Dinah Collopy on mon 28 mar 11
I've been away from Clayart as well as clay for quite a long time. I lost m=
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y husband in Aug. of 04 and my communiity in Aug. of 05 to Katrina as well =
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as a beloved Border Collie. I've had a hard time coming back.=3D20
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Anyway I'm now trying to get back into it. It's nice to see famillar names =
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One thing that has been mentioned is selling on Etsy. What is that? I'm loo=
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king for a place to sell my work since the community hasn't come back enoug=
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h for galleries=3D2C art shops=3D2C ets.
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Since I'm alone and 80 its hard to go to many fairs. =3D20
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Thanks for any info.
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pdp1 on tue 29 mar 11
Hi Dinah,
In my opinion, 'ETSY' is an excellent way to have a sort of Virtual Store,
where one can direct interested others to the actual Address/Location of
your Work.
Etsy tself is so huge, that unless one use it's amenities as a sort of
Showcase or 'Store', and one does so by giving the specific Address of your
Listings to direct others to see what you have, without which they will hav=
e
to wade through 200,000 other 'Pottery' listings to find you, if ever they
do find you.
Hence, have your specific Etsy Address on your Hang Tags, on your Business
Card, and, even on the bottoms of your outgoing e-mails when appropriate.
My own use of Etsy is similar if less thorough - I have a Web Site which is
a rough draft, which I have not yet learned to update and finish, so, Etsy
is a convenient place to have or show images and describes of my Work,
where, upon inquiries I simply direct people there...while the completion o=
f
my Web Site remains pending.
Etsy is easy to use, easy to edit, and easy to manage.
They take a very small little cut from any Sales, which as far as I am
concerned, they have earned, and, fine with me.
Good luck!
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dinah Collopy"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:49 PM
Subject: selling on line
I've been away from Clayart as well as clay for quite a long time. I lost m=
y
husband in Aug. of 04 and my communiity in Aug. of 05 to Katrina as well as
a beloved Border Collie. I've had a hard time coming back.
Anyway I'm now trying to get back into it. It's nice to see famillar names
on Clayart.
One thing that has been mentioned is selling on Etsy. What is that? I'm
looking for a place to sell my work since the community hasn't come back
enough for galleries, art shops, ets.
Since I'm alone and 80 its hard to go to many fairs.
Thanks for any info.
Dinah Collopy =3D
Bonnie Staffel on wed 30 mar 11
Hi Dinah,
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Congratulations on your still pulling through after so many disasters in
your life. I am in a similar situation but only the "age" situation as I =
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am
pushing 90 this year. I have several galleries that sell my work, =3D
whatever I
can manage to create in the winter. I have not considered the Etsy path
because I do not want to handle wrapping and shipping with personal =3D
sales.
In my case, my galleries are nearby and they are willing to pick up as =3D
well.
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Hope you find something that works easily for you and keep your spirit
going.
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Regards,
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Bonnie
http://webpages.charter.net/bstaffel/
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