The Crochet Studio's Blog » myEtsy http://thecrochetstudio.com/blog One yarn after another! Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 My Etsy http://thecrochetstudio.com/blog/2008/09/24/my-etsy/ http://thecrochetstudio.com/blog/2008/09/24/my-etsy/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:52:51 +0000 Tracie http://thecrochetstudio.com/blog/?p=113 Recently, I decided to open an Etsy shop to sell my patterns and other crochet-related crafted items. I did so because in an attempt to get rid of the middle man–ie: those who get a percentage of my sales–I learned that there’s not a way around this, not that I found anyway. I tried a program through my site host but it was still going to route me through PayPal for payment, so not only was PP going to get a percentage, I was going to have to pay the host a monthly fee whether I sold anything or not. I was also mislead into believing that I could accept credit cards through this hosted store front. Okay, that information wasn’t misleading because I would have been able to accept forms of payment like that BUT it wasn’t until I read the fine print that an SSL certificate would be needed, as well as a gateway. More money to spend to make money. In the end, I realized it was just cheaper to use the middle man and continue to post my patterns here on my web site with a link to PayPal, as well as through Ravelry, whom I don’t mind receiving a percentage of my sales because they are an awesome marketing tool to say the least, and now Etsy, because it gives me the ability to sell more than just the patterns. The main thing I don’t like about Etsy is their search engine, as well as the fact that a person has to continually post items on a daily basis to stay on top enough to be seen on the Etsy site. I just figure I can market my stuff on my own through my blog and such. It sure beats paying for a lot of stuff I don’t need, like an SSL, a monthly store front fee, and a gateway.

If you want to visit the store, you can: The Crochet Studio’s Patterns & More Store. There’s not much there right now, but as things get added, I’ll advertise here on the blog. You can always favorite the store, too. Hint.

Happy Shopping!

]]> http://thecrochetstudio.com/blog/2008/09/24/my-etsy/feed/ 0