Re: [BKARTS] Etsy?

[Marcus Harbert <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In January of this year Etsy raised $27 million dollars from investors.  I think Etsy will become the next Ebay for Arts and Crafts.  You will see more and more individuals living off the income from sales on Etsy. Just my opinion...  
 
Marcus
 
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--- On Sun, 12/14/08, J.E.Addison <firexbrat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: J.E.Addison <firexbrat@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [BKARTS] Etsy?
To: BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 10:26 AM

Graham,

I've found that mainly, Etsy is simpler for small sellers who don't  
have the time or money to set up, maintain and pay for their own  
domain, credit card processing fees etc. Etsy does all that for you,  
and for small fees which are very reasonable for people only wishing  
to list a few items. I can spend most of my energy advertising and  
promoting and marketing (and printing!), instead of running a  
complete business which I personally know nothing about. :)

I do want my own website so that I don't have to rely on Etsy, abide  
by their rules and regulations and so that I have complete control  
over what I sell, but right now I'm not selling a lot and just plain  
can't afford the cost of a stand-alone website.

I'm sure others have reasons like, the community pages are very  
helpful, there are groups to join to promote your work as a group  
effort and organise physical shows etc.

For the curious: lockandkeypress.etsy.com (many new listings this week!)

J.

On Dec 11, 2008, at 4:01 AM, Incline Press wrote:

Since the suggestion is that one needs to promote one's Etsy site in the
usual way, would anyone care to talk a little about why/how an Etsy site
differs from having ones own website?


Graham Moss
Incline Press
36 Bow Street
Oldham OL1 1SJ  England
http://www.inclinepress.com

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