Sold Out! Anatomy of a Great Etsy Shop

by Handmade Spark on 6/13/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

A really great Etsy shop is a thing of beauty – a carefully crafted insight into your skills, passions, and aesthetic. But getting that delicate dance right often feels like a matter of luck, stumbled upon by a fortunate few. If you feel like you’re wandering in the dark, trying …

SEO Help Me Part Three : Google Analytics ~ What in The World Is This Thing Telling Me? (Updated)

by Handmade Spark on 4/28/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

Royal Canadian Correspondent – Laptop / Messenger Bag by Billie Bags
Most of you are artists and find these kinds of tasks daunting and outside of your comfort zone. We will try to make this as painless as possible, We promise. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is useless if you …

SEO Help Me! – Part One (Updated)

by Handmade Spark on 4/24/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

Red Coffee Cup Original Oil Painting 8×8 by Creativeapples Fine Art Photography and Greeting Cards

Many Etsy Sellers and many Website owners struggle with SEO (Search Engine Optimization). This is Part One of a series of posts on this subject. We will hit a couple of key items in each …

Confessions of a Craftaholic: How to find inspiration in your own backyard and beyond by Handmade Spark Member MISC Root

by Handmade Spark on 4/22/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

As an ADD crafter, I often run into the problem of having too many ideas. Something will catch my eye and I will think of a ton of different things I can do with it to change it or make it better. If you take a look in my Etsy …

This is What We Can Help Etsy Sellers Achieve on Google

by Handmade Spark on 4/16/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

Handmade Spark provides a search engine optimized (SEO) directory with product pages for Etsy sellers.  These product pages increase visibility for our members by bumping their listings up in Google search results.  Check out examples of actual searches below:

SEO takes time and we do not guarantee results magically overnight…but …

Etsy Shop Policies: Raising Customer Awareness

by MCatherine Lunsford on 2/18/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

Halloween Jar Lables | $11.99 | wvluckygirl
I decided to visit Etsy Forums today and found an important thread in which a shop was inquiring about who to contact to remove negative feedback from an international customer.
As a Performing Artist, I hungered for good reviews.  I can tell you that one …

Etsy and PayPal Stats Analysis: Guest Post from Tracey Knits

by Handmade Spark on 1/14/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

Batman Golf Club Cover | TraceyKnits
My shop is a total mess. Why you may ask? because I was ill prepared for the rush of the holiday season. I could easily have looked at the sales trends leading up to thanksgiving and at the very least made a few extra of …

Shop Makeover Series: The Trouble with Price Points

by Amber Jordan on 1/08/11 | View Comments Comment(s)

Handmade artists are well aware of the never ending battle to price their work. This post will not dive into the merry-go-round of pricing your work for what it is worth, but will look at your shop as a whole and how you are perceived from a potential buyers point …