Sell Homemade Jewelry

[vince]

I have a few friends that sell stuff homemade on Etsy and they do ok. Enough to pay their mortgage every week.

[poshlady]

- I agree. Etsy has charges lower than Ebay. It’s a good selling spot for your crafty hair bows and clips. No Slippy Hair Clippy also sells hair clips and bows of great quality. Check them out at HairClippy.com.

[poshlady]

I agree. Etsy has charges lower than Ebay. It’s a good selling spot for your crafty hair bows and clips. No Slippy Hair Clippy also sells hair clips and bows of great quality. Check them out at HairClippy.com.

[cptacek]

Arghhh! Beware of thinking 'if you make them, they will come!!'
I have been designing and selling jewelry for 3 years on Etsy and here it is in a nutshell:

1. You are but a drop in the ocean. Although Etsy receives great traffic (millions of hits per day), you need to promote yourself and bring in customers. REALLY.

2. Nothing, nothing will happen unless you have a very very distinct style and product. And even if you DO nothing nothing will happen unless it is represented supremely well in photographs.

3. Be very wise in controlling expenses! Base expenses on income. BEWARE

4. Etsy (and ebay and artfire and other sites) have a several months learning curve to get good at having a presence. It is a computer time sink unless you budget time! Find out where you get results and put time toward that (ie twitter, facebook, ads, etc.)

5. Finally and most importantly!! If you don't design and craft (jewelry, cards, or whatever) for love and pleasure, DON'T DO IT! You will inevitably become frustrated and unhappy with the lack of attention.

Now, go and click on my Etsy shop and see what I mean,
The Frugal Artisan

I bought some necklaces and earrings from pretty cheap jewelry for a Christmas present for my Mother in Law and my aunt, and they were AWESOME! Woot woot! lol. Just wanted to push some business your way