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Get Thee Over To Craftsy!

Jul11

I just joined Craftsy about 3 months ago and its already one of my favorite new websites!  Here’s an excerpt: from the home page:

Welcome to Craftsy!

We’re a community of people who love to make things – learning from, inspiring and helping one another.

A list of what this website offers:

  • Online video courses, ranging from 0$ to 39$, in Cake Decorating, Food Craft, Gardening, Crocheting, Knitting, Holiday, Jewelry, Paper Crafts, Quillting, Sewing, Spinning, and Weaving.
  • “Craftsy Workshops are tutorials from amazing designers that include the pattern, instructions, and step-by-step photos. And, the BEST part: you’ll never get stuck…just ask the pattern designer for help!”, $11.99 to $15.99.
  • Patterns, free and for sale.  This is my favorite part of the website.  The listings are very clear, the pics are big, and your purchased pattern is downloaded from their servers. If you want to list your patterns, this place is way better than Etsy and Ravelry because there are no fees, listing is fast and easy, and THERE ARE NO FEES! Craftsy is where I sell the most patterns.
  • Project listings, just like on Ravelry.
  • A Blog
  • A Page called, “Deals”, with listings for yarn, fabric and assorted supplies. I haven’t explored this yet.

The entire website is clean and easy to read and navigate. Lots of stuff but not too busy!  Check it out! Comment below if you find anything cool  over there I need to know about.

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Recommended: The Ultimate Blog Challenge

Jul4

This website is full of blogging ideas and is geared toward women with home-based businesses.  This is why I have had one post everyday since July 1. Blogging is a new adventure for me and I have found this site extremely helpful.

 

 

 

 

Thoughts on Selling Patterns Online

Jun15

I am pleasantly surprised at my success at selling my crochet patterns on the internet. I listed my first pattern, Crochet X-Stitch Shrug on Etsy  around May 1, 2012 and it sold like crazy right away and it’s still my best-selling pattern. But I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around the whole marketing, promoting, social-whatever stuff involved. I do know that part of it is continuously self-publishing patterns for sale and for free, which is the funnest part and the part I am continuously excited and inspired about.

I need a resource, and I’m sure it’s out there, on how to gather all my sales data, shop stats, keywords, tags on each of the sites I sell on – Ravelry, Craftsy and Etsy – and then I need someone to tell me what to do with it!

Hmm, random thought…a smartphone may help too! I still have a stupid phone.

Should I keep Pinning my patterns over and over again on Pinterest or is that a waste of time?

Does it still work to relist everyday on Etsy or is that a waste of time and money now that they changed how you browse (I don’t see the sort option anymore to sort by latest listings)?

I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW TO ADVERTISE ON RAVELRY. PERIOD.

How can I promote my stuff on Craftsy?

Will it just piss off my followers on Twitter if I tweet about the same patterns all the time? I notice Red Heart Yarns does this and it does get a bit annoying.

Anyway, this is my cry out in the dark for a savior/mentor/mommy, preferably a free one.