![]() The best Etsy gifts, however, are ideal for the people you know (and love) most deeply-the people who deserve and will truly appreciate personalized gifts. Use PR tactics above there as well.Sometimes, generic gifts like socks or flowers just don’t cut it. ~ Don't abandon Etsy but do look for other sites like Etsy to sell your jewelry. ~ Keep the pressure on Etsy management (in a nice way of course) to help you with this problem. Maybe use that tag in your Etsy product description area. Use a tag line like "Support 'Actually Handmade' Creators". ~ I would include an Actually Handmade badge with link in every product shipped (self print business cards for this) for after-sale reinforcement. ~ Mention Actually Handmade in your product description and drop a link to their site for your buyer to self-educate. Lots of "handmade" badges on Etsy will give it cache with buyers. ![]() ~ All of you handmade jewelry sellers need to band together and do the same thing as a unified front. Give it prominent play on your intro photo. Plunk it in the corner of every descriptive photo of your product. Immediately register with Handmade and get access to their "handmade" badge. ~ "Actually Handmade" is a real liftering here. I am not a handmade jewelry seller on Etsy so I could be off base but I do have a lot of experience on the PR end of product and product development. Selling Your Crafts? You Need to Know About Copyrights and Trademarks.This flair can the be used to find your store by going to Please put your Etsy username (no spaces!) as your flair. HIT THE REPORT LINK FOR ANYTHING THAT BREAKS THESE RULES Signing them up on their behalf violates Etsy's TOS and GDPR. NO ASKING HOW TO MASS EXPORT PREVIOUS BUYERS' EMAIL ADDRESSES Please do not ask us how to mass export previous buyers' email addresses for the purposes of sending them a newsletter. If someone requests a code for free listings PM them the link. NO REFERRAL LINKS Please do not post referral link for Etsy or another service. Drive by spammers who post links only to non-Etsy e-commerce venues will be banned. ![]() NO PROMOTING OTHER E-COMMERCE SITES Posting your personal, non-Etsy shop or your shop in addition to Etsy is okay. If you're found to be reselling factory produced items you will be banned. NO RESELLING We are trying to make money by selling handmade or designed items on Etsy. Please follow the rules outlined in this post when you hit these milestones. NO CELEBRATORY POSTS EXCEPT 100th/1,000th/10,000th/100,000th SALE We love to celebrate, so post to let us know about your 100th, 1000th, 10,000th, and 100,000th sales only. Start your store then hit up the monthly Critique thread for help. What determines success is how hard you're willing to work and learn about Etsy. If your item is one of these things, great! Start a store. NO ASKING IF YOUR PRODUCT WOULD DO WELL OR FIT ON ETSY Etsy is for handmade items, vintage, or craft supplies. Contacting people who favorite your items is SPAM. ![]() Don't ask how to turn favorites into sales. ![]() If it hasn’t happened for you yet, post in the monthly Critique thread for help. NO ASKING WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST SALE OR HOW TO TURN FAVORITES INTO SALES Don't ask when we got our first sale. No surveys at any time outside of the Share Your Stuff thread. You may however comment in other posts where your service or item is applicable. After your one text post introducing your service you may purchase ads or post in the Share Your Stuff thread. NO ASKING FOR FREE PRODUCTS IN POSTS, COMMENTS OR PM.īIZ & SERVICES GET 1 INTRO POST - NO SURVEYS This is not for Etsy sellers, but for people trying to sell or get Etsy Sellers as clients. NO BLOG POSTS Blog posts go in the share your stuff thread, or if relevant it can be in a comment reply. NO HARASSMENT No witch hunts, no call outs, no claiming another user is a spammer or scammer, harassment or being a dick, no matter what. Contact the seller directly, notify the IP holder, or both. We do not support sellers who are selling unlicensed merchandise. If you want to know why a seller is selling an item made with IP owned by someone else: The seller either doesn't know they're infringing or they don't care. NO TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT TAKEDOWN QUESTIONS If your item was taken down contact a lawyer for clarification. NO SHAMELESS PLUGS OR PROMOTION POSTS These must go in to the weekly Share Your Stuff thread, social media threads or themed request threads. NO REQUESTS FOR FEEDBACK OR CRITIQUE Please post your request in the monthly Critique thread. In any other thread you may provide your unlinked username only. NO DIRECT LINKS TO ETSY These are only allowed in stickied Critique and Share Your Stuff threads. ![]()
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