Do You Use Etsy To Sell Handmade or Unique Products?
September 3rd, 2009 | by Conrad Walton |I’m doing some research into what the best way to sell handmade and unique products online. I’m hoping that everyone wants me to build them a web site, but I’m afraid that Etsy and other similar sites have advantages that a single site doesn’t have.
Do You Use Etsy To Sell Handmade or Unique Products Online?
If you would be interested in answering some questions, here’s what I’d like to know. Feel free to skip any that you don’t want to answer. If you want to copy and paste these into an email and send them to me that way, please do so. You can also use the Contact page.
Depending on the responses I get, I may group the results and report only the composite information, or I may want to publish individual responses if they are interesting and valuable.
I may have follow up questions, based on your responses. I promise to not do anything with your name and email that you don’t give me permission to so. It’s just so that I can follow up with you.
Please tell me if you give me permission to publish your responses in my blog, either with or without your name. I can link to your Etsy store if you want me to. Entirely up to you.
Thank you very much for your time and patience.
1. How long have you been selling things on Etsy?
2. Have you tried selling any place other than Etsy, online or in person?
3. What venue works the best for you and why?
4. What tips do you have for people who want to sell on Etsy? What is the best way to sell there?
5. How technical would you rate yourself, on a scale of afraid of computers to building your own web site?
6. What do you like the most about Etsy?
7. What do you like least about Etsy? (You knew that was coming.)
8. Any advice about things to watch out for when selling on line?
9. Have you ever tried using your own web site? Did it work? Why? Why not?
10. Any advice for a person just setting out to sell their own handmade products?
11. Any other stories, advice, or comments that you’d like to make?
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I do not use Etsy BUT I have bought handmade items from there (most notably a blue flame leash and collar set for my mooses).
I’ll bet there has to be a Ning Etsy group somewhere….
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