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Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies [Paperback]

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January 16, 2012
Step away from the craft fair. Set up shop on Etsy, the world market for art, design and home decor!

For artists, crafters, designers, and vintage resellers, it's a revolution. Never before has it been so easy to open a storefront that will reach millions of paying customers--with no up-front investment--online, in an afternoon!

Learn how thousands of Etsians, young and old, have launched their business on a shoestring, usually part-time at home. See how to sell items quickly, earn money, and have fun doing it.

Discover  the new twist on good old-fashioned word-of-mouth advertising made possible online, courtesy of Facebook, Google, and Etsy itself. You'll learn the best tools for making it all work, no computer geekery required.

With tips to work smarter, you'll have more time to spend doing what you love: creating, finding new treasures, and belonging to a community of like-minded, independent artisans.
  • Read easy-to-follow guides for registering on Etsy.com and selling your handmade items, vintage finds, or crafting supplies.
  • Instantly supplement your brick-and-mortar store sales with an online sales outlet in the world's biggest and best-known artists' marketplace.
  • See examples and insider tips from dozens of Etsy's top sellers.
  • Learn to create an online shop and market your own brand.
  • See how to describe and photograph your items like a consummate professional.
  • Learn how to price your items to maximize your sales and fatten your profits.
  • Learn how to process your Etsy payments and avoid scams.
  • Get tax deductions for your home studio or office, and travel expenses.
  • License your designs to extend your reach and earn more.
  • Automate your administrative chores with Etsy apps.
  • Learn to use keywords to drive visitors to your Etsy shop.
  • Generate word of mouth and "free" advertising, and see why paid advertising is usually a waste of money.
  • Take your business to the next level by attracting wholesalers and retailers.

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From the Back Cover

INTRODUCTION
  • HOW WE GOT HERE
  • THE GENIUS OF ETSY
  • WHAT'S ALLOWED ON ETSY
  • PROHIBITED ON ETSY
SELLER PROFILE: INEDIBLE JEWELRY

REGISTER AND SHOP AT ETSY
  • Your Etsy avatar.
  • DRAW YOUR PRIVACY BOUNDARIES
  • SET YOUR REACH WITH 'REGION PREFERENCE'
  • Language preference.
  • GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE
  • Let's buy something.
  • ADDING ITEMS TO YOUR CART
  • Add Order Details.
  • Payment method.
  • PAYMENT AND SHIPPING VIA PAYPAL
  • Credit cards.
  • Checks, money orders and other payment methods.
  • Bank transfers.
  • Submit your order.
  • ETSY CONVERSATIONS (CONVOS)
  • LEAVING FEEDBACK
  • ETSY REGRETS? KISS AND MAKE UP
  • DELETION OF INAPPROPRIATE FEEDBACK
  • COUPON AND DISCOUNT CODES
  • Percent Discount
  • Free shipping
  • SHIPPING TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY
  • Shipping to multiple locations.
  • REPORTING NONDELIVERY OF AN ORDER
  • REPORT A PROBLEM WITH AN ITEM YOU RECEIVED
  • FLAGGING INAPPROPRIATE LISTINGS
  • REVISING YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION
SELLER PROFILE: WOOLY BABY

OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
  • IDENTIFY YOURSELF ON ETSY
  • WHAT'S IN A NAME?
  • PRIVACY AND USING YOUR REAL NAME
  • Changing your Etsy avatar
  • SHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
  • Message to Buyers
  • BEEF UP YOUR PROFILE
  • ADD A BANNER TO YOUR SHOP
  • TWEAK YOUR SHOP TITLE
  • STATE YOUR SHOP POLICIES
  • OTHER POLICY DETAILS TO CONSIDER
  • EXAMPLE OF A GOOD SHOP POLICY
  • PRICING YOUR ITEMS
  • Average market price.
  • FIGURE YOUR COSTS LIKE A PRO
  • Tiered pricing.
  • Loss leaders.
  • DON'T BE CHEAP, YOU'RE WORTH IT
  • CHOOSE YOUR ACCEPTED FORMS OF PAYMENT
  • SPOTTING SCAMS ON ETSY
  • OPERATE A COLLECTIVE SHOP
  • SELLER PROFILE: INDULGE YOUR SHELF
  • CREATE AND EDIT YOUR LISTINGS
  • LIST AN ITEM
  • 1. Let's list an item for sale.
  • 2. Categorize your item.
  • 3. Add images.
  • 4. Add item information.
  • 5. Provide a description (and more)
  • 5. Tag your listing
  • 6. List Materials.
  • SELLING INFORMATION
  • Price.
  • Quantity.
  • Tax.
  • Shipping Info.
  • PREVIEW AND POST YOUR LISTING
  • Editing listings
  • MADE-TO-ORDER, CUSTOM ITEMS
  • Reserving a listing for a buyer.
  • FIND THE LISTING ID FOR YOUR ITEM
  • COPY YOUR LISTINGS
  • RENEWING YOUR SOLD LISTINGS
  • DEACTIVATE YOUR LISTINGS
  • LISTING EXPIRATIONS
  • DELETE A LISTING

SELLER PROFILE: ANGIE'S SUDS 'N SUCH

PHOTOGRAPH YOUR ITEMS LIKE A PRO

  • HOW TO TAKE GREAT PRODUCT PHOTOS
  • JEWELRY PHOTOGRAPHY WITH A LIGHT TENT
  • ORGANIZE AND MANAGE YOUR SHOP
  • Organize your shop into sections.
  • CHANGE THE ORDER OF YOUR SHOP LISTINGS
  • FEATURE YOUR ITEMS
  • COLLECT PAYMENTS
  • SEND PAYPAL INVOICES DIRECTLY TO BUYERS
  • CANCELING ORDERS OR TRANSACTIONS
  • CANCEL PART OF AN ORDER
  • DOWNLOAD YOUR LISTINGS AND TRANSACTION RECORDS
  • LOCATE ORDERS FROM YOUR SHOP
  • COLLECT SALES TAX
  • AUTOMATE YOUR BUSINESS WITH APPS AND SOFTWARE
  • Betsi.
  • Stitch Labs.
  • CraftLaunch.
  • Etsy for iPhone.
  • Craftopolis.com.
  • TAKE A VACATION
SELLER PROFILE: PURPLE AND LIME

SHIP YOUR TREASURES
  • PROCESSING ORDERS AND SHIPPING
  • Expedited shipping
  • SHIPPING THROUGH PAYPAL
  • SAVE TIME WITH SHIPPING PROFILES
  • Batch shipping tool
  • Combined shipping
  • International and "everywhere else."
  • Conflicts with PayPal invoices
  • Regional Shipping
  • International shipping
  • RESOLVE NONDELIVERY DISPUTES
  • Certificate of mailing
  • SHIPPING SUPPLIES
  • ENCLOSE SOME EXTRAS IN YOUR PACKAGES
  • SELLER PROFILE: ZOU ZOU'S BASEMENT
  • ETSY MARKETING ON A NICKEL (OR LESS)
  • PLUG YOUR ITEMS ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
  • PROMOTE YOUR SHOP ON FACEBOOK
  • My Etsy application.
  • TWEET YOUR HORN ON TWITTER
  • OFFER A NEWSLETTER OR BLOG BASED ON YOUR FEED
  • CREATE COUPON CODES
  • Percent Discount
  • Free Shipping
  • Deactivate coupon codes.
  • PUBLICIZE YOUR COUPON CODE
  • GET YOUR ITEMS ON GOOGLE PRODUCT SEARCH
  • TWEAKING YOUR LISTINGS FOR GOOGLE
  • Deal directly with Google.
SELLER PROFILE: METALICIOUS

FIND AND SELL VINTAGE ITEMS
  • HAVING A SEPARATE SHOP FOR VINTAGE
  • DEVELOPING A VINTAGE NICHE
  • DEVELOP SOURCES OF VINTAGE ITEMS
  • Estate sales.
  • Auctions
  • Thrift shops.
  • Classified ads.
  • Craigslist.
  • Freecycle.
  • Garage sales and yard sales.
  • Items on consignment.
  • Library sales.
  • Vintage and handmade.
SELLER PROFILE: NESTLE AND SOAR

MINE THE ETSY COMMUNITY
  • ETSY FORUMS
  • TAPPING THE ETSY COMMUNITY
  • Creating Treasury lists.
  • Moderate comments.
  • Expose your list
  • Share your list
  • Deal with mature content
  • Searching Treasury.
  • DRAW YOUR CIRCLES
  • Deleting members from your circle
  • ACTIVITY FEEDS
  • PRIVACY FOR CIRCLES AND ACTIVITY FEEDS
  • Email notifications
  • Purchase History
  • Favorites
  • BLOCKING
  • FAVORITES AND HEARTS
  • SECRET ADMIRERS
  • ETSY'S 'COLORS' SHOPPING TOOL
  • GIFT IDEAS FOR FACEBOOK FRIENDS
  • PEOPLE SEARCH
  • ETSY TEAMS
  • STARTING YOUR OWN TEAM
  • TEAM DISCUSSION FORUMS
  • USING TEAM TAGS
  • ETSY'S TEAM GRANTS PROGRAM
  • TEAM ACCOUNTS
  • Team shopper accounts.
  • TEAM SHOPS
  • ONLINE LABS AND LIVESTREAM
SELLER PROFILE: VILLA DE LA LEGA

PUT GOOGLE TO WORK FOR YOU
  • SEO ON ETSY: BROWSING VS. SEARCHING
  • FIND MORE KEYWORDS, BETTER KEYWORDS
  • ETSY SHOP STATS
  • SEO FOR THE WEB
  • Shop Title
  • Shop Announcement
  • SHARPEN YOUR SHOP SECTIONS
  • OPTIMIZE YOUR ITEM DESCRIPTIONS
  • BUILDING LINKS TO YOUR ETSY PAGES
  • ETSY MINI
SELLER PROFILE: THE SILVER DIVA

PAYING TO ADVERTISE YOUR ETSY SHOP
  • DISPLAY YOURSELF WITH SHOWCASE
  • ETSY SEARCH ADS
  • GOOGLE ADWORDS
SELLER PROFILE: LIZBETH'S GARDEN

PROTECT YOUR WORK AND MAKE IT LEGAL
  • COPYRIGHT
  • DERIVATIVE WORKS
  • PUBLIC DOMAIN
  • REGISTERING YOUR COPYRIGHT
  • LICENSING YOUR WORK
  • FIRST-SALE DOCTRINE AND 'FAIR USE' DEFENSE
  • REPORTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT ON ETSY
  • GET MORE INFORMATION
  • SELECTING A LEGAL FORM OF BUSINESS
  • Sole proprietorship.
  • *    Partnership.
  • *    Corporation.
  • *    Limited liability company.
  • LOCAL ORDINANCES
  • Sales taxes.
  • Income taxes.
  • Supporting documents.
  • Reporting by online marketplaces.
  • Business use of your home.
  • KEEPING YOUR BOOKS
  • Hiring employees.
  • INSURING YOUR BUSINESS
  • General liability insurance.
  • Product liability insurance.
  • Commercial property insurance.
  • Home-based business insurance.
SELLER PROFILE: ECLECTIC SKEPTIC

STAYING CURRENT WITH ETSY
  • EMAIL NEWSLETTERS
  • ETSY HELP
  • ONLINE LABS
  • ETSY'S FACEBOOK PAGE
  • ETSY'S TWITTER PAGE
  • FORUMS
  • ETSY SUCCESS TEAM
  • SELLER APPS
  • ETSY CRITIQUE TEAMS
SELLER PROFILE: JENNA'S RED RHINO

MIND YOUR MANNERS AND DOS & DON'TS

SELLER PROFILE: CUSTOM HEMP TREASURES

INDEX

Product Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Weber Books (January 16, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1936560097
  • ISBN-13: 978-1936560097
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steve Weber is the author of "Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies."

Other books by Steve:

"Barcode Booty: How I found and sold $2 million of 'junk' on eBay and Amazon, And you can, too, using your phone."

"The Home-Based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on Amazon, eBay or Your Own Web Site"

"eBay 101: Selling on eBay For Part-time or Full-time Income, Beginner to PowerSeller in 90 Days"

"Sell on Amazon: A Guide to Amazon's Marketplace, Seller Central, and Fulfillment by Amazon Programs"

"Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking"

"ePublish: Self-Publish Fast and Profitably for Kindle, iPhone, CreateSpace and Print on Demand"

Steve is a native of Charleston, W.Va. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a Journalism graduate of West Virginia University. Steve lives in Falls Church, Va., with his wife and their young children.

 

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Compilation, January 22, 2012
This is a very nice compilation of basic info for setting up shop on Etsy. I highly recommend anyone new to selling on Etsy (or considering setting up an Etsy shop) read it.
I've been selling on Etsy for a couple of years now, and 99% of the info in the e-book was info I was already familiar with, though.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly the most comprehensive guide to buying and selling homemade crafts, January 21, 2012
This review is from: Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies (Paperback)
Etsy 101 is probably the most comprehensive guides to selling your handmade crafts online.
I have been contemplating for quite some time about selling my own crafts. But have always been unsure of which approach to take and worried that I didn't have enough capitol for a start up.
Mr. Weber's book not only introduces readers to the concept of Etsy, a site dedicated to merchants selling their crafts online, but provides a wealth of knowledge and insight into what really goes into a successfully run and profitable Etsy shop. I now feel well prepared and confident enough to open an Etsy shop of my own.

Would most definitely recommend this book to any and all people interested in selling or purchasing handmade crafts.

Sincerely,
Anne K. Schmidt
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for crafters who want to earn a living, January 19, 2012
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This review is from: Etsy 101: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies (Paperback)
Good book overall, very useful. I really liked the seller profiles in particular -- the book has interviews and product photos from a wide variety of sellers who've been very successful in building home-based crafting business on Etsy.com (and a few who specialize in reselling vintage, collectible and antique items). Hearing those people's experiences, and their tips and advice, was very valuable. Most helpful of all, though, was the part of the book that exposes how paid advertising (on Etsy and off) is totally ineffective for 99% of sellers -- a waste of money, time and energy.

Although this book had some technical information about how to make your Etsy listings stand out (and get picked up by Google) it was written very clearly and fairly easy to understand. A very motivating book about how to earn a living doing what you love to do.
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