Etsy Resources

We’re taking a weekend break from our “Selling Handmade” interview series, but the ladies will be back  for their input on “promoting your online shop” (Monday) and “balancing it all” (Tuesday).

I thought for today I’d put together a list of articles that I found helpful when starting out with Etsy.  I hope this will be a time saver for you if you’ve been pondering the same questions I was!

On Starting an Etsy Shop:

• A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Shop on Etsy
• Etsy Shop Basics {includes information on fees}

On figuring out shipping charges:

• Shipping How-to For Etsy {with customs info}
• Shipping How-to for Etsy {with links to different online postal services}

On photographing your products:

• How to Create a Seamless background Shot
• Tutorial for building a box for photo shoot  {This is so cool!}
• World’s Easiest Light Tent

On putting an Etsy widget in your blog sidebar:

• Tutorial for customizable WordPress Etsy Widget {I didn’t use this one, but used one he recommended in the article}

Great resource for all things “Etsy”, aptly named:

• Everything Etsy!

 

Hopefully that helps if you’re searching for some Etsy information.

Today is the first day of Spring Break here in our corner of the world.  Our kids have the next 2 weeks off from school.  This year we’re having a Staycation…you know, “staying home for vacation”!  We’re looking forward to just relaxing and enjoying some of the neat things around us{that we’re usually too busy to really enjoy}.  Sometimes its fun to pretend you’re tourists in your home town.  That’s what we’re going to do.

Have a great weekend!