Etsy User Demographics – Who Shops at Etsy? Understanding more about the typical Etsy shopper will no doubt help your marketing strategies for your shop.  There are two ways the information could help – either try to appeal to that target, typical viewer or go completely off course and fill...

Get Social – Utilizing Etsy.com Forums The forums on Etsy.com are a great place to meet other sells, discuss business, and have fun! “Check often Forum topics often, especially the “Promotions” threads,” suggests Etsy seller Barbara Gajewski from BarbaraCrochetStudio.  ...

Mentor Series – Share and Learn Tara Shenson, from Etsy shop kMT graphic design, has a fantastic feature on her blog called the “Etsy Mentor Series.”  After the huge response to Tara’s blog step by step, we were excited to hear about how to get involved in the series!        

Customer Service – Keep the Buyers You Have Think customer service is important?  So does our team and many of the readers who contact us! Sometimes it seems like you need to catch the right thread at the right time on the Etsy.com forums to get a new idea about how to improve Etsy customer service. ...

This Old Shop – Keep Your Shop Crisp Our team comes across websites selling handmade items that have been around for over a year, but don’t have many sales. The problem could be lack of promotion or bad pricing, but sometimes it may just be something simple… Lack of Change! So how do you get your...

Tips From A Pro – Strike Gold in Treasuries Our HandmadeMarketing.org team was excited to hear from a Treasury pro. HandmadeMarketing.org reader Leah Mackin, from Etsy shop LeahMackinDotCom, shares some tips she has picked up for getting into Treasuries. “A bunch of my products have been...

Expose Your Shop – The Sampler Our team read about “The Sampler” in Etsy’s Storque and wanted to share this wonderful resource with Etsy shop owners. Never heard of the Sampler?  Here is some background on the website:        

Time – Keep Up Etsy While Keeping Your Life Between managing an Etsy shop and “the rest of life”, most Etsians would have to admit they have overwhelmed once in awhile – and many would say “overwhelmed” is an understatement! Need some ideas for how to manage your time...

Out To The Movies – Movie Theater Advertising Looking for a unique way to advertise your Etsy.com shop? HandmadeMarketing.org reader Nicole, from Etsy shop Cranberry Crafts, says all you need to do is take your shop to the movies! “Traffic is of the major concerns for any new or seasoned...

Tips From A Pro - Treasury Questions Answered Jen Bennett Gubicza, from the Etsy shop SweetestPea, shared her “Treasury” guide with us in the article “Treasury Time – Step by Step“.  The tutorial-style information came from Jen’s blog and was created with the help...