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Post by warrior1991 on Feb 1, 2017 19:39:24 GMT
I sell cardstock die cuts on Etsy and it has been going quite well. I have slow times and busier times, so not complaining. I want to add more things but have a hard time making so many things to list and then have them just sit around my craftroom waiting for a new home. I know you have to show the item to sell the item and I do get lots of custom requests from things I have listed but I'm wondering about the people I'm losing because they don't see exactly what they want and move on without asking about custom orders. For example I had a custom order for die cut words that said "Happy Birthday {name}". After a few conversations back and forth, I was able to complete her order and mail it off. She had contacted me from a listing I had of just single words with the letters welded together. That got me thinking, if I should create a happy birthday die cut to list. Each listing costs money to post, so not sure what to do. Would I have to make/show a die cut in a simple font, a fancy font, all captials, all lower case, etc? colors? Also, I get questions a lot about what size is the item in the picture/listing. I happily answer their question as soon as I can and say I can cut the item in any size they need. They thank me and then never contact again. Is it because I didn't have the size right then that they needed or is it something else? I'm not looking to get rich doing this, but a few more orders each month would be nice to help support my crafting habit. Thanks.
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 2, 2017 13:00:50 GMT
When I shop on Etsy I type in the search engine what I am looking for, so if you are doing personalized die cuts I would make sure that pops up in the search engine and have a photo of some samples.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 2, 2017 21:33:14 GMT
i've been selling on Etsy for almost 10 years now. buyers who don't respond back to your answers are just part of doing business. they probably send out inquiries to a bunch of sellers to see who can best fulfill their order.
if you want to offer a bunch of different styles, colors and sizes, you can group a bunch of samples into a collage photo. i've seen people put lots of pictures within one collage photo to maximize the examples they want to show. then you can put up to 5 of those collage photos in a generic listing i.e. a "Happy Birthday die cut" listing. i see people do this all the time. $.20 per listing is a small price to pay if you can maximize the examples you put in that listing.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Feb 2, 2017 22:19:59 GMT
I don't do the die cuts thing, but can you do something like 'Happy Birthday Aaron' and use that as a general guide for custom work? I buy birthday shirts for each of my kids every year (upwards of $40 a piece) and each one is custom made but offers a sample. Some sellers have fonts you can choose from, fabric, t-shirt colors, types of shirts, etc. They include pictures with charts for each customization they offer and just indicate putting the name and number needed in the notes to seller section (as well as any other customizations they may offer) upon check out. I wouldn't think it would be all that much different for something like personalized die cuts. Just use custom, personalize, etc in your listings and search tags.
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