Small Ceramic Box by SquealWithDelight on Etsy

Small Ceramic Box by SquealWithDelight on Etsy

The Stats:

#1 Brown - 7 days ago - 31 views.......................................Ceramics and Pottery...Home Decor

#50     -      5 days ago  -  21 views + a feature in a treasury......Art...Sculpture...Ceramic

#15      -      4 days ago - 23 views.............................................Housewares...Box

#1 Yellow - 2 days ago - 11 views........................................Ceramics and Pottery...Decoration

#325    -     11 mins ago - 0 views.............................................Housewares...Box

I tried listing this porcelain box in the Housewares category again. We'll see how that works out. I'm thinking #15 took off nicely, so hopefully box #325 will too.

New Logo - Phase 1

     My cousin Erich can create anything from scratch on the computer. He is normally always drawing guitars and the coolest thing is that you cannot tell if it's a photograph or not. Well, I asked him if he could make a logo for Things to Make you Squeal with Delight and this is what he came up with! This is just the first phase of it since he told me he didn't like the font he used. So he'll be sending me the Photoshop file and I will tinker with that. This is very exciting for me!

Small Ceramic Box by SquealWithDelight on Etsy

Small Ceramic Box by SquealWithDelight on Etsy

So a new addition to my shop is a line of ceramic ware that I made last year. I have about 15 of these ceramic boxes left of the 20 I made for a piece called Compartmentalization. Here's a picture!

     I will be selling these boxes separately for $10 each.
     And to top it off, as I have learned is the best practice on Etsy, I will not be listing them all at the exact same time! I will either list one or two in a day at peek hours (times when people are out of work). A bit of advice, when listing a couple items a day, do one of the following:
     ~List them an hour or more apart or
     ~You could list two items one right after another if they are going to be put into two different categories (ie one in ceramics, the other in jewelry).

To Bring You Up to Speed...

December 2010: "Here's a thought: I have no job so can finally dedicate time to sell my crafts on Etsy!"

January 2011: "Hey, Becca! Let's work together and make some things to sell on Etsy!" -Heather "Okay, Heather! Let's do it!" -Becca

February 4th: My Etsy shop called Things to Make you Squeal with Delight was created, but I had no products to list yet.

March 10th: The first products (Knit Earring Displays) were put up for sale!

As of today:

• Number of Knit Earring Displays listed for sale: 6.
• Number of sales: 0.
• Shop Hearts: 5 (most of them friends tho).
• Highest amount of views on an item: 87.
• Lowest amount of views on an item: 23.
• Level of ambivalence: 100%.

I just so happened to be exploring Etsy and I stumbled into an online information chat session for beginners. Score! Here is the list of things I need to do to help my store which I gleaned from that session:

Read:

• The Etsy Seller Handbook: All Our How-To's About Selling
• Etsy Success for Beginner Sellers
• Etsy's Guide to Custom Work

Learn About Shipping:

• Seller How-to: Shipping
• Research on USPS

Get Involved in the Etsy Community:

• Teams
• Treasury Lists

Learn about Search Engine Optimization:

• Read SEO for Dummies
• Learn what is being searched for using Google Adwords Keywords Tool.
• Learn about Google Alerts.
• Try out Craftopolis.
•  See if people are talking about me at Social Mention.

And last but not least: LEARN ABOUT BLOGGING!

• Read: Etsy's Guide to Blogging.
• Join: Etsy's Blog Team.
• Get the Pocket Shop for my blog.
• Maybe read this book: 52 Weeks of Blogging.
• An example of an Etsy blog.