Etsy, folksy, misi, ebay!!! Argghh.. getting confused..

[goblindreams]

Ran a small business for my partner until last year, so ok with eBay, but getting the impression it's not the best place to sell crafts on..

Just signed up with Etsy, but not happy with USD prices...

I mainly want somewhere for peeps to be able to buy my stuff, when they see pics on fb etc, not so much for random sales from searches etc

Does anyone have any advice?

Starting to pickle my brain

[skullandcrossbuns]

What about Folksy and Coriandr? Similar to Etsy but based in the UK. Can't say that I've actually sold anything on either of them but I've read that others on the forum use these sites too

Don't let the fact that Etsy is in $ put you off, anyone who pays through paypal gets their payment automatically changed into $ and it's very well advertised and well known, more so than the UK equivalents.

[goblindreams]

well I've signed up with all of them now

Think I prefer the UK sites now, as it will be referral to my existing customers in the UK..

May put any duplicates up on etsy as well... still confused

[urbancrafters]

Etsy is good because it's a huge and well known site around the world. However the USD thing does put people off and it's a pain when listing things as you keep having to do currency conversions for postage etc.
Also I feel that it is a bit swamped because the site is soooo big.
However the customer service team are very good if you have any probs.

I also have a folksy shop. This is pretty straight forward to use, although is very basic at the mo as it is currently only available in Beta.
I like this because prices are displayed in GBP and you don't get chraged a commision fee on the final selling price, just the listing fee at the start.
There are enough other people on it that it's not a ghost town but not so many that your shop gets lost.

A lot of people on here have Misi shops for , it seems, some of the reasons above and also it is a bit more 'friendly' and welcoming.

I have only just heard of the Coriandr site and am yet to investigate further.....

Hope you get it all sorted

[goblindreams]

Have signed up with Coriandr and it's slightly cheaper than all the rest.. might be worth while for my needs..

Didn't realised there were so many online venues for selling crafts!!

[lisamarie]

thanks for the tip about folksy, its just what i've been looking for, i've just joined and set up my shop and i have to say i've found it very easy to use x

[rosieandhim]

I have listed my cards, and bits and bobs on both Folksy and Misi, and a site called Home of the Handmade. So far 2 sales on Misi but nothing on the other two, but it's earlier days. I have had to work out a 'filing' system though so I remember what I have for sale on which site!!

Good Luck, I'm off to check out Coriandr.

xxxx