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That's a real shame. My wife has a store on Etsy and is downstairs right now sewing up another handbag. So it's kinda tough to hear that the reputation she's
by jasonlotito 10y ago
That's a real shame. My wife has a store on Etsy and is downstairs right now sewing up another handbag. So it's kinda tough to hear that the reputation she's worked hard for on Etsy with the solid ratings, and with the hard work she's put in, the Etsy brand itself is turning people away. Etsy provides just enough to make it easy and worthwhile to use the system, but I wonder if she's legitimately losing sales this way.
- busterarm 10y agoHandbags? Oh my god, why isn't she selling on Facebook? I know a very wealthy woman in Thailand selling custom $400-600 handbags to New York yuppies and literally her entire business is on Facebook. I normally don't advocate this sort of thing but their ad platform and social network are basically made for this kind of business. Custom/Handmade luxury goods for upper-middle class women over a certain age? Facebook, every time.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoWell, you can always try your luck selling on wechat. According to my wife, she drops a few people a month because they start trying to sell her something.
- busterarm 10y agoShe isn't marketing that way at all, she's buying Facebook ads and she has a page for her store. Her customers come to her through clicks or through asking their friends where they got their bags.
- losteverything 10y agoHow does one sell on FB?
- busterarm 10y agohttps://developers.facebook.com/industries/ecommerce/ https://developers.facebook.com/industries/ecommerce/
- jyarbs 10y agoFB works with a handful of ecommerce platforms to enable this natively as well. https://www.bigcommerce.com/facebook/ https://www.bigcommerce.com/facebook/
- code_duck 10y agoThe community of glass artists I'm in has sold tons on facebook over the last few years. FB has always let you sell in Groups, and unlike many online venues, has zero problem with art glass pipes. It was the #1 place to sell online 2011-2013, then the community switched to Instagram. Instagram has since been the #1 place where people hold auctions and sell glass since then, and that's from $10 pendants to $500 tubes and up to $10, 20, 30k pieces. So, to sell on FB, you say hey, i have this piece for $300, here's pics, I take paypal.
- jasonlotito 10y agoHrm, never really thought about that. When we started her shop, Etsy was the natural fit. There is a community around that. I'll have to look into this. Thanks for the idea!
- busterarm 10y agoNB: I imagine it's hyper-competitive. Instagram might also be the right choice now.