Friday 11 December 2015
Thursday 10 December 2015
'Christmas Party'
A big thank you to Jackie for including our Bokeh Overlay in her gorgeous Etsy Treasury 'Christmas Party' by KnitWithPleasure
Handmadeology
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Naming my Etsy Shop
Naming my business was one of the hardest things I had to do in prepertion for opening. I wanted the name to reflect who I was and what I wanted to do but it also needed to be catchy so customers would remember.
I would think of a name, set up an email, get other social media sites set up, than find another business with the same name. Yes I would always google it first but some how it would slip through.
Then one day my mum reminded me about the business name I thought of in college years ago, OrangePeelPaperie. My favorite colour has always been orange and I orangepeel was cute. I loved it and decided to roll with it, to date I haven't found another store with the same name.
When I decided to set up the jewelry store,
I thought of orangepeeljewelry right away ... but there was already a store with that name ... and they made jewelry out of dried fruit skin..
so I couldn't argue. lol In the end I setteled on my name JuniperTulipJewelry and haven't found a store matching it yet :)
So my advice would be to take your time, come up with something you like and that is distinctly you. Search Etsy, Amazon, Ebay, Redbubble and any other sites you might sell on to make sure its not taken and than lock it down. Once you pick a name than set up your email since you need that for everyother site you use or share to.
I would think of a name, set up an email, get other social media sites set up, than find another business with the same name. Yes I would always google it first but some how it would slip through.
Then one day my mum reminded me about the business name I thought of in college years ago, OrangePeelPaperie. My favorite colour has always been orange and I orangepeel was cute. I loved it and decided to roll with it, to date I haven't found another store with the same name.
When I decided to set up the jewelry store,
I thought of orangepeeljewelry right away ... but there was already a store with that name ... and they made jewelry out of dried fruit skin..
so I couldn't argue. lol In the end I setteled on my name JuniperTulipJewelry and haven't found a store matching it yet :)
So my advice would be to take your time, come up with something you like and that is distinctly you. Search Etsy, Amazon, Ebay, Redbubble and any other sites you might sell on to make sure its not taken and than lock it down. Once you pick a name than set up your email since you need that for everyother site you use or share to.
Thursday 3 December 2015
A Christmas Treasury for GlassDreamsHawaii, if you like an item click on the photo and it will take you to the listing!
'A Christmas Wish' by junipertulips
Sunday 29 November 2015
Making Money With Watercolour
So why did I choose Etsy?
I chose Etsy because it was really really affordable and I was really really poor. I had been shopping on Etsy for a few years and loved what I got.
So often though I would see listings and think I could do that.
Etsy only charges 20 cents to list an item and no monthly fee they take 3.5% of your sales you lose a bit more in banking fees when your money is deposited. Still the cost is far less than any other site plus you get the power of Etsys reputation behind you. You pay the 20 cents on a once a month bill and the rest is deducted from your sales automatically.
I couldn't afford to buy any supplies to make things to sell but I did have a huge supply of watercolour paints and paper already kicking around and had been painting as hobby for years.As any small Canadian business knows the charges for shipping here are astronomical so I wanted to avoid anything bulky or heavy.
Low and Behold Etsy offers an Instant Download Platform! I had taken Graphic Design Years ago so I decided to paint cute little things (starting with cupcakes) edit them and sell them as clip art. No shipping needed!
I didn't have the professional programs anymore it had been so long but i did find these awesome opensource programs that were almost as good! Instead of Photoshop I used gimp and instead of Illustrator I used Inkscape
So total cost of setting up shop? 20 cents per digital item listed!
Over the next few weeks I am going to go over the free ways I am getting my shops out there, social media and more.
- June
OrangePeelPaperie
Want to Start your own shop consider using my referral link, than we both get 40 free listings! Start Selling on Etsy
I chose Etsy because it was really really affordable and I was really really poor. I had been shopping on Etsy for a few years and loved what I got.
So often though I would see listings and think I could do that.
Then one day it hit me .. the only difference between those shop owners and me was that they were doing it and I wasn't.
Etsy only charges 20 cents to list an item and no monthly fee they take 3.5% of your sales you lose a bit more in banking fees when your money is deposited. Still the cost is far less than any other site plus you get the power of Etsys reputation behind you. You pay the 20 cents on a once a month bill and the rest is deducted from your sales automatically.
I couldn't afford to buy any supplies to make things to sell but I did have a huge supply of watercolour paints and paper already kicking around and had been painting as hobby for years.As any small Canadian business knows the charges for shipping here are astronomical so I wanted to avoid anything bulky or heavy.
Low and Behold Etsy offers an Instant Download Platform! I had taken Graphic Design Years ago so I decided to paint cute little things (starting with cupcakes) edit them and sell them as clip art. No shipping needed!
I didn't have the professional programs anymore it had been so long but i did find these awesome opensource programs that were almost as good! Instead of Photoshop I used gimp and instead of Illustrator I used Inkscape
So total cost of setting up shop? 20 cents per digital item listed!
Over the next few weeks I am going to go over the free ways I am getting my shops out there, social media and more.
- June
OrangePeelPaperie
Want to Start your own shop consider using my referral link, than we both get 40 free listings! Start Selling on Etsy
Saturday 28 November 2015
'Red and Green Dreams' by junipertulips
This Etsy treasury was created for JimAndGina and it features work from the members of the Etsy team Integrity an excellent team to join for help getting your shop and items seen. :)
If you like something you see each image can be clicked and you will taken to that listing!
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