tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2279226674286890073.post3566267865652596198..comments2023-10-28T08:15:21.609-05:00Comments on LilacsNDreams: How Many Online Storefronts is Enough or NeededUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2279226674286890073.post-47710312246018049932012-06-26T12:22:33.476-05:002012-06-26T12:22:33.476-05:00LOL:) I have been around the block a few times. Tr...LOL:) I have been around the block a few times. Trying different places, opening new shops, closing them, or leaving them empty with my name getting further out there:)<br /><br />I started on Ebay in 2004, and wanted more. It got to a point it was not longer fun, and I could not enjoy my sales. I was just wanting more is all. I branched out. I got hooked up with Bonanzle...which then became Bonanza. Things empty there with many mixed feelings to things there. I have been signed up with Etsy, but never really did a whole lot there. I come, and go...but I am always on good terms with all places I have been to as well. I found Artfire, got in on the monthly special, and have been there since. Things are changing again...many of my views have been from the work of what I do, sales have been very very low there for vintage sellers, and it kind of is a back burner, but a small fee to advertise my name so I stay on. I have been hooked up with Ecrater for a very long time too. Around the time of Bonanza I remember finding it. I don't do much there, but yet once in a blue moon I would make a sale there. I get rankings on google with ecrater, and I have slowly been adding inventory there too. Along with this has come more views, and then more views for me too. <br /><br />So, I have things with Artfire, Etsy...waiting for things to expire, slowly adding more inventory into Ecrater...they been around for a while, don't hear much about them, but yet they are still there AND many people comment on how they get sales there too. The, there is ebay that I dabble with from time to time...free listings. I got a taste of sales with other venues, paying different fees, and sometimes ebay gets upsetting with their fees. But, still use them to help move inventory a bit too. <br /><br />One thing with Ecrater...like Ebay....you can sell whatever you want to sell there. No right, or wrong, not a site for only 1 particular thing, etc. Like any other shop...except for Artfire lately...the more I have been listing there, the more views I am getting, and of course I am happy to see that. Fall and winter is when more of the shops will all be stocked. During summer sales are slower, and I try to bring it down to a couple that benefit me.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing with us as always Victoria!! Great to have you visit, and love when you share with us here too. Take care, and have a most wonderful Tuesday my Blogging friend!:)<br /><br />Kim<br />LilacsNDreamsLilacsNDreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324893920352473429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2279226674286890073.post-25252102636170506712012-06-26T10:14:10.625-05:002012-06-26T10:14:10.625-05:00I know you didn't ask, but I wanted to give my...I know you didn't ask, but I wanted to give my reasoning for having four different shops. I started on Artfire, no fees and it was recommended by Lion Brand Yarns, I was looking for a free knitting hat pattern, so I decided to give Artfire a try with vintage jewelry and collectibles. Then I saw Etsy in a magazine a month later and opened a shop there, vintage clothing. And, then I somewhere I heard about Bonanza, and thought that would be a good place for some non vintage items that I love to find, Bonanza's by-line is 'for out of the ordinary'. In the two years I have been doing this I split my Etsy shops into two, one for clothing, accessories and jewelry and one for vintage collectibles and home decor, less cluttery looking that way. I use my Artfire shop for vintage patterns and fabric because of one low monthly fee and no need to relist. And, my bonanza shop is neglected, but I do hope to revive it soon.osovictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755459416529761318noreply@blogger.com