Stacey and I have been so tied up with working on our shop we have not taken time out to get to know other Etsy sellers. I love how kind the Etsy community is, everyone is willing to help. I was initially a little skeptical about reaching out to other sellers with questions because I was unsure of the reaction that I would get. Will they ignore me? will they think I am trying to steal their tips or business from their shop? Soon after reading through the Etsy forums I immediately realized that everyone was there to help one another. It rally made me want to hang out in the forums more, to make friends, and find cool stuff!
I would say about twice a month I find myself in the mall looking for something cool/different/unique to buy. WHAT? how ridiculous does that sound! If we spend more time getting to know sellers we will come across GREAT stuff, and support one another. Next time I want something, I will think twice about going to the mall, I will check out Etsy first. I want to support as many people as I can, and having a shopping problem should make that very easy!
- Sarah
Love your point of view on this. I find that if was not for all the great people i have meet and traded with i would have given up when I had weeks without a sale. Really.. the friendship with other artsy people is what keep me going.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad I go into the 5 min FS room. I have met so many great people. I have many good friends and I know where to go when I want to buy certain things. I love the people on etsy. Not only are they good friends but they are a support group too. We support each other not only in sales but in our ups and downs and I really appreciate that.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you are having such a good experience. Stick with it and learn all you can, as long as creating makes you happy!
ReplyDeleteI have found wonderful support from other handmade sellers, simply through networking like Etsy chat and Twitter friends. Get in touch with me anytime :)
Super great post! It's like you took out the words from my mouth. My experience with the sellers was the same, but i'm still a newbie on etsy. 1,5month old and already 3 sales. That encourages me a lot. I'm reading the storque blog everyday and try to check out the custom section too.
ReplyDeleteI have blog, twitter, youtube, 2 shops. It really takes a lot of time, but i hope it's worth it :)
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