Well my etsy store is not doing much better. A few views but no purchases. So I played around to see what a few popular searches are on etsy. Of course owls, Christmas, thanksgiving, steampunk, fingerless gloves, buttons, etc.
SO... I decided to try to think up items that would be good search hits rather than continue to list stuff and get no traffic/sales. I feel like I'm cheating. So I made some "Owl Christmas Ornaments with button eyes and hairbow". Ha ha! but I haven't listed it yet. I also purchased some really cute vintage tartlet tins. I've already made some pie, cake, and a chocolate elcaire ornament/pin cushions with them. I have 36 of the suckers to play with! They are so cute and such a great inspiration for fun. Again I haven't listed them on Etsy yet.
I would... I plan to... I just lost my camera Halloween night. I've looked everywhere I can think to look. I'm still in the process of reorganizing my craft room... also known as the room I stole from my daughter. I got her a Bumbo Chair today. I'm hoping that she likes it enough to let me put her down once and a while. She's been really clingy all week! I can't hardly do anything because I'm holding her all day. She will sleep on my lap ... that is what she is doing right now as I type this but IF I dare lay her down she wakes up crying.
So I didn't finish any of the cloth camo wipes like I said I would... or any cloth bags. (Well I did one for a neighbor having a birthday.) I'm actually getting rather frustrated with Etsy. I've noticed that there are lots of items that are not handmade being sold as handmade. Mass produced jewelry from china. It is hard to find/ search. It is even harder when if you hit the lowest price option there are tons of mass produced made in china stuff that is selling for 20 cents and 5.99 shipping. It is annoying because it doesn't show shipping price till you click on the listing. It is doubling annoying because the same stuff is selling for nothing on Ebay.
I saw a little bag from China for like 25 cents on Ebay being sold by someone in the US for 8.99!!!! And that seller had lots of mass produced jewelry they were listing as handmade too! Where is the quality control? Doesn't anyone check this stuff? I know I reported one seller and the items are still for sell! I even included Ebay links so they could see that there are literally 100's of them being sold! Worse part is some jewelry they are listed as "Vintage"... Yet being sold as new on Ebay.
I really would like to make things and sell them. I like to make things. I know people like the stuff I make. I just don't know if Etsy is the avenue for that. Maybe I just need to get some sells under my belt and some positive feedback and things will pick up.
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