Etsy or Artfire? :)

Veröffentlicht am von

Some years ago I made small pouches,… and sold them for my very own travel fund to be able to travel to more events than I normally could attend… Recently I spoke with a good friend of mine and she asked me why I don’t sell some of my things – maybe at artfire or etsy… and I think that’s a good idea – this way I could support my travel fund and maybe buy more books about embroidery and look out for old pictures of embroidery and techniques I haven’t discovered till now – I really like this idea – now the questions are:
- artfire or etsy? I think I prefer artfire…
- pouches, needlerolls, Pelican/Laurel/… roundels …? Klosterstich, Refilsaum, German Brick Stitch,…? What shall I do?
*hmmmmmm*

5 Gedanken zu “Etsy or Artfire? :)”

  1. I have a friend with a full-time craft business who started out on Etsy, and she said if she did it again, she’d definitely use Artfire.

    I would happily buy your pouches if they were in my budget (as hand embroidery, they might well not be)!

  3. etsy charges money for every piece you put on sale – I think 20cent- and you pay an additional fee of some percent of the sales price if you sell it…
    artfire has a basic account where you don’t pay anything and if you want some special goodies, you pay about 15dollar, as far as I remember, per month
    there are also some shops that take much more money anyway than this two…
    I think I prefer artfire because I can try it out without paying a free per piece or from the sales price

  4. I’m thinking about this too! (sorry, don’t mean to copy you!). I don’t know Artfire, so I”m definitely going to take a look at that. My biggest problem with Etsy is the sales fee. If I charge 150- 200 euro for a hand-embroidered piece like a brick stitch pouch (which I think is quite reasonable given the amount of work and price of the materials) Etsy takes quite a large chunk.
    Another thing, I just read “The handmade market” by Kari Chapin. It’s about selling crafts online, with useful tips and tricks. You might like that too

    • Machteld, I know that quite a lot artisans also are thinking about joining an online-shop like Etsy,… and I really don’t feel like you are copying me *lol*

      …btw. that’s the same problem I have with Etsy – if I work hours and hours to complete an embroidery, I don’t want to give them 20 cent for each item for list it just for 4 months and an additional sales fee of 3,5%,…. when artfire just charges a monthly fee if you want to use it including some extras (and without extra fee for the basic account)…

Die Kommentarfunktion ist geschlossen.