Etsy & CraftCult

Do you have an Etsy shop? I've dabbled once before with starting an Etsy (the world's favorite online handmade marketplace) shop. But in the long run, I never followed through with it. Now with winter approaching, I"ll have more time and have decided to try it again.
I love it that you can sell handmade items as well as crafting supplies. I usually order oodles of craft supplies because from most wholesalers you have to order in bulk. And that always leaves me with lots of crafting supplies left over. I know I could save them for next year and so on, but my shelves are full. So this week, I am making a goal to try to clean them out a bit. I can't wait to see how this goes. lol.
Another great thing I've ran into when fiddling with Etsy is the cool plugin for blogs. It's from the site CraftCult and it puts like a virtual shopping box on your blog of your shop. It's really cool and free. See it in action here on my blog.
Here's what my lil store facing looks like on my blog from CraftCult:

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Etsy Goes Global

Etsy Goes Global

Etsy, the world's favorite online handmade marketplace, is going global.

Etsy is mostly known for it's wide variety of handmade goods. It has been around now for six years and has more than 11 million users. But what most people don't realize is that they also sell vintage items and crafting supplies. And the company wants to spread the word. In fact, they want to spread the word globaly.

The headquarters of Etsy is in New York. But it now has a new branch which is located in Europe, thanks to the new CEO Chad Dickerson and founder Robert Kalin. This is the company's first expansion to becomming well known internationally.

Etsy has also launched a new thing called Search Ads with the company's expansion. It is a new way for sellers to promote thier items right on the site for more search hits. And another new update is the merchandise hubs. There are now three themes of hubs titled: fashion, kids and home. All of which makes your search or posting easier.

I have an Etsy shop found here.

Do you have an Etsy account?