Tag: ‘helpful hints’
Shop Advice from a SASsy Seller: Let’s Get Real About Photos!
by Handmade Spark on 9/15/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
Many of your potential customers will find your shop through an Etsy search query. This means that when someone is looking for an item, it is key that your photo on that search page pops right out so buyers are tempted to click on your item first. Photos are your …
Shop Advice from a SASsy Seller: Tags & Titles & Relevancy, Oh My!
by Handmade Spark on 9/01/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
In my last article, I wrote about Etsy’s new default relevancy search and discussed how it affects your shop, and specifically your titles. This follow-up post should clarify a few things and help you better understand Etsy’s policy change on tagging (since there still seems to be a lot of …
Shop Advice from a SASsy Seller: Exceptional Customer Service
by Handmade Spark on 7/28/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
Sandie’s back with this week’s post to help Etsy sellers become DIY business superstars! This is our 3rd post in an ongoing series of articles by aformentioned Etsy veteran Sandie Russo, Captain of the Sellers Assisting Sellers Etsy Team and the SASsy Critique Forum, and proud owner of two Etsy …
Shop Advice from a SASsy Seller: Custom Orders
by Krystal on 7/20/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
Welcome back to our ongoing series of articles by Etsy veteran Sandie Russo, Captain of the Sellers Assisting Sellers Etsy Team and the SASsy Critique Forum, and proud owner of two Etsy shops: KnitzyBlonde.etsy.com and ZaftigDelights.etsy.com.
Sandie’s column investigates the issues she sees most often in the course of providing …
Shop Advice from a SASsy Seller: Refunds and Exchanges
by Handmade Spark on 7/14/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
Welcome to the first in a series of articles by Etsy veteran Sandie Russo, Captain of the Sellers Assisting Sellers Etsy Team and the SASsy Critique Forum, and proud owner of two Etsy shops: KnitzyBlonde.etsy.com and ZaftigDelights.etsy.com.
Sandie’s column will investigate the most common issues she sees in the course of …
999 Things People Searched For In June
by Handmade Spark on 6/30/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
As handmade enthusiasts planned their summer activities they searched all over for tutorials and wound up at Handmade Spark. What delights they must have found, tripping and skipping through Mini-sites stocked full of wise owl wedding invitations, steam-punk cufflinks, or long-necked giraffe paintings, and ideas galore!
So here it is, a …
Taking Back Valentine’s Day
by Lisa LeBlanc on 2/02/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
For years now, I thought surely I was cursed on Valentine’s day. It’s hard enough with so much commercialization of the holiday and the pressure for every detail to be perfect…roses, dinner reservations…someone to bring those roses and fill that seat at dinner…it can be exhausting! Those issues pale in …
Book Review & Giveaway: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Selling Your Crafts, by Handmade Spark Member Chris Franchetti Michaels
by Laura Kuhlmann on 12/09/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
One of the best parts of being an editor of Handmade Spark with Amber, my partner extraordinaire, is that we get to constantly see the amazing talent and products of our members. Seeing this daily, we find ourselves “oohing and aahing” over and over again, at all the goodies in …
