Spreading the Love

Whether you believe in Karma or not, it’s good sometimes to just be a nice person.  Everyone wants more people to see their shops on etsy – not just YOU.  Here are a few easy ways to make someone’s day:

POUNCE. Etsy has a tool that will show you shops that haven’t made any sales yet.  Got an extra five bucks?  Find a shop without any sales with some inexpensive items and buy one.  Maybe you’ll find something you really love!  And even if you don’t, isn’t the thought of someone breaking into a huge smile and doing a victory dance because they just made their first sale worth $5?

TREASURIES. if you’d rather spend time than money, consider making a treasury.  It’s a great way to show a talented seller you appreciate their work… much better than just hearting an item.  And it’s a good creative exercise too!  You can throw in a bit of self-promotion, as well, by adding an item of yours to your treasury.  If people like it, it might even end up on the front page of etsy!  Just be sure to let the people who you’ve featured know that they’re in your treasury.

Here are the treasuries I’ve made.

GET SOCIAL. Chat and the Forums are AWESOME tools for meeting other etsy sellers and seeing some great shops.  With chat, try to get in on a five-minute FS (Featured Seller)session.  Everyone spends five minutes gushing over a featured seller (someone in the chatroom) and then that seller picks another.  Sales are made, and friendships too.  It’s a blast.  In the forums, someone’s always looking for advice and feedback.  There are lots of people you can help with just a few minutes of your time.

GIVE A SHOUT-OUT. Have a blog?  Have a Twitter account?  Let your followers know about something awesome you found on etsy!

PARTICIPATE. Check the forums and other craft blogs.  There are great people organizing contests, swaps, and lots of other group events that will help you make new friends and promote everyone’s work.  For example, check out the July Contest here at WTF etsy, a craft blog.

So there you are.  Have fun spreading the love and bringing smiles to people’s faces!   Not only will making people happy make YOU happy in return, you’ll increase the number of views your shop gets as people try to discover who this wonderful person is that just made their day.  <3

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