Wooden crafts are so beautiful to me. I love the wood’s inherent character and uniqueness – no two can ever be exactly alike. And I’m not alone! Lots of people these days prefer natural, handmade wooden crafts over mass-produced, environment-harming versions. If you’re good with wood, you might find a big market for your wooden crafts on Etsy. A lot of…
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5 *More* Lessons from the Top 5 Etsy Shops
Every so often, I take a peek at CraftCount.com, visit the top selling shops, and try to divine their secrets. As of this writing, the top 5 selling Etsy shops (overall) are: BohemianFindings (390,693 sales) clbeads (339,638 sales) yummytreasures (300,318 sales) shareliving (284,037 sales) yadanabeads (276,560 sales) So what’s new with these shops? All five of them were in…
Ultimate Craft Business Tips and Resource List
All you wanted was a little place to sell your crafts, but before you know it you’ve got a blog, a Facebook page, and a full-fledged small business to look after! Here’s the good news: you don’t have to figure it all out on your own. These 50+ resources and guides from the crafting community…
Etsy Listings: The Magic Number for More Traffic – Etsy Case Study: Part 4
Welcome to part 4 of DIYCraftPhotography’s ongoing Etsy shop case study! We’re building an Etsy shop and sharing all the details right here. Etsy Case Study Part 1: Naming & Opening Your Etsy Shop Part 2: Writing Searchable Etsy Listing Titles Part 3: How to use Etsy Tags Part 4: Increasing Etsy Search Traffic with More Listings (You are here!)…
How to Use Etsy Tags: 13 chances to woo a buyer – Etsy Case Study: Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of our Etsy case study, where we build an Etsy shop and share all the details right here! DIYCraftPhotography’s Etsy Case Study Part 1: Naming & Opening Your Etsy Shop Part 2: Writing Searchable Etsy Listing Titles Part 3: How to use Etsy Tags (You are here!) Part 4: Increasing Etsy Search Traffic with More Listings Part…
Get Discovered with Search Friendly Etsy Listing Titles – Etsy Case Study: Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of DIYCraftPhotography’s ongoing Etsy shop case study! We’re building an Etsy shop and sharing all the details right here! Today we’re going to look at writing search friendly Etsy listing titles so your products can grab traffic from Google and Etsy searchers. We’ll look at successful Etsy shops, deconstruct the way they…