If you think treasury-making on Etsy is a quaint pastime, you're doing it wrong. Kelly Tankersley of 88editions has been on Etsy's front page 450 times, and she's here to reveal how treasuries can be a serious part of your marketing strategy. Fine art is...
It's hard to look objectively at your own Etsy shop. Do shoppers "get" your items right away? Are you sending the right message about your products? What if there are simple changes you could make that might double your sales? The best way to find...
Business owners on Facebook only have a few options to personalize their pages. Most page owners have uploaded a nice cover image and thrown in some details about their business, but only a handful take advantage of Facebook's "Favorites" section. The Favorites section (also known...
[box type="note"]Treasuries can no longer be created on Etsy as of October 5th, 2016. Thank you to everyone who used and supported TreasuryBox during the past few years.[/box] Treasury-making on Etsy just got a whole lot easier! Introducing TreasuryBox - an extension for Google Chrome that...
The U.S. Postal Service changed shipping rates on September 7, 2014. Many Etsy sellers came to rely on my shipping calculator for 2013, so I've once again taken the near-indecipherable USPS rate charts and turned them into an easy to use tool for updating your shipping...
Making treasuries on Etsy is a great way to network and show appreciation for other sellers. This summer, Etsy released a new feature that's eased the pain of treasury-making. I went from searching through pages of items and spending an hour or more on a...
The culture of steampunk has captured mainstream attention. Based on ninteenth-century fashion and technology, steampunk has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past few years and leaked into popular culture, high fashion and entertainment. Earlier this year, IBM predicted that steampunk will be the big...
Leaders of Etsy teams that have treasury requirements know too well the pain of auditing the team each month. Making sure everyone's made enough treasuries is tiresome manual process, even with treasury threads or member-updated spreadsheets. I've seen plenty of team leaders throw up their...
With over a year of blogging under her belt and hundreds of Pinterest followers, Mary of Craft Colorfully has weathered the ups and downs of blogging. She shares four quick tips to help Etsy sellers dip their toe in the authoring waters. [hr] Etsy sellers know firsthand...
Social media has exploded; ten years ago, MySpace was the only game in town. Now there's Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Google+, Flickr, Instagram, Blogger, Reddit, App.net - and so many others that I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Social media is a great way to...