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Etsy and Moo Partnership
Story by contrary, matt
Published on November 16, 2007 in How-To 		Photo by

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UPDATE: This offer has now expired.

Etsy suggests that you upload images at 1000 pixels across. Moo pulls from the highest quality image. But if it the lowest 430 pixels across, then Moo says they will look ok, but this the smallest image you would want to use.

In case you didn't know, MOO is a printing company. They print beautiful products using images you upload directly to their site, and we are pleased to announce thet they are our new BFF.

Thanks to an ingenious combination of magic and science, Etsy sellers can now have minicards, stickers, and postcards printed DIRECTLY from the product images in their shops. 

Here's how it works:

1. Go to http://moo.com/etsy

2.    Select the Moo product you would like to make with your Etsy images (in the following example, we’ll select moo MiniCards).

2. You will be prompted to log into your Etsy account.

3. Once logged in, drag the images you wish to make into cards from the scrollable picture bar into the large white box underneath.  You have the option to add all photos, add 10 random photos, or clear all of the photos from the screen by clicking the blue text above the white box.   You can drag images to the left sidebar if you wish to remove them from being designed, we all make mistakes. 

4. The next screen allows you to control the part of the image displayed on the card.  You can crop, zoom, change positions, preview, reset, and even remove a photo if you don’t like the way it looks.  When you have the desired look for your images, click next step.

5.  The next screen allows you to design the back of your moo cards.  You can leave them blank, add a logo, and write up to

6 lines of text with the option to bold or color.  For creative ways to use text on your cards, check out the article we wrote specifically for uses of moo products!

6. The next screen adds your designed product to your cart and allows you to make more products if you like.

7. Click “go to payment”, review the items in your cart, edit them if you like, and check out with either Paypal or your credit card!

Special Promotional Offer:

To celebrate the launch of this magical new tool, Moo is even offering a special deal to all Etsy sellers: Moo will give you a free pack of custom stickers when  you buy both Etsy MiniCards and Etsy Postcards. 

At checkout, enter the promtional code : moolovesetsy , and the website will automatically calculate the discount for the Stickers.

Click here to get started making fresh products for your Etsy shop now! Check out the Labs' how-to with a plethora of ideas for using Moo products for your Etsy shop.

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Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:23 a.m. PamperingBeki

Cool! I wondered when etsy and moo would hook up!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:25 a.m. SarahsSky

Oh etsy and moo! yay!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:36 a.m. flapi

Awesome :D I recently received my first order of Moo Minicards (that I've uploaded through Flickr and am now sending as business cards along with my Etsy orders eheh) and was very pleased with the result:

http://flickr.com/photos/flapi/189060...
http://flickr.com/photos/flapi/189143...

Nest time I may order them directly from Etsy!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:37 a.m. OriginalYouth

Cool deal! I have MOO stickers in my shop right now~!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:40 a.m. tortillagirl

Cool! I already have moo cards to include with my etsy products so this is especially convenient.

Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:55 a.m. loosewirestudio

This just might entice me to get more than the promo pack! Cool!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:01 p.m. yellowcraftychick

Awesome! Two of my very favorite companies! :D

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:03 p.m. ShesSoChic

OMG! This is great! Thanks for this new avenue of our business!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:04 p.m. KDemARTe

WOOO HOOO MOO!
This is awesome!
Thank-you so much!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:11 p.m. deeshomegoods

I am moooooo-ey excited! I have never seen a moo card in person...but I bought a pack today....and so easy to do too!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:44 p.m. JustAnotherDay

way cool :)

Nov. 16, 2007 at 1:08 p.m. thefunkyfelter

that's so neat! what a great combo - Etsy and Moo :)

Nov. 16, 2007 at 1:22 p.m. michellemoode

Oh great. just days after I made an order for cards and stickers. argh!!!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 1:38 p.m. Gingeroni1

I love my Moo cards. They are the best.
A great way to advertise.

Nov. 16, 2007 at 1:41 p.m. amycornwell

AWESOME!! Great partnership and cool article (maybe I'm a little biased!!)

Nov. 16, 2007 at 1:44 p.m. BlackStar

Cool! That will make it easy to order cards. Not that it was difficult before~

Nov. 16, 2007 at 2:03 p.m. mmmfiber

So cool!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 3:02 p.m. blackcoral

This is great! Thanks!!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 3:17 p.m. katelynjane

Definitely going to have to do this!! Thanks!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 4:31 p.m. littlesomething

Whoohoo! I just ordered a pack for myself.

Nov. 16, 2007 at 5:16 p.m. girlsavage

Oh cool, just when I was thinking of having new ones printed up! I love my Moo cards, one goes out in every package! :)

Nov. 16, 2007 at 6:57 p.m. EyePopArt

Perfect! I'm getting some!

Thank you Etsy!

Nov. 16, 2007 at 11:26 p.m. chickadeebeads

Fabulous! :)

Nov. 17, 2007 at 12:44 a.m. hobbledehoy

a merge made in craftyheaven :)

Nov. 18, 2007 at 5:49 a.m. susansee

Neato! Will definitely check it out.

Nov. 19, 2007 at 1:17 p.m. expressyourself

Cool!

Nov. 20, 2007 at 8:25 a.m. bolinhasepolkadots

Awesome!

Nov. 20, 2007 at 10:10 a.m. littlestelfy

oh, this is fantastical news.

Nov. 21, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. solsisters

I'm sorry to rain on the parade.. but Moo's products are NOT a good value.

Take the Moos postcards for instance, They are $19.99 for 20 TWENTY postcards.

Moo cards are very neat and their online design tools are slick as can be, but being a professional designer, I have to make the point that 20 postcards for $20 (which $1 a card — actually over $1 a card when you toss in shipping) is NOT by any means a reasonable price.

Standard retail pricing on printing for 1,000 postcards is about $200, which is 2 cents a card.

Even given the abilities of moo's tools to enable folks to design their own who otherwise could not and the novelty factor ... as a promo item for your store, it's still a STEEP price.

I would like this tool a LOT more if the price was $20 for 100 cards (20 cents per card)... at least that way they would last for more than a few minutes. Because honestly, 20 postcards will last about what 5-20 minutes? at the average busy craft show?

April 3, 2008 at 9:22 p.m. kellykatcrafts

I just got mine and I love them. I was so happy to be able to put the items from my shop, made is so much easier. For the money they are worth it and something every seller should have.

They are much better than business cards as they so that extra personal touch, which to me shows how much you value your business and your customers

April 29, 2008 at 12:55 a.m. FairLeiaOne

I can never understand why folks here praise Moo to the skies. While it is a good quality product served through a sleek interface, Moo is the most expensive company one could find! You might as well visit a professional neighborhood printer, pay him $50 for 1000 high gloss business cards (with your own designs, uploaded from a CD or memory card) and spend the rest of that dough you were going to donate to Moo on coffee and scones.

Why use an overhyped and overpriced service? Moo might be a godsend to Europeans, but in the US, one could find same great quality for a fraction of the price. And you won't even have to look farther than the Yellow Pages.

May 31, 2008 at 12:36 a.m. Stjarnkraft

Being a professional designer myself I totally agree with solsisters and FairLeiaOne even though I'm a European ;) MOO might offer a simple way to design and buy cards and stickers but the price is scary... And nothing beats an IRL visit to your local printer where you can actually SEE and FEEL different kinds of paper!

Aug. 12, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. DeAnneDeSigns

Great!I have heard so much about MOO cards.

Sept. 4, 2008 at 5:13 a.m. theLAMcollective

I agree, i purchased the sticker book for someone as a gift and was really happy with the product, but the price and shipping was a killer and has put me off purchasing anything else!!

Sept. 5, 2008 at 7:51 a.m. VerukaDollsLand

That's very high compared to what I pay. Vistaprint is pretty cheap as far as on-line print goes, they're kinda slow, tho.

Nov. 11, 2008 at 8:31 p.m. briaberger

Typo:

But if it the lowest 430 pixels across

:)

Feb. 12, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. Marieva

It was a simple way to desing and buy my cards, but I agree with others its to expensive.

Feb. 21, 2009 at 12:43 a.m. TheRusticRoosterFarm

So cool. I will have to try it atleast once.

March 21, 2009 at 1:26 a.m. disrepairproject

I want to get some post cards made. That looks like fun. I think I will probably have them done locally, though.

May 13, 2009 at 9:44 a.m. jenstar68

Do they ever have coupons/discounts for us Etsyians?

June 1, 2009 at 1:02 a.m. soule

I LOVE MOO CARDS!

June 5, 2009 at 11:21 p.m. amyscreativecorner

fabulous!

June 12, 2009 at 9:04 p.m. mammysshop

Great!

Aug. 6, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. judysgems2

do you(they) make banners?

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