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Etsy

Etsy is an online marketplace to sell handmade items.

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Permalink Reply by Jay Caughron on April 26, 2013 at 11:12pm

I see a lot of CBG's on Etsy are people getting any sales from them or traffic to your site for sales coming from there???

Permalink Reply by Buttermilk Music aka Norm on April 26, 2013 at 11:32pm

I like etsy and use them more than any other.

Permalink Reply by bil andersen on April 30, 2013 at 8:10pm

Etsy presents products very professionally... far more so in my view than eBay (altho you can customise your listing) it's not a clean cut out of the box solution. Most sellers want to sell not code pages.

If you use quality photos ( and who doesn't? ) Etsy showcases them beautifully.

Whether or not it is the best place to SELL your goods is another question. After having trawled there for a number of years, my conclusion is that their audience is in general "other craft persons". You are addressing people such as yourself who appreciate pretty much the same things. That's a limited market albeit a discerning one

I'm sure it is possible to get sales there but it would not be to the levels I think most would expect. I see a lot of listing sitting there for very long periods. That indicates viewers not buyers. It is easy to get distracted there looking at all the other goodies...

If you have a marketing and advertising strategy that is on or offline you could use it to drive traffic there and be assured of a presentation second to none.