Thread: Etsy. Anyone heard of this site before ?

I haven't had anything to do with 'em myself, besides check occasionally when I'm looking for inspiration. There is a small but fairly constant amount of woodturned items being listed there.

From my understanding of the site one of its' better features is that you can chat with your potential customers and work by commission.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

I haven't had anything to do with 'em myself, besides check occasionally when I'm looking for inspiration. .

I agree Skew I think there is plenty of good stuff to inspire there.

Over the weekend while the forum was down...I had a chance to look around a bit more....but made the mistake of showing SWMBO . It did keep her quiet for a couple of hours though . With no sounds eminating from the home office except for "oooohhh look at that pretty handbag" etc. etc.

Anyway after reading more about fees and what not, I thought I would give it a crack. I thought ya never know there might be some wealthy type Americans out there willing to pay postage on some quality stuff hand made from beautiful Aussie timbers

Im going to start with a few pens, (should have them ready by Wed, hopefully) see how that goes, then put up some other small items when I get a shippment of timber Im expecting from Tassie. I dont expect stuff to fly out the door but hopefully it might keep things ticking over.

I would still like to hear if anyone else has tried this...and if so, how it went ?

for anyone who is interested this is my shop on etsy....nothing in it yet...but should be soon

browndogwoodcraft.etsy.com


cheers
BD

I'll be interested to hear how it works out for ya!

You never know, you might even get some competition... how does "roughnut.etsy.com" sound for a store name?

Bring it on Skew

Nothing wrong with some healthy competition. I like the name too

I will make sure I make roughnut.etsy.com one of my favourites

cheers
BD

Well Im off....sold one pen today to a guy from New York . This is a lot quicker than I expected, from what I have read on the Etsy forums there seems to be a lot of unhappy sellers who have had to wait months for a first sale.

Now I just need to get my A in to G and make some other stuff to list.
Though the other thing that makes today good should help with that


This lot arrived today aswell . Today is a very good day
cheers
BD

Just had a look at your etsy site BD, looking good. Didn't take you long to get your first sale, very encouraging. Congrats!

Looks like a good site BD, congrats on your first sell.

Quick ??, the price and mailing price $35 and $5 local/$10 overseas, is that Aussie or American $$$

congrats mate on your sale

nice bit of timber you got there to

cheers

Originally Posted by djstimber

Looks like a good site BD, congrats on your first sell.

Quick ??, the price and mailing price $35 and $5 local/$10 overseas, is that Aussie or American $$$

That would be USD mate ....I am thinking of lowering the postage though....I just entered $10 so I would be covered to send anywhere in the world. And I think I would probably encourage more Aussie buyers if I lower the local postage cost.

cheers
BD

yeh i found that site myself a while back...

damm good idea...

Originally Posted by Brown Dog

That would be USD mate ....I am thinking of lowering the postage though....I just entered $10 so I would be covered to send anywhere in the world. And I think I would probably encourage more Aussie buyers if I lower the local postage cost.

cheers
BD

I might have to retract that statement I did cost the pen carefully....except I didnt allow for how strong the Aussie dollar is at the moment

After recieving the paypal confiramtion and Etsy bill....I rekon I have got the pricing pretty much spot on. Once all fees are deducted I will clear about $40 Ausssie, which is what I normally charge for one of these pens anyway .

One thing I was thinking I could do though, is leave the payments sitting in my paypal account (paypal charge for withdrawls under $150 anyway) and wait for the Aussie dollar to weaken...making a few extra spondoolis

cheers
BD