Thank you!

by on May 14, 2012

Making a sale at your Etsy shop is all about connection!  As soon as you are done celebrating, here’s the next steps:

Remember to say "Thanks!"

1. Communicate!  Write back to your customer with an immediate convo.  Thank them!  Share your joy! If payment has come though your Paypal account, let them know you will be shipping right away.

2. Pack your item!  Make a pretty package (see our blog article “People DO judge a book by its cover”).  Make a secure package!

3. Ship as soon as possible.

4. Mark the order as “shipped” in your Sold Orders page.  If you have a tracking number you can add it here and your customer will be thus officially notified that their order is on the way.

5. Leave your own feedback once everything is complete, and did we mention that you can thank your customer.  Again.  You can also encourage positive feedback for your shop by politely asking for it.  Etsy suggests a note such as…. “I want you to be completely satisfied! Please let me know if there are any issues or questions with your order. If you’re pleased with your purchase, please feel free to leave me feedback.” And include a link to the Feedback page.

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Illustration courtesy and © Sarah at ClipAndPin on Etsy:  www.etsy.com/shop/ClipAndPin

 

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Sharing Treasuries on your own website

by on April 30, 2012

A comment on the “Treasuries Sell Stuff ” article that I wrote in March turned me on to a nifty tool for sharing Etsy Treasuries on a blog or a website – such as here at MyEtsyBlog.com.

The Etsy Treasury Posting Tool at stylishhome.com gives you easy instructions and an online form for getting the code that pulls an Etsy treasury onto your own blog page.  All you need to know is how to edit your web pages in HTML mode.  You just get your Treasury ID over at Etsy, paste it into the form at stylishhome.com and select what sort of display you want (a grid with titles and cost, or rows of thumbnail images, or a grid of thumbnails), and generate the code.  Then copy that, place it onto your own blog page, and publish.

Presto!  Your Treasury appears, completely linked and ready for your visitors to enjoy.  The Treasury below is one I created recently – Waterfalls of Springtime!

Nice tool (and thanks to Sheila for sharing it!)

‘WaterFalls of Springtime’ by BlueOtterArt

It’s springtime, and the rivers are high! Mountaintop snowmelt fills streams and rivers with crystal water, singing loudly, joyfully, tumbling to the sea.

An original watercolor painting- abstract- Petals in the Waterfall - SunnyLeeStudio Deep Bump - handspun yarn, super bulky weight - SpincycleYarns Waterfall, linocut with watercolor - BlueSkyArtwork Starry Night Covered Jar - muddyfingers
Earth Day Swirl Felted Soap from Organic Goats Milk - Engelfelt Spring Runoff - Meditative Print of Splashing Mountain Waterfall in springtime mossy green, rust, gold - BlueOtterArt Natural stone necklace - Watercolors - AuthenticStone Waterfall-Fine Art Photography-Wall Art-Home Decor-8X10 Print - carensilvestri
Quest, print - CathyMcMurray Nautical storm waves copper whitewater pendant, perfect for surfers and sailors alike - DreamofaDream STREAMING WATER linocut - WingedLion Quilt - Contemporary Geometric in Blues - OOAK - Dreaming of Swirls - Unique - malibuquilts
Trout Fishing Watercolor Print from original Painting By Dean Crouser - DeanCrouserArt Waterfall Cutting Board/Serving Tray No.085 Black Walnut - JonathanJanuary Koi in Waterfall art print by Sebastian Orth japanese style tattoo image fish water - OtherworldTattoo Original Watercolor Landscape - Boundary Waters Rapids - WilliamLSpencer

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

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Live your beauty

April 26, 2012

Create a work space you love! It can be super organized, or it can be delightful chaos…whatever satisfies your soul! One of the great artists of modern times, Alexander Calder, created his masterpiece mobiles in an amazingly rich and cluttered workshop (see a photo of Calder’s studio at blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/files/2011/08/calder-studio.jpg). Your own workspace might be a [...]

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Making it to the front page

April 21, 2012

I really enjoy making Treasuries.  A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled Treasuries Sell Stuff about a item that sold after it was featured in one of my Treasuries. A reader commented a day later:  “It’s awesome when Treasuries sell something… and I’m sure that they do sell things all the time. For [...]

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Learning how to put it all together

April 20, 2012

As I develop my Etsy shop, it becomes really clear that Etsy just one part of my whole online presence. The shop is a central component, to be sure – the hub around which everything moves.  But it is linked to so many other things!  Etsy provides a widget that connects my shop with Twitter [...]

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Think small

March 22, 2012

As I populate my Etsy shop with prints and paintings, I am working to keep a balance of small, medium and large items.  I have plenty of large stuff – original watercolor paintings that carry an “art gallery” price tag.  And a fair amount of full sized, high end, archival ink jet prints on watercolor [...]

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Treasuries Sell Stuff

March 19, 2012

I created another treasury this weekend, an odd collection titled Poetic License, with artwork centered on a theme of poets and songwriters. And this morning, a message arrived in my conversations from one of the featured artists… “Kim, I appreciate you listing my piece, Rumi words on Canvas with Tree and Crescent Moon, in your [...]

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Goin’ on a treasure hunt

January 20, 2012

I created my first Etsy Treasury today.  For months I have been adding products to my favorites list (“I Heart It“) as well as enjoying  Treasury collections from others.  At last it just felt like the right time to take a stab at the process myself. I started by looking at a couple of Treasuries [...]

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People do judge a book by it’s cover

December 29, 2011

Create unique packaging for your Etsy orders! It was wonderful to see all the colorful presents begging to be held and opened this past holiday weekend.  Everyone had a fine time presenting and unwrapping gifts with clever bows, pine and holly sprigs, glitter and lace. So now’s the perfect time of year to talk about [...]

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Whoo-Hoo! Making a Sale

December 5, 2011

Take my word for it!  It’s a real thrill when you make your first sale to a total stranger on Etsy. Starts with an email sent from “Etsy Transactions,” subject line… Etsy Order Confirmation for $xxx from: your new customer!”  Wow!  You eagerly log in to your Etsy store and pull down the Your Shop [...]

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