Front Page..

Every time I log onto Etsy, I secretly wish to see one of my items on the front page. I feel like an outsider that desperately wants to get into the cool kids club where I can say 'My shop has been featured on the front page of Etsy!'.



I keep hearing that you need to have good pictures and a unique product. Well, I feel as if I have that, but I've noticed that a lot of the shops on there have a lot of sales as well (at least compared to me) so do I need to have high sales in order to be considered worthy?

I know there is some frustration going on about so-called front page favoritism, but I just want to get on there once. ONCE! Is that so much to ask?!

I know I'm not alone in this...I just needed to vent it all out. Thanks for listening/reading whoever you are.

Christmas is over!

And I'm already wanting to re-vamp my shop, make new items, promote like crazy, and work 10 times harder!  I'm destined to make this business work, otherwise I would have wasted a lot of time and a lot of money! This is my MorninGloria's list of New Year's resolutions:

1. Get business license/seller's permit/Employee Identification Number....
         I've been putting these off just because of all the paperwork, but I need to just get it over with so that I can become a legitimate business.  Also, I need these for my next resolution.

2. Business checking account.
        In order to organize my finances, I need to get a separate account, with separate checks and debit card because come tax season...it's gonna be a big hassle to separate business and personal expenses...

3. Set up my office/creating space.
         I'm almost done with this...getting organized in my bedroom i'm renting out so that I can work more productively.

4.  Applying for craft fairs.
         It took me a while to find a decent site that lists craft shows around my area so I'm going to try to sign up for them ahead of time.

5.  Making items for myself.
         I've been so focused on making items to sell, I hardly have anything for myself! One of my favorite things is when I'm wearing one of my items and I get complimented on it.

This is a start and I'm sure I'll keep contributing to this list as time goes on.....

Happy New Year everyone!
      

Unknown Etsy Tools...please share!

A couple weeks ago I started a forum on Etsy asking if anyone knew of any obscure tools that could help run their Etsy shop better.  I got a crazy amount of responses and was even featured on the weekly email Etsy sends out! I ended up going through the whole thread and compiling a list of all the links people sent me. I don't know yet what they all are, but I figured it'd be nice to have them in one place to share. ENJOY!!!



http://www.etsy.com/poster_sketch.php
http://www.etsy.com/tag_fractal.php
http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-to-make-a-treasury-the-nuts-and-bolts-688/
www.craftopolis.com
www.craftcult.com
www.craftweasel.com
www.etsyhacks.com
www.statsy.com
http://Cr8tivity.com 
http://www.rolbe.com/etsy.htm
www.yaami.com
http://statsy.org/vutrac.php
Forum Wrangler: http://www.etsyhacks.com/greasemonkey/forum_wrangler/
Forum Nav Bar: http://www.etsyhacks.com/greasemonkey/forum_navbar/
Forum Permalink: http://www.etsyhacks.com/greasemonkey/forum_permalinks/
Admin Spotting: http://www.etsyhacks.com/greasemonkey/adminspotting/
More codes: http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/tags/handmade-code/
http://etsyhacks.com/greasemonkey/copy_listing/
Search for fabric on etsy by color: http://www.morecloth.com/
http://www.easyetsy.com
http://embellishyourself.blogspot.com/2009/09/want-to-add-your-etsy-shop-to-facebook.html
http://www.robgrantart.com/etsyapps/etsysaver
http://26olivestreet.com/colormatch/
http://danieldickison.com/etsyaddict/
http://www.makerspot.com/ 
http://www.sellit.com/
http://www.soopsee.com/
developer.etsy.com/applications/
http://www.iopus.com/imacros/home/fx/welcome.htm
Wish list sites: 
http://www.byhand.me/component/option,com_spotlight/task,wishlist/
ttp://www.amazon.com/wishlist/universal
http://twtwlst.com/
http://www.wishlistr.com/
http://www.myhandmaderegistry.com/
http://www.alliwantforchristmas.com/
http://www.etsy.com/storque/reviews/handmade-weddings-custom-registry-websites-1350/
http://www.myregistry.com/
http://www.wishpot.com/
http://www.wists.com/
http://www.thethingsiwant.com/
http://www.kaboodle.com/
http://www.socialmention.com
http://www.handmadehighway.com
http://www.letsets.com
http://craftweasel.com/tagtoolquery.do
http://www.accountingspotonline.com/2009/07/free-download-simple-profit-loss.htm
http://www.batchgeocode.com/
http://evenhoward.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/on-google-shopping/
http://www.rolbe.com/etsy.htm
http://www.gotogreatpanes.com/blog/
http://www.squidoo.com/etsy-tools
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/45065
http://etsytechnologyhelp.blogspot.com/
Statsy Vutrac allows you track each of your items' views across periods of time! Vutrac also saves a history of previous updates: http://statsy.org/vutrac.php
Statsy Locator searches Etsy search results for an item and tells you on which page and what place it is: http://statsy.org/locator.php
The Biggest Fan tool shows you your top 5 fans: http://statsy.org/biggest_fan.php
You can get notified every time you are featured on Etsy's front page:http://statsy.org/featurator.php
http://awesomechicksofetsy.blogspot.com/
http://www.wordle.net/

AND.....
the new craftomania toolbar with many of these links added!

http://craftomania.OurToolbar.com/




Here's a link to the forum:


http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6284988

NEW TREASURY!!!

Teal, turquoise, and gold items. Check em out!


http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=90554

MorninGloria's ....Jewelry?

I've been struggling with the idea of starting a second Etsy shop for my other jewelry because I really wanted to focus the first one solely on French beaded flowers.  I was asking other sellers and friends for advice on shop names, but in the end, I decided to just combine my jewelry with my flower hair accessories.

Here's a picture of my first jewelry item...let me know what you think!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=32411278

Map of my sold orders....

I made a map using Google Maps of the places I've sold to so far....hopefully I can add international locations soon!

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=106549793788302035256.0004743a6920980543b85&z=4

It's my Birthday! Woohoo!!

But I'm celebrating by giving YOU a present! :D 19% off any item in my store today only! Just write HAPPY BIRTHDAY on the message to seller section when purchasing and you will be refunded via paypal.


morninglorias.etsy.com