not going to SNAG. am in St. Louis. teach all day today (W) love City Museum! live right by Botanical Garden. try to go to City Garden if you can, it is close to City Museum.
Anne, you did everything right with regard to the comment onto Maureen's page. Some crafthausers want to approve comments they receive before they allow them posted onto their pages, it has nothing to do with me :-)) Maureen will approve the comment probably as soon as she gets it emailed.
I understand. I have been on etsy and have sold 46 things in about 4 years. I sell more in other ways and I don't do many shows. I agree about the best sales there being price related and that's why I think it isn't very high end. Good to know about you sending photos of what you have on hand, maybe you could put "available" and the "price" in your item description on each photo here or the note on a widget at the top of your page that mentions how you deal with it . . . because that link up there to your website doesn't go anywhere and maybe that's all that needs to be done and what Harriete was writing about.
Hi Anne, I think Harriete means a place online because we in California are probably not going to get to the craft shows you go to in the east so we don't get a chance to view and purchase your work - which is amazing I have to say. There are a lot of places to sell online and Etsy is only one of them. I would try to find a high end online store/venue to list your pieces so that when you aren't doing a show, there's a place for you to make them available. Harriete uses "Etsy" (not very high end but there are some very accomplished artists selling there) and also a place called "ObjectFetish" here: http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/index.php
FYI, they do have fees attached to them. Etsy is about 4% and if a person used Paypal too that's another 4% but much lower than gallery fees and all the current work can be shown while galleries don't really do that. I only really know about Etsy's fees right now.
Another idea is to have a simple personal website with a shopping cart powered by some server like "bigcartel" here: http://bigcartel.com/ or another I've heard of called "zen cart" here: http://www.zen-cart.com/ Some of them are free but of course they have a learning curve and might take a little time to set up. It's possible the zen cart is easier than most and they have tutorials about how to set up shop. I hope that helps.
Oh yeah, some people here have their etsy shop banner/badge posted on their crafthaus page and that would be the way you could get some action too.
Thanks for friending me! I really like the richness of your enamel work :)
Unfortunately I'm not attending the SNAG conference this year but I hope to go to Arrowmont in September for the Enamelist Society conference. Will you be there?
Your work is so beautiful. Where in VT are you? Do you show in Boston?
At 8:46am on September 15, 2010, COLIN DUNCAN said…
Thanks for your comments. i tend to go for work that is cool and minimal or, like yours, better at being lively, gestural and colourful. Col
At 11:04pm on September 1, 2010, L. Sue Szabo said…
hi anne!
it was great meeting you too. i recognize that piece that is your avatar. good choice. i've worn it several times already, always with lots of compliments. i also enjoyed reading your pricing article as guest blogger. see ya around.
sue
Hello! Yes, it is a small world! Linda Darty was my professor (along with Bob Ebendorf, Mi Sook Hur, and Tim Lazure) at ECU. I am glad to befriend a fellow enamelist- very cool work
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not going to SNAG. am in St. Louis. teach all day today (W) love City Museum! live right by Botanical Garden. try to go to City Garden if you can, it is close to City Museum.
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Anne, you did everything right with regard to the comment onto Maureen's page. Some crafthausers want to approve comments they receive before they allow them posted onto their pages, it has nothing to do with me :-)) Maureen will approve the comment probably as soon as she gets it emailed.
B.
I understand. I have been on etsy and have sold 46 things in about 4 years. I sell more in other ways and I don't do many shows. I agree about the best sales there being price related and that's why I think it isn't very high end. Good to know about you sending photos of what you have on hand, maybe you could put "available" and the "price" in your item description on each photo here or the note on a widget at the top of your page that mentions how you deal with it . . . because that link up there to your website doesn't go anywhere and maybe that's all that needs to be done and what Harriete was writing about.
I believe this is your year! Rah!
Hi Anne, I think Harriete means a place online because we in California are probably not going to get to the craft shows you go to in the east so we don't get a chance to view and purchase your work - which is amazing I have to say. There are a lot of places to sell online and Etsy is only one of them. I would try to find a high end online store/venue to list your pieces so that when you aren't doing a show, there's a place for you to make them available. Harriete uses "Etsy" (not very high end but there are some very accomplished artists selling there) and also a place called "ObjectFetish" here: http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/index.php
FYI, they do have fees attached to them. Etsy is about 4% and if a person used Paypal too that's another 4% but much lower than gallery fees and all the current work can be shown while galleries don't really do that. I only really know about Etsy's fees right now.
Another idea is to have a simple personal website with a shopping cart powered by some server like "bigcartel" here: http://bigcartel.com/ or another I've heard of called "zen cart" here: http://www.zen-cart.com/ Some of them are free but of course they have a learning curve and might take a little time to set up. It's possible the zen cart is easier than most and they have tutorials about how to set up shop. I hope that helps.
Oh yeah, some people here have their etsy shop banner/badge posted on their crafthaus page and that would be the way you could get some action too.
I hope we can both make it to Arrowmont and get together! Enjoy yourself at the SNAG conference (would love to see Seattle but not this time)!!
Hi Anne,
Thanks for friending me! I really like the richness of your enamel work :)
Unfortunately I'm not attending the SNAG conference this year but I hope to go to Arrowmont in September for the Enamelist Society conference. Will you be there?
Leslie
it was great meeting you too. i recognize that piece that is your avatar. good choice. i've worn it several times already, always with lots of compliments. i also enjoyed reading your pricing article as guest blogger. see ya around.
sue
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