Thread: Selling on Etsy
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Old 11-27-2012, 10:22 AM
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Prism99
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I have looked at Etsy, as I thought my dd could list some of her art work for sale there. When I looked, I found ***tons*** of art work like hers for sale. I don't know how a buyer would narrow down the field enough to find her stuff. Also, I have heard that whose work comes up first in searches depends a lot on how much you have already sold there (and maybe on other factors?).

I just went to Etsy and did a search on "batik tote". It came up with 24 pages of items, 44 items per page. If you have unique items and are willing to leave them listed for a long time, then I think it could work.

Edit: Interestingly, on my "batik tote" search, the second item on the first page was a handmade quilt instead of a tote. This also makes me wonder how search items are organized for display to buyers. When I clicked on that photo, there was nothing on the page for "tote" except for my search word! Batik was mentioned twice in relation to handmade quilts.

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