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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Today's A New Day

Today I've been looking into new ideas for my business. I'm excited and hopeful that they will turn out to be great ideas!

First idea is to include Adult sized items in my Etsy Shop. I already carry items for the home and will be expanding that line as well. I think that I will close my CrocheleCouture Etsy shop. It's just too much to keep up two shops and really be able to focus on them both as much as is required. I just haven't put any time into it and find it's worked out fine having more than just baby items in my Crochele shop.

Second I am going to be doing more wholesale orders. In searching through the Etsy Alchemy I found a request for shops that offer wholesale. I was contacted by the person that started that request and she was interested in several of my items. I'm doing research to find out how best to go about this. I've found that charging the standard 50% of the retail prices with a minimum order amount is most favored by wholesalers. I previously have carried items in a local children's boutique and they did pretty well. I didn't do wholesale pricing, I just did consignment. That seems like it works if you are local and can check out your own inventory as needed.

Off I go to do some more research! Wish Me Luck :~) Hopefully I won't need it.


Monday, January 18, 2010

She's Batty Designs


 She's Batty Designs (SBD) has eco-friendly, unique handmade greeting cards and adorable accessories that everyone will love! The SBD studio is located in London, Ontario, Canada and is an earthy friendly place. Check out my shop policies for more info on my eco-friendly shop. Something else that is a major bonus: All orders are shipped within 24 hours of receiving payment. Here is a look at just a few of the adorable things available in her shop!          


Just a quick note; she also has a shop called Battys Bath that specializes in...you guessed it, bath products! This shop is set to open spring 2010. 

Keep up to date on all things "Batty" by following:  


http://www.facebook.com/battysbath


Sign up for her monthly update here:  

http://tiny.cc/sbd

"The monthly update includes lots of fun stuff including sneak peek of pictures from Jamie's studio, discount coupon codes for the online shops, a look at the latest handmade creations, and much more! If you're a fan of She's Batty Designs or Batty's Bath you wont want to miss your chance to get the latest news and discounts!"

Red Apple Coasters now available


Adorable apple coasters in red with stem and leaf. They are so cute and functional, too! You can machine wash and dry these so they are easy to clean. Can be used for a number of other things:




Table/desk coasters

Under your plants to keep tables dry

Face Scrubbers, reusable and eco friendly

Dish/Pot Scrubber

The possibilities are endless!

Here is direct link: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38729184

Available in pear: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37155349

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Crazy For You

Valentine's Day Sale!!


     
        Beginning February 1st, 2010 a large number of Etsy Sellers will be participating in a Valentine's Day Sale. Bringing to you beautiful handmade items with special deals! You can get a sneak peak now! 


Go to the following facebook page and become a fan. You'll be sent notifications telling you which shops will be participating and what deals you may be offered. GO NOW!! You can't afford not to!




P.S. How do you like the Facebook Avatar? I spent all day working on it and I'm rather proud of it!

Friday, January 15, 2010

Helpful ETSY Apps

I thought I'd pass on a few of the great pages that I've come across. They contain some very helpful links to applications that may help you build your business or just do cool things! They range from page stats to help with designing your banner and avatar. You may have seen or used them before but a reminder is always nice! Here they are. (You will see some repeats but each page contains some unique links.)Please feel free to add a comment if you know of another great site or app. Thanks!



SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCH TOOL


 This one is great! Put your name in and hit search. This app will find your search criteria (shop name, item name, etc.) if it has been featured in the following outlets (with a few examples of each): 

BLOGS ~ Google Blog Search,  Ice Rocket, Myspace Blogs, Plurk, Twitter...
NEWS ~ Google News, Bing News, Yahoo News, Ask News...
NETWORKS ~ Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Ning...
VIDEOS ~ Blinx, Yahoo Video, Metacafe, Youtube...
IMAGES ~ DeviantART, Flikr, Picasa, Photobucket...
FORUMS ~ Boardreader, Boardtracker, Omgili...
TAGS ~  Reddit, Wordpress.com, Blogmarks...
 


Originally Blogged By Gramkin Paper Studio.  
"ETSY BUSINESS TOOLS YOU NEVER HEARD OF" (Part 1 & 2)


*Part 1*
http://gramkinpaperstudio.blogspot.com/2009/12/etsy-business-tools-you-may-have-never.html


*Part 2*
http://gramkinpaperstudio.blogspot.com/2010/01/etsy-business-tools-you-never-heard-of.html
 


Originally Posted to Etsy Forums By mikiep
 

~ There are SO many great links within this forum post. You'll find some great tips as well. It is well worth the time it takes to read through them.



Featured in Etsy Developer Community


This is a compilation of apps that are helpful that Etsy has listed. Here's what they said: "Note the applications listed are not managed by Etsy or affiliated with Etsy"



 Wordle


This one is just a fun little app that allows you to add all sorts of words and it turns your words into a sort of collage. Try it out!  Here's one that I came up with.


Wordle: Crochele Handcrafted

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