Description:Open your own Shop on Etsy.com, the world’s marketplace for handcrafted items, vintage finds, and crafting supplies. Start your own business selling one-of-a-kind treasures shoppers can’t find in regular stores.For crafters, it’s a revolution. Never before has it been so easy to start a worldwide crafting business with millions of paying customers -- with no up-front investment --all in an afternoon!If you’re a skilled crafter, artist, or antique hunter, you’re 90 percent there. Just follow the step-by-step instructions in this book to register at Etsy, photograph and list your items for sale, and rake in the cash.Learn how thousands of Etsy crafters, young and old, have launched their business on a shoestring, usually part-time at home.Customers discover your items because of good old-fashioned word of mouth—with an Internet twist, courtesy of Facebook, Google, and Etsy itself. You’ll learn the best tools for making it all work, no computer geekery required.You’ll see how to sell more items more quickly, earn more money, and have more fun, spending more of your time doing what you loved in the first place—creating new things, finding new treasures, and meeting lots of new people obsessed with the same stuff as you. Even if you’re shy!-- Read easy-to-follow guides for registering on Etsy.com and selling your handcrafted items, vintage finds, or crafting supplies.-- See how crafters like you have built a full-time business from scratch.-- Learn how to price your items to maximize your sales and fatten your profits.-- See how to photograph your items like a pro and avoid the amateur mistakes.-- Learn how to process your Etsy payments and avoid scams.-- Get legitimate tax deductions for your home studio or office, and travel expenses.-- See examples and insider tips from dozens of Etsy’s top sellers.-- Learn to use keywords to drive visitors to your Etsy shop.-- Learn techniques for getting word of mouth and “free advertising, and why paid advertising is usually a waste of money.-- Take your business to the next level by attracting wholesalers and retailers.-- License your designs to extend your reach and create more cash.-- Automate your administrative chores with Etsy apps.FROM THE TABLE OF CONTENTS:INTRODUCTIONHOW WE GOT HERETHE GENIUS OF ETSYWHAT’S ALLOWED ON ETSYPROHIBITED ON ETSYSELLER PROFILE: INEDIBLE JEWELRYREGISTER AND SHOP AT ETSYYour Etsy avatar.DRAW YOUR PRIVACY BOUNDARIESSET YOUR REACH WITH ‘REGION PREFERENCE’Language preference.GO ON A SHOPPING SPREELet’s buy something.ADDING ITEMS TO YOUR CARTAdd Order Details.Payment method.PAYMENT AND SHIPPING VIA PAYPALCredit cards.Checks, money orders and other payment methods.Bank transfers.Submit your order.ETSY CONVERSATIONS (CONVOS)LEAVING FEEDBACKETSY REGRETS? KISS AND MAKE UPDELETION OF INAPPROPRIATE FEEDBACKCOUPON AND DISCOUNT CODESPercent DiscountFree shippingSHIPPING TO A FOREIGN COUNTRYShipping to multiple locations.REPORTING NONDELIVERY OF AN ORDERREPORT A PROBLEM WITH AN ITEM YOU RECEIVEDFLAGGING INAPPROPRIATE LISTINGSREVISING YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATIONSELLER PROFILE: WOOLY BABYOPEN FOR BUSINESS!IDENTIFY YOURSELF ON ETSYWHAT’S IN A NAME?PRIVACY AND USING YOUR REAL NAMEChanging your Etsy avatarSHOP ANNOUNCEMENTMessage to BuyersBEEF UP YOUR PROFILEADD A BANNER TO YOUR SHOPTWEAK YOUR SHOP TITLESTATE YOUR SHOP POLICIESOTHER POLICY DETAILS TO CONSIDEREXAMPLE OF A GOOD SHOP POLICYPRICING YOUR ITEMSAverage market price.FIGURE YOUR COSTS LIKE A PROTiered pricing.Loss leaders.DON’T BE CHEAP, YOU’RE WORTH ITCHOOSE YOUR ACCEPTED FORMS OF PAYMENTSPOTTING SCAMS ON ETSYOPERATE A COLLECTIVE SHOPSELLER PROFILE: INDULGE YOUR SHELFCREATE AND EDIT YOUR LISTINGSLIST AN ITEM1. Let’s list an item for sale.2. Categorize your item.3. Add images.4. Add item information.....and much, much more...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies. To get started finding Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
240
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Weber Books
Release
2012
ISBN
1936560097
Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies
Description: Open your own Shop on Etsy.com, the world’s marketplace for handcrafted items, vintage finds, and crafting supplies. Start your own business selling one-of-a-kind treasures shoppers can’t find in regular stores.For crafters, it’s a revolution. Never before has it been so easy to start a worldwide crafting business with millions of paying customers -- with no up-front investment --all in an afternoon!If you’re a skilled crafter, artist, or antique hunter, you’re 90 percent there. Just follow the step-by-step instructions in this book to register at Etsy, photograph and list your items for sale, and rake in the cash.Learn how thousands of Etsy crafters, young and old, have launched their business on a shoestring, usually part-time at home.Customers discover your items because of good old-fashioned word of mouth—with an Internet twist, courtesy of Facebook, Google, and Etsy itself. You’ll learn the best tools for making it all work, no computer geekery required.You’ll see how to sell more items more quickly, earn more money, and have more fun, spending more of your time doing what you loved in the first place—creating new things, finding new treasures, and meeting lots of new people obsessed with the same stuff as you. Even if you’re shy!-- Read easy-to-follow guides for registering on Etsy.com and selling your handcrafted items, vintage finds, or crafting supplies.-- See how crafters like you have built a full-time business from scratch.-- Learn how to price your items to maximize your sales and fatten your profits.-- See how to photograph your items like a pro and avoid the amateur mistakes.-- Learn how to process your Etsy payments and avoid scams.-- Get legitimate tax deductions for your home studio or office, and travel expenses.-- See examples and insider tips from dozens of Etsy’s top sellers.-- Learn to use keywords to drive visitors to your Etsy shop.-- Learn techniques for getting word of mouth and “free advertising, and why paid advertising is usually a waste of money.-- Take your business to the next level by attracting wholesalers and retailers.-- License your designs to extend your reach and create more cash.-- Automate your administrative chores with Etsy apps.FROM THE TABLE OF CONTENTS:INTRODUCTIONHOW WE GOT HERETHE GENIUS OF ETSYWHAT’S ALLOWED ON ETSYPROHIBITED ON ETSYSELLER PROFILE: INEDIBLE JEWELRYREGISTER AND SHOP AT ETSYYour Etsy avatar.DRAW YOUR PRIVACY BOUNDARIESSET YOUR REACH WITH ‘REGION PREFERENCE’Language preference.GO ON A SHOPPING SPREELet’s buy something.ADDING ITEMS TO YOUR CARTAdd Order Details.Payment method.PAYMENT AND SHIPPING VIA PAYPALCredit cards.Checks, money orders and other payment methods.Bank transfers.Submit your order.ETSY CONVERSATIONS (CONVOS)LEAVING FEEDBACKETSY REGRETS? KISS AND MAKE UPDELETION OF INAPPROPRIATE FEEDBACKCOUPON AND DISCOUNT CODESPercent DiscountFree shippingSHIPPING TO A FOREIGN COUNTRYShipping to multiple locations.REPORTING NONDELIVERY OF AN ORDERREPORT A PROBLEM WITH AN ITEM YOU RECEIVEDFLAGGING INAPPROPRIATE LISTINGSREVISING YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATIONSELLER PROFILE: WOOLY BABYOPEN FOR BUSINESS!IDENTIFY YOURSELF ON ETSYWHAT’S IN A NAME?PRIVACY AND USING YOUR REAL NAMEChanging your Etsy avatarSHOP ANNOUNCEMENTMessage to BuyersBEEF UP YOUR PROFILEADD A BANNER TO YOUR SHOPTWEAK YOUR SHOP TITLESTATE YOUR SHOP POLICIESOTHER POLICY DETAILS TO CONSIDEREXAMPLE OF A GOOD SHOP POLICYPRICING YOUR ITEMSAverage market price.FIGURE YOUR COSTS LIKE A PROTiered pricing.Loss leaders.DON’T BE CHEAP, YOU’RE WORTH ITCHOOSE YOUR ACCEPTED FORMS OF PAYMENTSPOTTING SCAMS ON ETSYOPERATE A COLLECTIVE SHOPSELLER PROFILE: INDULGE YOUR SHELFCREATE AND EDIT YOUR LISTINGSLIST AN ITEM1. Let’s list an item for sale.2. Categorize your item.3. Add images.4. Add item information.....and much, much more...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies. To get started finding Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.