momo

Your lip balm is very silky! My daughter and I are enjoying it! Hope you find a great venue for sales soon.

Thank you! I was hoping the sponsored ads on there would help, but it’s not even remotely close to my weekly budget after 5 days. It also picks the weirdest keywords instead of ones I actually put in. You can remove them, but you can’t change them. It’s annoying.

Momo – I have been an etsy seller for awhile and a lot of it has to do with networking and time of year. I get a lot more sales around the holidays and oddly, September (I think there are a lot of birthdays). Joining groups did get me more views when I was a new seller as well.
It also helps to write your tags thinking about what people search for, and once you are established the stats page will let you know what people search for the most when viewing your items.
Also, I do know a lot of etsy sellers make more money by visiting craft fairs. For me, it’s too much of a time/money investment so I prefer the bit I get on etsy every month.

Hope that was helpful and not information overload!

Totally appreciated! I joined just the Atlanta group, and someone invited me to one earlier but I only saw the email on my phone so this reminded me to go check it out.

My mom and grandma used to do craft shows when we lived in Illinois, and it just never worked when we moved south. It’s made me a bit apprehensive about craft fairs because they weren’t selling things that were like, strictly northern. Wreaths, painted woodwork things (lol, my best description..wow), they did predominantly fall/winter stuff so I have an advantage there. Atlanta is far different from where they live now so if there’s a place where I can give it a try at a low cost and little amount of time (this festival only lasts four hours for instance) then I’m in!

I have a GREAT friend who advertises for me practically every day on Twitter, and a couple people who I know from various online groups and have tried it out have been good on posting but it hasn’t translated into any sales as of yet. But that’s why I set up a Facebook page, because it has translated into a couple likes and eventually there may be a post showing up on their feed that turns into a sale!

Hmm that team is for a sampler box. I’d have to send in things and hope it pays off. They have sold out of every box they’ve done though.

It definitely takes time to get started and I’m sure the facebook page and recommendations from friends will translate into sales.
A couple things I forgot to write last time:
I tried the sponsored ads and they didn’t do much for me either so I’ve stayed away from them since then.
An example of good tags: organic lip balm, flavored lip balm, etc. I try to think of what people would type into google.

I’ll try changing some out with flavored. I also signed up for doing two of these sampler boxes next year, once in March and once in November, since they definitely have a good following.

This tea sounds super yummy! I am officially on the hunt for it. :) And please keep me posted about Black Bear Labs. I want you in my holiday guide. :)