Comments on: Quick tip: Size matters! http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/ Fuel your creative process at Handmade Spark: get your own Mini-Site and product pages, learn and connect on our Blog. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Rough Magic Creations / Mollie http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Rough Magic Creations / Mollie Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:42:11 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-810 Fabulous tips and well stated and illustrated! Thanks so very much! :) Fabulous tips and well stated and illustrated! Thanks so very much! :)

]]> By: Laura/PetScribbles http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Laura/PetScribbles Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:27:13 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-768 Great point, samsstuff, about sizes differing among countries too, and why it is so important not to just simply list 'small' 'medium' or 'plus size' in descriptions. Hope you at least find a good use for the garment! Great point, samsstuff, about sizes differing among countries too, and why it is so important not to just simply list ‘small’ ‘medium’ or ‘plus size’ in descriptions. Hope you at least find a good use for the garment!

]]> By: Karen http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Karen Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:32 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-766 This is a great reminder about making sure to list the size. I sometimes forget it on some of my listings...thanks! Regarding the international shipping info missing on some listings, I am sometimes guilty of that as well. Unlike Ebay, where you enter pertinent shipping info and when the item is purchased, the shipping cost is figured out for you by the buyers zip code. Etsy makes you enter a set cost and I really don't know what to charge people outside of the US. I don't want to overcharge customers but don't sell high priced items and can't afford to lose money on the shipping either. This is a great reminder about making sure to list the size. I sometimes forget it on some of my listings…thanks!

Regarding the international shipping info missing on some listings, I am sometimes guilty of that as well. Unlike Ebay, where you enter pertinent shipping info and when the item is purchased, the shipping cost is figured out for you by the buyers zip code. Etsy makes you enter a set cost and I really don’t know what to charge people outside of the US. I don’t want to overcharge customers but don’t sell high priced items and can’t afford to lose money on the shipping either.

]]> By: samsstuff http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-750 samsstuff Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:12:38 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-750 Good info! I try to add measurements for everything (but occasionally I forget). I recently purchased an item from a seller in the UK. I love the style & the fabric, but it doesn't fit me well. It was mentioned as a 'plus size' & i thought at the worst, it might be a bit loose, which would be ok. When I got it though, it was a size 8 (in most cases, not thought of as plus size) & was rather small. I may do something with it & sell it with my remade clothing items, but I can't really wear it & that's what I wanted it for. So yes, size does matter. I love the bugs, by the way! Good info! I try to add measurements for everything (but occasionally I forget). I recently purchased an item from a seller in the UK. I love the style & the fabric, but it doesn’t fit me well. It was mentioned as a ‘plus size’ & i thought at the worst, it might be a bit loose, which would be ok. When I got it though, it was a size 8 (in most cases, not thought of as plus size) & was rather small. I may do something with it & sell it with my remade clothing items, but I can’t really wear it & that’s what I wanted it for. So yes, size does matter.

I love the bugs, by the way!

]]> By: Laura/PetScribbles http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Laura/PetScribbles Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:25 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-729 Thanks for the feedback everyone! That's a great point, VKnO, about shipping information - especially as it relates to international shipping. You've given us a good idea for a future article where we can cover this more fully. Cathleen, great point about measurements for clothing. As a seller of vintage clothing, you no doubt see first-hand how different a size 8 from thirty years ago differs from a size 8 in today's fashions. Plus, sizes can vary from designer to designer: one label's size 6 is another label's size 4. Online shoppers are very savvy, and your mention of determining a "proper fit" is very important. Thanks for the tip! Thanks for the feedback everyone!

That’s a great point, VKnO, about shipping information – especially as it relates to international shipping. You’ve given us a good idea for a future article where we can cover this more fully.

Cathleen, great point about measurements for clothing. As a seller of vintage clothing, you no doubt see first-hand how different a size 8 from thirty years ago differs from a size 8 in today’s fashions. Plus, sizes can vary from designer to designer: one label’s size 6 is another label’s size 4. Online shoppers are very savvy, and your mention of determining a “proper fit” is very important. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Jennifer Schulting http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Jennifer Schulting Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:32:49 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-721 Good article and I loved the items you showcased. Good article and I loved the items you showcased.

]]> By: Cathleen http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Cathleen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:07:11 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-694 Very good post! As a seller of vintage clothing, measurements are an essential part of a description. Whether vintage or modern simply stating small, medium or large just isn't enough for a shopper to determine a proper fit. And unless I have purchased an American Apparel item in stated size just telling me this isn't enough. At least put a size chart in your shop policies. Very good post!

As a seller of vintage clothing, measurements are an essential part of a description. Whether vintage or modern simply stating small, medium or large just isn’t enough for a shopper to determine a proper fit. And unless I have purchased an American Apparel item in stated size just telling me this isn’t enough. At least put a size chart in your shop policies.

]]> By: Anne http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Anne Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:33:39 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-688 Great post! I'm crazy for that little bug in the bed! Very good reminder too! Great post! I’m crazy for that little bug in the bed! Very good reminder too!

]]> By: VKnO http://www.handmadespark.com/blog/quick-tip-size-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-687 VKnO Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:06:55 +0000 http://handmadespark.com/blog/?p=2105#comment-687 Great reading, thanks for sharing. Size matter and so does correct shipping information. As a non-US buyer I often see products on Etsy with no other shippingcost mentioned than for US - in cases like that I sometimes convo the seller and as for my country to be added in order for me to buy the product, but most of the time I just skip this seller and find a similar product with the (for me) correct shipping information. To add shipping cost for several country or "everywhere else" is just as easy as adding information about size, and it might be just as important if you want to "conquer the world" with your products ;) Great reading, thanks for sharing.

Size matter and so does correct shipping information.
As a non-US buyer I often see products on Etsy with no other shippingcost mentioned than for US – in cases like that I sometimes convo the seller and as for my country to be added in order for me to buy the product, but most of the time I just skip this seller and find a similar product with the (for me) correct shipping information.

To add shipping cost for several country or “everywhere else” is just as easy as adding information about size, and it might be just as important if you want to “conquer the world” with your products ;)

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