Introduction Google analytics is a great tool to figure out how your shop is used. This is important for holidays for two reasons. First, if you have seasonal items, such as Halloween items or Christmas items. Second the holiday’s can affect the flow of your data and statistics and you need to adjust your conclusions [...]
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Roughly a year ago I wrote that the Etsy search engine gave priority to new listings and renewed items, and as a result it gave poor search results and was an ineffective form of advertising. I termed this Etsy’s 20 cent addiction because it earned the company a short term revenue increase while making shopping [...]
Introduction One of the major issues facing the public these days is misunderstanding of copyright. For example a perfect example is people saying someone stole a copyrighted name. Names of items, books, movies or handmade goods cannot be copyrighted. If you have an item in your shop named “Fancy Fury Hat” I also can name [...]
The renewing issue can be conflicting for different types of handmade sellers on Etsy. I know there is much debate about whether renewing is an effective or ineffective form of advertising because the Etsy search engine gives priority to new and renewed items. For sellers like me, who are just trying to cover their cost, [...]
Introduction On the blogesphere there is no shortage of posts that are critical of Etsy. I have written quite a few critical posts myself such as the Etsy 20 cent addiction. At the same time I, and many others, sell and buy on Etsy. There are several reasons why I decided to sell on Etsy. [...]
Introduction I have a friend who is a talented photographer. He primarily shoots weddings to make money although his main passion is shooting abandoned buildings around the globe. He told me that some of his photos are going to be featured in a Hungarian History textbook. I asked him how much money he was going [...]
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