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I've sold a few things on there, I was making these lamps, no effort to advertise, got daily likes of the thing I had available, sales here and there. pretty easy but the fees where quite substantial. so much so there was no benefit to selling on etsy so I just put them on eBay and saved a few quid.
if you were trying to build an online shop and reputation it would probably be worth using. there were just too many small fees and costs for my liking that added up to a hefty chunk. I think it was something like 20% of your sale price.
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Does anyone have experience with selling craft items on Etsy or a similar platform? How did you find it? Are there any pitfalls / things I should look out for?
I'm stuck at home looking after my kids and going slightly potty. In all likelihood I will be looking after my kids for the duration of the summer holidays so I'm looking at ways that can do some work in the evenings and weekends to prevent myself going totally mad.
I was thinking along the lines of smallish wooden items, chopping boards, coat racks, picture frames that kind of thing. All modern and all from my own design maybe even combine some stuff with my blacksmithing hobby I don't know yet.
Anyway that enough of my ramblings I'd be massively appreciative of any pointers I can get.