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Fishstikks says: |
I decided that after helping some new people out on grabbing or "snagging" a Treasury over this last weekend that it wouldn't be an altogether bad idea to take what I know and make what amounts to a Tutorial.
I know that there have been a lot of threads wondering how to calculate when it would open.
Hopefully this post will help dispel all the myth surrounding putting a Treasury together.
When you visit the Treasury page you will see that there are generally a high number of current treasuries. Don't let this scare you away. What you need to do is click on the expiration sort button at the top right. This sorts the treasuries from the most current on one end to the ready to expire on the other.
Let's say that there are currently 524 treasuries at this moment. You need to wait until that number goes below 333 for the Main Treasury (222 for Treasury West). What this means is that when the number actually moves to 332 is when the Treasuries open up and you are able to then secure your own Treasury.
Here is where it gets tricky. At 524 treasuries you need to wait until 192 treausries expire. GAH! I can't sit here all day and wait that long.
No need to. Simply count how many treasuries are on a page and then times that by how many pages would contain 192 treasuries. There are 20 treasuries per page except for the last page which varies.
Okay, I suck at math, hehe, handy dandy calculator to the rescue! That's 9.6 pages. Let's see that's about 2 days from now, hmmm. So now I know that I don't have to wait all day. I just need to come back 2 days from now...Roughly.
Another trick here. If it's say, 3 hours from now that the treasuries expire you should show up early because some curators like to delete their treasuries early so they are free to make another one.
This is where things move really fast. You have to be vigilant. Ignore your screaming children...they only want your attention anyway. Dinner? Who needs to eat right now? You have more important things to think about. You're trying to get a treasury here!
Here is one of the most important things to remember. The treasury is a flash player, this page will re-fresh on it's own. If you are counting down until the number falls below 333 and you are at 334 and hit re-fresh chances are you will lose your chance.
Do you have your poster sketch ready?
http://www.etsy.com/poster_sketch.php
Get your title ready, I like to keep it in the space above my poster sketch so I know what I'm doing. I tend to get distracted easily. Blinking lights are a biggie, hehe. You will want to have this copied and ready to paste. Nothing worse than trying to remember your title when that box opens up and startles you.
Here's the link http://www.etsy.com/treasury.php?ref=fp_nav_treasury.
Treasury West http://www.etsy.com/treasury_west.php
A great read for anything I missed here, totally invaluable information and has pics to boot, http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-to-make-a-treasury-the-nuts-and-bolts-688/
One question I see that gets asked a lot. Can I feature myself in my own Treasury?
You aren't supposed to and it is frowned upon but can be done. The theory is that IF your treasury gets picked for the front page your item will be replaced with one of your alternates. (Make sure you use your alternate spaces too).
The spirit of the treasury is to highlight your fellow artists. And hopefully they will highlight you as well.
Please feel free to post any helpful hints I may have missed. And go get a Treasury!
Fair warning, they are quite addictive. |
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Posted at 10:28 pm, December 29 2008 EST - Report this post
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KBShimmer says: |
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Great info! I have always refreshed to get in (I have it open twice to refresh both), and had good luck with that, next time I will try just waiting. |
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Posted at 10:32 pm, December 29 2008 EST - Report this post
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ShannaMichele says: |
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Wow this is waaaay more helpful than the ramble I posted in the other thread to someone lol....good job! |
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Posted at 10:52 pm, December 29 2008 EST - Report this post
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KellesKitchen says: |
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Awesome! One question for the OP and/or group - do you message the people you've featured? I never have b/c I believe it's spamming but I received a message from the curator of one I was featured in. It was actually nice to know. I see a lot of treasuries where the featured sellers all comment and I wonder if this is being done and is ok? I usually get comments from maybe 2 or 3 of my featured sellers as I don't think many of them check the treasuries obsessively like I do :) |
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Posted at 10:57 pm, December 29 2008 EST - Report this post
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KellesKitchen says: |
Fishstikks says:
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Here is one of the most important things to remember. The treasury is a flash player, this page will re-fresh on it's own. If you are counting down until the number falls below 333 and you are at 334 and hit re-fresh chances are you will lose your chance.
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One more question. When things get down to the wire (at 333 with 10 secs to go of remaining treasury or treasury is expired), I usually click refresh. All of the times I've done this I am able to get a listing. If you don't refresh at the right time and just let your flash player auto-refresh will you automatically get a treasury? Or will you only get it if the flash player happens to autorefresh at exactly the right moment?
Thanks! |
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Posted at 11:01 pm, December 29 2008 EST - Report this post
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