Etsy Finds: Spring Fever
Approaching the end of each winter season, an early case of spring fever seems inevitable. A mental shift from indoors to out means taking time to visit farmers' markets, preparing planters for seasonal gardening, freshening up home and office spaces, and getting organized. Today's Etsy Finds include a …
Three Tips for Using Wholesale or Trade Shows to Boost Your Biz
Megan Auman is a designer, maker, Etsy seller, and the founder of Crafting an MBA. She is currently working on her first ebook, a comprehensive guide to wholesaling and trade shows. Tara Gentile is a blogger, Wordpress designer and mom. She shares her penchant for the handmade daily on Scoutie Girl and shares …
A Different Thing Entirely: How to Distinguish Yourself From the Mass Market
Douglas Rushkoff, filmmaker, scholar, media wunderkind and author of Life Inc., a manifesto of changing our culture of corporate-run consumption, spoke at Etsy headquarters recently. In addition to telling the tale of how corporate culture came to be, Rushkoff debunked the myth that industrialized …
Team Tip: Etsy Team Grants!
*The Etsy Team Grant program is up and running!* Does your Etsy Team need a helping hand from Ulysses E. (Etsy) Grant, Etsy's Team Grant mascot? He's here to help with a new program that subsidizes some Etsy Team promotions! This new program is called Etsy Team Grants and will assist creative, dedicated and …
Handmade Comments: How Not to Spam While Being Active Online
You're at a gallery opening, discussing the paintings with the artists and other attendees. Someone bursts into the room shouting, "I MAKE PAINTINGS TOO!" and tosses a fistful of flyers on the floor and leaves. This is what it feels like for many readers when a seller comments on our blog with just a link to her …
Seller How-To: Get Involved With Black Friday and Cyber Monday Promotions
Black Friday through Cyber Monday is a recognized shopping weekend that has quickly gained a reputation as the best time of year to find promotional sales on gifts for the holidays. For businesses, it is recognized as one of the most profitable weekends of the year that officially kicks off the busy …
Seller How-To: Plug in the My Etsy Facebook Application
The new My Etsy Facebook app is here and ready to help you share your shop with a new audience! This app not only provides a great way to share your Etsy shop and Favorites with your Facebook friends, but also lets you include a feed from your own blog and will alert you and your friends when your item is …
About Us: Neelam Hasni a.k.a. Neelam12
Neelam, a.k.a. Neelam12, is our web analytics guru. Neelam dives into the numbers and helps us make sense of what is happening with site traffic and activity on Etsy.com. She works on the Marketing Team and is a relatively new hire at Etsy, having starting in the spring of 2009. Let's welcome her to the fold! Fun …
Handmade Code: Sellit.com
As part of our Handmade Code series, we're bringing you news and how-to's about the innovations emerging from the Etsy Developer Community. Located at developer.etsy.com, the Etsy Developer Community serves as a hub for third-party software developers who are making neat and helpful programs for Etsy …
Etsy Finds: One in a Million
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Etsy's Twitter account reached its one millionth follower — a milestone to be celebrated! To thank everyone who's joined us in using the popular micro-blogging service (and to toast the millions of reasons to shop on Etsy), we asked our Twitter friends to help us pick items for a …
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