Do you Dawanda?

[tipsylipsy]

Just wondering whether any of you have Dawanda shops and if so what is your experience with them.

[tipsylipsy]

Obviously noone does then lol

[Tattyslittlegems]

Hi

I hadnt even heard of them until this post, its a bit like etsy.

Are you using them??

[tipsylipsy]

No I bought some supplies from there but I don't have a shop. I was thinking about but as noone here is recommending them I don't think I'll bother

[0103media]

Lots of members are on dawanda... seems these members have missed this thread ??

[tipsylipsy]

Or just ignoring me - lol!!:D

[0103media]

Unless no one is using it anymore ?

worth checking out our social network www.craftjuice.com (http://www.craftjuice.com) to see who is using what..

Etsy is by far the biggest..

coraindr seems to be growing..

Hope that helps and other can give some more info

[tipsylipsy]

Thanks alot I will have a look. I'm steering clear of Etsy, I know its really popular but I think my stuff will just get lost on there. I have just opened a shop on Misi and the people over there seem lovely, will check out Craft Juice as you suggested though

[Tattyslittlegems]

I think when my stock grows I will sell on all of them (misi, etsy etc) just for the advertising until I have built up enough of a reputation. I will make some pieces and spread them around.

I am lucky in one sense because I make websites albeit I am new to it, its an advantage. The hardest thing is generating hits to the website. You need to spend time everyday generating an interest.

[wendy]

Karen, have you thought about blogging to generate interest?

It's free, it's not very time-consuming (she says) and apparently blogs get picked up quicker than websites by Google.

Mine is only a few months old but is on page 1 and 2 of Google for quite a few keywords already - some of which are totally irrelevant!!!(eg ikea domsjo sink!) - this has made me realise I need to be a bit more focused on which keywords I want to get picked up for. Although I'm still interspersing blog posts about my work with general interest stuff, which I hope makes for more interesting reading.

I think whatever methods you choose, selling on the internet is a long-term plan, and is not for the impatient (like me, lol).