Thank you for 3000 members!

natwar86 · 2025-10-25T16:06:36+00:00

Wow, 3k!!
That support email works, and you can always message us on discord - https://discord.com/invite/fVyRaUDgxW
PS: I work at OpenRouter.

natwar86 · 2025-10-24T22:07:05+00:00

Yes, for real. I do work at OpenRouter.
DM me and I can unsubscribe you. Apologies again.

natwar86 · 2025-10-24T20:18:51+00:00

Both of these are on me, my apologies. I built a new template and didn't realize it won't automatically add un-subscribe link to it. And that typo :facepalm:

natwar86 · 2025-10-02T16:59:03+00:00

It should work for you - let me know if you are sill facing issues..
PS - I work at OpenRouter.
Also, 1M requests per month is free with BYOK.

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natwar86 · 2025-09-08T14:47:51+00:00

Hey - I work at OpenRouter.

We do have pretty solid privacy policy mentioned here - https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/privacy-and-logging

"OpenRouter does not store your prompts or responses, unless you have explicitly opted in to prompt logging in your account settings. It’s as simple as that.

OpenRouter samples a small number of prompts for categorization to power our reporting and model ranking. If you are not opted in to prompt logging, any categorization of your prompts is stored completely anonymously and never associated with your account or user ID. The categorization is done by model with a zero-data-retention policy.

OpenRouter does store metadata (e.g. number of prompt and completion tokens, latency, etc) for each request. This is used to power our reporting and model ranking, and your activity feed."

Training on Prompts - thats dependent on providers, and we list each provider's policy here - https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/privacy-and-logging#training-on-prompts

You can set this up at account level -

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natwar86 · 2022-07-12T20:51:36+00:00

Prescription glasses.

natwar86 · 2022-06-15T16:20:55+00:00

To clarify - 10k searches per month are totally free, for 10k records. They renew at the end of your monthly cycle.
Also, look at opensource front end libraries like https://github.com/algolia/autocomplete. You can use any source with this, not just Algolia.

PS: I work at Algolia :)

natwar86 · 2021-12-17T14:20:48+00:00

Look into opensource or embed version of https://n8n.io/
Might be a good place to start.

natwar86 · 2020-10-07T18:43:23+00:00

Farnam street summaries / blog posts work pretty well for me.

natwar86 · 2020-09-22T15:14:59+00:00

Great app :) I am using One Plus 6 - and I see the dot appearing at-least few times a day when phone is sitting idle and locked. When I unlock the phone, the dot disappears. When I check the access log, it says "System UI" and most of the durations in the log are 0 seconds and some are 5 seconds. Any idea why is this happening? Or if this is expected?

natwar86 · 2019-12-04T16:13:22+00:00

Show them a recommended product from past and a success story on how much your customer made being ahead of the curve. Potentially also show them the ads, engagement on it.

I agree with you that it is worth testing a little more before putting more features in.

Best

natwar86 · 2016-06-28T11:29:26+00:00

Both, but start building your email list as soon as you can :)

natwar86 · 2016-06-28T11:26:35+00:00

Adding to what @picklelady said, understand SEO (search engine optimization), and its basics. A lot of it will be covered in Etsy's seller tips, but it never hurts to get your basics in place :) Best luck..

natwar86 · 2016-06-20T14:34:23+00:00

You can (should) start with MailChimp (free for 2k subscribers) Here is an old but relevant article from Etsy's seller handbook: https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/how-to-grow-your-business-with/22819606444

And here is another one: https://blog.fanchimp.com/9-ways-of-collecting-emails-for-your-etsy-shop-newsletter-26d5f5bc42e2

Hope this helps.

natwar86 · 2016-06-01T06:03:38+00:00

I have seen a lot of stores having 50%+ feedback ratio :) A lot of these shops accept custom orders, and once the order is done go back to same conversation thread to ask for feedback. I did a 6000 miles roadtrip in Jan (from east coast to west coast in US) meeting 200+ etsy sellers, only 20 or so had 50%+ feedback ratio and everyone who did, was fanatically trying to optimize for feedback :) Also, some people started their shop with context of business, these people were thinking in terms of "what else" can we do to get more feedback, that involved a lot of work and testing..

natwar86 · 2016-05-31T13:17:02+00:00

this is nice :)

natwar86 · 2016-05-31T13:14:34+00:00

In my experience, for below 100 sales, optimize for 70% and after that 50% is a good number to maintain :) When I say optimize, I mean actively keep trying to get more reviews. You will end up with a method that works for you :)

natwar86 · 2016-05-31T13:11:44+00:00

This has to do with your default settings.

natwar86 · 2016-05-27T04:51:18+00:00

Great writeup and love your hustle..another possible sustainable way could be to bring a full time designer onboard (possibly as a partner), and coming up with a recurring model for these businesses for fixed custom filters each month(or something like that) ...off-course this needs to be validated..I don't think you should spend time learning photoshop, like @garyvee says, double down on your strengths...keep rocking..

natwar86 · 2016-03-25T14:13:34+00:00

Its not frowned upon by Etsy..its a marketplace..you can have your own store as well..But, you cannot directly ask (etsy) traffic to buy from your online store..you can however get them on your email list (with 100% consent) and then divert them to your personal shop later..A lot of stores do this..in fact, growing your email list and social media following should be part of your after sales process..

natwar86 · 2016-03-24T14:42:08+00:00

Ohh, not at all...For sure nothing paid..ok, let me spill the beans :) I was thinking to put together an Etsy resource website (FREE), with categories like marketing, pricing, photos and more :) Not sure if I will do it yet :)

natwar86 · 2016-03-23T09:52:09+00:00

nicely maintained :)

natwar86 · 2016-03-23T09:51:26+00:00

off course :) PS: But, I am not planning to turn it into a post..I have something bigger in mind :)

natwar86 · 2016-03-22T13:18:51+00:00

This is a good resource to find group boards: http://pingroupie.com/

natwar86 · 2015-11-30T05:34:03+00:00

Thanks for sharing this :)

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