Selling Handmade on Etsy – Focus Your Energy The team at HandmadeMarketing.org is always on the look out for ideas from handmade seller’s for how to stay balanced while keeping up an Etsy shop or ArtFire studio.  Seller Michele Gallagher shared her tips in previous articles (”Press...

Selling Handmade Online – 3 Tips to Success HandmadeMarketing.org reader Melissa Hamel-Smith shared why she sells handmade on ArtFire in a previous HandmadeMarketing.org article, and is back to tell sellers her 3 tips to success.  Melissa sells handmade at the ArtFire studio KaoticEkkosCuriosities...

Meet Crafters – A Key For New Sellers April Stanley Njari, seller behind the Etsy shop AprilMist, tells HandmadeMarketing.org that networking with bloggers and other crafters is vital to increasing sales online. “I’m a huge Etsy fan and had thought about opening a shop for some time,” April...

Determining Your Overhead – Handmade Item Pricing In another HandmadeMarketing.org article, Simone Walsh, jewelry seller from the website SimoneWalsh, walked readers through how to determine their wages in order to price their handmade items correctly.        

Determining Your Wages – Handmade Item Pricing Simone Walsh, the handmade jewelry seller behind the website SimoneWalsh, published an article on her website about professional pricing for craftspeople and designers.  The article was written for emerging makers who may find pricing their work to...

Etsy Pricing Matters – Marketing Using Pricepoints Do you know the power of your handmade item’s pricepoint?  HandmadeMarketing.org reader Cindy Lietz, from the website Beads and Beading, gave insight on her blog as to how an item’s pricepoint could be a marketing tool.        

Sell Handmade Online – 12 Ways to Improve Your Shop The HandmadeMarketing.org reader behind the wonderful blog “CrochetGal” recently shared a link to a post she wrote for 12 simple steps for improving your Etsy shop.  This seller can be found at Etsy’s CrochetGal, and can also...

Collaboration – Why Connecting Broadens Your Audience Corinna, from Etsy’s Piddix and website, sent HandmadeMarketing.org a link to a blog post she wrote about collaborating with other craft sellers to make a larger impact on the community. “Collaborating with a fellow Etsy seller can...

New Platform – Create Your Own Website Take your Etsy shop marketing to another level with your own domain name.  HandmadeMarketing.org has found promoting is easier for sellers if they are able to reach potential buyers a number of different ways. An added benefit is the branding for your handmade...

Etsy Sellers Pay It Forward – Promotion or Good Karma? Handmade sellers often talk about “PIF” item listings online.  What are these sellers referring to? “Paying it forward” is a practice that allows an ordinary person to make a positive difference in the world. The concept...