GIANT list of helpful links (Consolidated)
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Original post here - Thanks to jaclyn43552 > www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6473779
I've taken everyone's comments and suggestions and made a new single list...
Gift Guides: www.tools4etsy.com/api/gift_guide.aspx
Featured Items: www.tools4etsy.com/api/front_page.aspx
Featured Sellers: www.tools4etsy.com/api/featured.aspx
Heart Viewer: www.tools4etsy.com/api/favourites.aspx
Detailed snapshot of a store: www.tools4etsy.com/api/listing.aspx
Detailed snapshot of Feedback: www.tools4etsy.com/api/feedback.aspx
Find & Compare side-by-side Tag Relevancy, Average Views per Day, Popularity, or Probability with word clouds: www.tools4etsy.com/tagwars/ Search here in the Etsy Forums for TagWars and you can see how Etsians are finding benefit using this tool... www.etsy.com/forums_search.php?search_query=tag+wars&search_type=fo...
A PC screensaver for viewing selected filtering of Etsy listings with item click through for more detailed listings browsing: www.tools4etsy.com/screensaver.aspx There's also a version embedded in the page for MAC & PC users that can be viewed (in full screen mode) just like the PC Screen saver version.
Free Advertising: www.tools4etsy.com/advertising.aspx
Free Advertising projectwonderful.com
Free Business Cards: www.vistaprint.com
Create your personalized Business Cards: us.moo.com/en/partner/etsy-business-cards?utm_source=partner&utm_me...
Photo editing: www.picnik.com, & www.pixlr.com (more advanced)
Useful Toolbar with many links (from this thread): www.craftomaniatools.com/
Listing of tools: www.easyetsy.com/
Listing of Etsy 3rd-party applications: developer.etsy.com/applications
Etsy Wiki: etsywiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
Etsy Resources: team.etsy.com/links.html
List of resources: www.easyetsy.com/
Buttons for your shop: team.etsy.com/downloads.html
Free Banners: team.etsy.com/bannerdisplay.php
Custom Made Etsy ADs esellerads.com
Blog Advertising: www.blogads.com/
Promote: handmademarketer.com/promote/
Create a Newsletter: content.enewslettersonline.com/14475/11194.html
Plug your sweepstakes/giveaways: www.online-sweepstakes.com www.prizey.com
Find out if you are in any Treasuries (excludes Treasury East): www.craftopolis.com/
Find when Treasuries are available (excludes Treasury East): www.craftopolis.com/index.php?com=tc
Find if you are in any Gift Guides: www.craftopolis.com/
Find out who hearts your store and more: www.craftcult.com
Google Analytics, track stats: www.google.com/analytics/
Get notified if you're on the front page: statsy.org/featurator.php
Social Media Sites Talking about your store: www.whostalkin.com/
Etsy Social Networks: www.doyouetsy.com/ and etsylove.ning.com/
Find more tags: www.craftweasel.com/TagToolQuery.do
Keyword Optimization: freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
Places for stationary/business cards etc: www.tinyprints.com/ms , www.minted.com , www.expressionary.com/MSLFEB (through april 30) www.moo.com (15% off 2RB2CK)
Fees Calculator: www.rolbe.com/etsy.htm
Software for Craft Businesses www.makeforbusiness.com
Etsy Toolbar craftomania.ourtoolbar.com/
How to make your own twitter background: theclosetentrepreneur.com/create-a-twitter-background-using-powerpoint
Free fonts: www.dafont.com/
Create your own poll: polldaddy.com/
Make a word cloud: www.wordle.net/
Get your products placed with famous people entreprenette.com/instantly-famous
List your Business with MyWikiBiz www.mywikibiz.com/Main_Page And help with the formatting: www.mywikibiz.com/Help:Cheatsheet
HUGE list of helpful Vintage and Antique Resource links: archiviavintage.blogspot.com/2009/06/useful-vintage-antiques-and.html
Q&A for IDing your Vintage Finds: www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6438403
Posted at 12:25pm Apr 17, 2010 EDT
Responses
Also, here are some important Storque articles of interest:
* Your Shop 101: Hitting the Sweet Spot with Etsy's Most Relevant Search
www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/your-shop-101-hitting-the-sweet-spot-wi...
* Guidelines & Tips: Tagging on Etsy
www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/guidelines-tips-tagging-on-etsy-281/
* Seller How-To: Tag-o-rama With Descriptive Keywords
www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/seller-how-to-tag-o-rama-with-descripti...
* Seller Workshop Recap: Tags, Titles, Descriptions and Most Relevant Search
www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/seller-workshop-recap-tags-titles-descr...
* Etsy and SEOMoz: Helping the Etsy Community with Search Engine Optimization
www.etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/etsy-and-seomoz-helping-the-etsy-com...
And also Google's Keyword Tool:
adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Enjoy! :)
Posted at 12:29pm Apr 17, 2010 EDT
I saved this thread, looks very helpful. Thank-you for taking the time to do this.
Posted at 12:43pm Apr 17, 2010 EDT