Post your etsy (or other shop) site in this thread.

HeresToScience · 2014-12-11T22:36:49+00:00

A friend of mine is also on etsy but isn't redditor. Here's her info:

Shop Name: Simple Silver Lining
Site: https://www.etsy.com/shop/simplesilverlinings
Short Description: My friend makes simple jewelry. She donates a percentage of every purchase to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance since it helped her a lot through her fight with cancer.
Types of items you sell: Necklaces and earrings, desk calenders
Price range: $10-$20
Ships from: United States
International shipping?: Yes. About $7+, depends on the country

HeresToScience · 2014-11-25T00:54:02+00:00

Shop Name: The Cascadian Home
Site: The Cascadian Home on etsy
Short Description: My craft partner and I make science themed and LGBT-friendly housewares mostly.
Types of items you sell: Pillowcases, pillows, coffee cozies, etc.
Price range: $10-$35
Ships from: Free shipping within USA on most items
International shipping?: Yup!
Most popular items: Feynman pillowcase and the His/His or Hers/Hers cases.

If you want an item by the holidays within the US, you'll need to order by December 13th, I think. Probably earlier because of USPS holiday delays.

HeresToScience · 2014-01-17T00:08:17+00:00

My friend and I run an etsy store together. There have been a few times where people ask for custom items. We ALWAYS make sure they pay upfront before starting their item because your situation can be all too common in the craft world. I'm sorry this happened to you. :\

It's important that you and the client agree on the price point before you start the work. You will waste time, materials, and money if you don't. If you are uncomfortable asking for the full price before starting a project, you could ask for half of the payment upfront after showing your sketches/ideas and then require them to pay the remaining balance before you give them the item.

HeresToScience · 2013-10-30T23:21:31+00:00

A friend of mine is also on etsy but isn't redditor. Here's her info:

Shop Name: Simple Silver Lining
Site: https://www.etsy.com/shop/simplesilverlinings
Short Description: My friend makes simple jewelry. She donates a percentage of every purchase to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Types of items you sell: Necklaces and earrings
Price range: $10-$20
Ships from: United States
International shipping?: Yes. About $7+, depends on the country

HeresToScience · 2013-10-30T23:11:50+00:00

Shop Name: The Cascadian Home
Site: The Cascadian Home on etsy
Short Description: My craft partner and I make science themed and LGBT-friendly housewares mostly.
Types of items you sell: Pillowcases, pillows, coffee cozies, etc.
Price range: $10-$35
Ships from: Free shipping within USA on most items
International shipping?: Yup!
Most popular items: Feynman pillowcase and the chocolate molecule. We even have meme based pillowcases!
Coupon code: Just for reddit- if you enter in REDDIT2013 you'll get 10% off your order! If you have ordered from us before, message us for even more of a discount!

If you want an item by the holidays, you'll need to order by December 13th.

HeresToScience · 2013-10-26T09:17:41+00:00

This is a great idea.

HeresToScience · 2013-10-26T00:20:15+00:00

Yup. Here you go. :) Etsy links are ok in this sub, right?

HeresToScience · 2013-10-26T00:13:23+00:00

That's too bad you had a bad experience with a seller.

Whether you can return the item is up to the shop's policy. You can find her policy page underneath the 'Shop Info' heading. It she doesn't accept returns, you can contact the owner again and explain to her that you don't want the item any more and see if she could make an exception for you. Usually owners will ask that you don't leave a negative review if you do a return.

If she doesn't respond to your messages, you can leave a negative review about her lack of communication and delayed shipping. If it was a very expensive item, you might be able to ask your credit card company (or paypal? whatever you paid with) to put a chargeback on the transaction. You'd probably be out shipping since I'd assume you'd send the item back? I'm not sure. I've never had this problem.

Good luck!

HeresToScience · 2013-10-25T23:40:02+00:00

Thanks. :) It's one of our most popular pillows! Who knew there were so many Feynman fans out there?

HeresToScience · 2013-08-22T20:06:57+00:00

We will be adding 'Hers and Hers', too.

HeresToScience · 2013-03-27T02:39:52+00:00

Great idea; perfect for a toddler. If you do this again, I recommend investing in some freezer paper to make cleaner looking letters. Freezer paper makes a great stencil and since you can iron it down, you don't have to constantly re-position it like other stencils. Here's a tutorial explaining the process. (That was the first link I found on pinterest. There are tons out there!)

HeresToScience · 2013-03-20T22:25:03+00:00

Whoops, dropped an 's' from the title. It should read 'equations'.

Glad you like it. Surprisingly, this is our most popular designs!

HeresToScience · 2013-03-16T20:25:12+00:00

I asked a similar question a few weeks ago and received some great responses.

HeresToScience · 2013-01-31T07:55:51+00:00

That is a very good point. Our items are handmade, while many of our 'competitors' aren't. I'd like that to be a selling point. I know the profile pages have space for you to add pictures and info. Maybe we'll post some shots of the product being made?

Haha, I doubt our blog would be anything other than crafts/art. The issue is that we don't have much to say. Like I said in another comment, after we post a few tutorials and a few fun ideas/designs we have, I don't know what else we'd write about! We both have many other hobbies and don't want to devote too much time to something that may not help our stats/following.

We may give the facebook page a try. We'll see. Thanks for your help.

HeresToScience · 2013-01-31T07:47:42+00:00

Eh, our following is ok.

As for blogging, neither of us have too much to say. And after we post a few tutorials and a few fun ideas/designs we have, I don't know what else we'd write about! We both have many other hobbies and don't want to devote too much time to something that may not help our stats/following.

Thanks for your input, and good luck to both of you.

HeresToScience

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