try to do is keep some items in my shop other than jewelry. I'm not sure how it's going to work out just yet, but I'm hoping that by putting some different things in there people will see my jewelry when they visit my shop and it won't just get lost in all of the listings.
I'm just going to add one suggestion - a button! I know you've been working on this, but having a button and getting your blogger friends to post it on their blogs is a great way to get the word out. Have fun!
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