3/14/2009

A new jewelry and art boutique

A few days ago, I registered to a new venue called Zibbet. They are still at their beta stage. They promote art and crafts, and most importantly, handmade over all. Their categories are: painting, photography, drawings, mixed media art, digital, prints, jewelry, ceramics and pottery, glass art, sculptures and other handmade items. One of the most interesting aspects of this site is that it's free until you make a sale, at which point, a decent 7.5% fee is demanded.

I have started to list some jewelry, and I'm planning to also list paintings and drawings, and see what happens.

I have been a seller at Etsy for over a year now, and with only 20 sales, I am somewhat desillusioned with it. I suppose that for the first 1000 or so sellers on Etsy, it has been and probably remains a great venue, but - and this is probably true mostly in jewelry - for newcomers, to be noticed in zillions of shops, with almost no chance of ever being on the first page unless you spend your life in forums, trying to figure out how to ever make it there if you're not an Etsy star...
I am now picking up nice Etsy bills every month, religiously relisting my jewelry with little effect, much to the glee of Etsy owners, laughing all the way to the bank!
Actually, that's what I'd like to be today, an Etsy partner!