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Thanks for the advice, everyone. Your point, Eclectica, is a good one. I've spent quite a few hours setting up my categories, and suddenly it occured to me that maybe I'm missing the boat and should be created separate stores instead of separate categories within one big store.
OK, another question. I'm starting a new specialty line of Nordic arts and apparel, consisting of Scandinavian arts (artisan glass, pottery, antiques) and traditional apparel along with German Tyrolian art and dress. I've already received the green light to set up this specialty store on Etsy, and am wondering if I should create one on Ecrater as well, put these items in my Designers Bargains Ecrater store, or just not deal with them on Ecrater. I want to get the most traffic and exposure. Any thoughts?Â
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I don't know a whole lot about Etsy in terms of traffic, etc., but from the sounds of it that would be the perfect place for those type of items. In that case, I wouldn't bother listing them on eCrater or maybe just list the apparel since that goes along with what you already offer? I suppose it just depends on how much extra work you want, going along with what Truth pointed out.
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Alskling,
I don't know to much about Etsy as hand made stuff isn't my cup of tea but if you have multiple quantities or accesss to additional inventory then why not list on both sites as long as you can handle the work load.
A good example of this would be eBay user id grapevinehill. They use a company called channeladvisor to control there listings on different venues. Now I am not telling you to use them but take a look at what they do and you will be able to apply your own system in the same way as long as you have multiple quantities of the same items which I think you do. I do it with my own system and so can you!
let the truth be told
u1it4less - "it's all in the name.."
X-POP NATION, A real seller's network
Thanks, everybody.
Actually, no. I don't have multiple quantities of identical items. I might, for example, have several sizes of the same style pump, but rarely more than one pair of the same size and style. Almost every item I have is unique, individual, one-of-a-kind which is why picture-taking, listing, packing and mailing, etc. is so incredibly time-consuming. The last thing I want to do is create more work for myself.
I guess I should just stick to the specialty store on Etsy and keep my Designers Bargains Ecrater store as I've set it up to replicate my eBay store. I can always add another eCrater store later, I suppose.
Alskling,
As far as ecrater you might consider having a vintage clothing store seperate from your main clothing/shoes store.
If you have enough inventory in your vintage line that might work. I would keep your main store items together, as you have a better chance of upselling. You should also advertise or utilize your skills as a personal shopper. You already do it for your customers, just make that info. visible to the customer. Especially for men.Â
One thing to always remember about ecrater is that they don't have inventory control, so you have to be on top of it, especially if you don't have multiples of that item. They will still show up as available for sale unless you remove the item.
Good Luck.
I just wanted to give all of you a link to a website of a store. This is an ecrater store so when you click on items you are redirected to ecrater. It uses tables (don't ask me to explain because I can't) but this is a great idea.
http://www.littledaisychains.org/
Quote:I just wanted to give all of you a link to a website of a store. This is an ecrater store so when you click on items you are redirected to ecrater. It uses tables (don't ask me to explain because I can't) but this is a great idea.
chiquita,
I think you meant Etsy.
Quote:One thing to always remember about ecrater is that they don't have inventory control, so you have to be on top of it, especially if you don't have multiples of that item. They will still show up as available for sale unless you remove the item.
Very important information!
let the truth be told
u1it4less - "it's all in the name.."
X-POP NATION, A real seller's network
Thanks for reminding me about the inventory control issue. I'd forgotten about that.
Also a good point, my banana friend, about creating a separate vintage store, and one I'd also considered for the same reasons you suggested. It's good to hear my reasoning confirmed -- means I'm not totally out to lunch on everything. Now, if any of you want to hop a flight to Atlanta and help me do all this, come on down.
Hey Brat, what do you sell on Ecrater?
Anyone care to take a stab at translating this? From the WP "post your pic" thread, on being asked for a staff photo, and then a popper's suggestion that the woman on the front page was "Karen" -
Quote:Hello Members,
We are working towards both a "management and staff" portal and preparing some public media events where membership will have the opportunity to learn more about staff and management.
We simply feel that to do so prior to the Grand Opening and achieving some of our benchmarks over the six month grand opening period would be counter to our absolute focus on expanding the Wagglepop marketplace dynamic.
Not that we are worth looking at anyway LOL
Karen - WP Customer Care
WTF? Since they are planning a media event in the very nebulous future, they can't just post a pic now? Uh huh. Still didn't finish drawing those stick figures, I guess.
JoJo
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Quote:I just wanted to give all of you a link to a website of a store. This is an ecrater store so when you click on items you are redirected to ecrater. It uses tables (don't ask me to explain because I can't) but this is a great idea.
chiquita,
I think you meant Etsy.
Quote:One thing to always remember about ecrater is that they don't have inventory control, so you have to be on top of it, especially if you don't have multiples of that item. They will still show up as available for sale unless you remove the item.
Very important information!
let the truth be told
u1it4less - "it's all in the name.."
X-POP NATION, A real seller's network
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OOPS, she used to have it redirecting to ecrater. She has an Etsy store too. Great concept though. It gives you a domain instead of a subdomain.
For my favorite Rat: I'm too lazy to look for your post to quote regarding the slowness of WP loading lately. A thread started by the popper about it, who all though 'it must be them/their computer' was finally responded to by KaRay:
Quote:wagglepopCC1Â 22 Feb 2007 19:29Â Â Â
Hello Members,
We monitor the site exhaustively and thoroughly throughout each day, and there are going to be times when factors outside our control appear to be directly WP-related, but are actual network connectivity issues such as bottlenecks or power outages.
For example, the weather in the Northeast lately has wreaked havoc with many access providers.
For those users who share a common route to the WP data center, they will share the same experience, while for other on a different route they experience the site as normal.
Unfortunately, every website server or data center still has to share the commonality of the traffic path between the user PC and every single destination across the Web, and if there is a weak link along the way, they will share that as well.
In general, ISPs are very good at making quick repairs as necessary or clearing bottlenecks as they are found.
I think everyone will agree that we have a very high standard of operation and performance with very fast paging and load times and virtually no downtime at all to date, and our commitment in that regard is unchanged
Karen - WP Customer Care
Correct me please if I'm wrong, but has KaRay ever answered a general point of concern with 'sorry you are all experiencing problems. We will look into it'. It seems to me every response is defensive. Have I just described the nature of the beast?
Rat, I'm on high-speed and I've been doing some 'research' lately on WP. About once an hour it slows down to a crawl for about 5 minutes, then picks up again. weird to say the least.
Well, well, well,
I just received this message trying to reload a page:
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phpBB : Critical Error
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Oh My God! It's the invasion of International buyers!Â