Giveaway!

I'm giving away a pair of earrings. They're totally cute.




Go here to enter!

Owl always love you.

I just love owls. They're so gosh darn cute.

But when I randomly listed a pair of owl earrings and they sold within minutes, I was shocked. Owls? Really?

Apparently they're a thing. And as much as I hate to jump on the proverbial bandwagon, I have a ton of those little buggers in my shop.

Check them out! :)

I can put any you see on necklaces as well.

BGMI

In case you are unaware, I have an entire section in my shop dedicated to BGMI.

And what is BGMI you ask? A section of GMIN, which is an organization that fights malaria in Sierra Leone by providing local people mosquito nets to cover their sleeping spaces with.

100% of the proceeds from this section of my shop goes to BGMI, which is my high school's chapter of GMIN. By buying a pair of earrings (which are made with coins from Sierra Leone itself) you are buying 2 mosquito nets that can quite possibly save lives. Plus, if you ask me, they're pretty dang cute.

Check it out!

Tips for Sucess.

Although I am fairly new to Etsy -- 40 days old to be exact -- I thought I might as well spice up my blog a little and give a few tips.

I've gotten 43 sales in these 40 days...a few were trades, but still, I'm doing fairly well.

So how do I get my sales?

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1) I am an active player of 5 Minute Featured Seller. It is a game that is played constantly on the Etsy Chat Rooms. One person is the "FS" for 5 minutes while everybody else in the room looks, posts, and hopefully buys only his or her items. At the end of 5 minutes, the first person to buy becomes the next FS.
Although this doesn't always get you sales, you get lots of exposure either way.

2) I post something new every dang day. I know this isn't practical for people who make very complex items, but for a jewelry maker such as myself it isn't unreasonable. I've gotten several sales within 10 minutes of posting a new item. Clearly somebody saw it on the main page and bought!

3) I use every single one of my tags when listing an item. The more tags you have, the more likely it is to pop up in a search. Etsy allows you to have 14 tags, and I fully recommend using every single one of them.

4) I have a Facebook page for my shop. I've sold several things to people who logged onto their personal facebook and just needed something. A good way to get followers is to first invite all your friends and then once you have enough people shorten your link here. It makes linking people to your page on the Forums or Chat that much easier. For example, my page can be found at www.facebook.com/4Leaves

5) I try to appeal to all ages and genders. I've started a Kids' Section in my Etsy shop, and make unisex bracelets. The bigger your customer base is, the better. Appeal to as many as possible.

6) I sell destash. What is destash? Why, it's leftover supplies. As a jeweler, I am forever getting beads in sets and not liking or needing all of them. I set up several lots with my leftovers or destash. This brings more people into my shop who would potentially buy finished products, and also frees up some space in my workroom and earns me some money to get new supplies.

7) I always leave feedback. Most of my buyers are sellers themselves, so every positive feedback they can get is good for them. If they pay right away, say so! Some don't leave you feedback unless you do it for them first, so take the 5 seconds and make somebody happy.

8) Finally..I try to be friendly. I know it's a cliche, but you really do catch more flies with honey. When you interact with people on the Forums or Chat, be friendly! Compliments can go a long way. I'm not saying be insincere, but a little bit of love can go a long way.


Thanks for reading guys :) I'll try to get my blog to be less boring!

I'm Featured!

The wonderfully fabulous Funky Monkey Creations (aka Stefan) has featured me in his blog.

It's great to get a bit of background on me.

Here it is!

Also if you are tired of looking at my stuff, check out Funky's lovely knit shop here!

:D

New Wine Charms

I added wine charms to my shop today. I've never made them before, but according to some fellow Etsiers (who may or may not pity me) they seem okay.

There's fun. In an ocean theme.



Check 'em out! Set of 8 for six bucks...

My Etsy

My Etsy is my life-y.

Check it out!

Once this blog gets some followers, I'll do some giveaways and fun things.

Also, if you're on facebook go to

my fanpage!

Yes. I made a blog.

So I've been known to pick on people who have blogs.

Who doesn't?

Oh yeah. Probably all of you, considering you're reading a blog right now.


Well I conformed. And I'm dang happy to be here, promoting my shop!

See lisadonnelly.etsy.com