Promoting Your Etsy Shop on Other Sites...  |
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 I wanted to share a way I have picked up many views promoting my new listings with all the Etsy shop users.
Etsy members that aren't aware of or have not been using the "Bookmark & Share" link on the item pages should look into this. I was recently asked by a member/friend on Etsy if I had been using StumbleUpon to promote my new listings. (I did at one point but stopped when the site was having an issue with Etsy)
The first time I tried using Stumble with a new listing, I picked up 6 views. I found that 6-10 views to be the low end...and I've received as many as 400 views in a 24 hour period from Stumble for my new listings. I'm not sure what makes the item so popular...if Stumble promotes popular listings to their site...but in some cases I was receiving 3-4 dozen views in a matter of minutes.
There are several other sites on the Bookmark and Share link found on your Etsy site...and all the sites are free to join and use to promote your new listings. I've yet to receive a sale I can directly attribute to Stumble, but I know that I've made a sales from using Facebook, Kaboodle & StyleHive.
If you are looking to improve your creations visibility...consider using a few of the these outside sites to help promote your shop...some sites take only a minute or two to use!
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1.  kimbers867 (1195) | 5 months ago |  Thanks Robin, I forgot I had a membership at this site. Went back and checked into it!Thanks for posting this!
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 creationsbyrobin (1806) | 5 months ago | You're very welcome! Thanks for the response! | |
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| 2. jillhill (11714) | 5 months ago |  Thanks for the info! I'll have to check it out!
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| creationsbyrobin (1806) | 5 months ago | It's a great site to promote your items...I added one item yesterday and my stats showed 75 views on my items and I think my views for Monday will be over 100.
Now to turn some of those views to confirmed sales.
Thanks for responding! | |
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| creationsbyrobin (1806) | 5 months ago | I opened an account a while back with SU, but stopped using it to promote new items because, they seemed to have stopped accepting Etsy URLs. Another Etsy member mentioned how she was averaging 800+ views each week from her SU promotions...so I tried promoting there again.
When I list a new item, I promote in Google, SU, Kaboodle, etc through the bookmark & share link on the item page. Sometimes I only get 30- 50 views, but other times I wake up in the morning to see my newest listing has received more than 250 views overnight! I check Google Analytics and sure enough, almost all of the views came from SU.
These are my shop stats for the 2 week period from Aug 3- Aug 17-
stumbleupon.com (referral) 1,169 66.72%
(direct) ((none)) 258 14.73%
google (organic) 79 4.51%
I only included my top 3 sources (the source that finished #4 happens to be a fellow sea glass jewelry maker...don't want to promote them  )
I don't list new items every day and I have not relisted any items during this time
plus I really didn't do much of anything this weekend...so these numbers are pretty good. I'm not sure if it has lead to any sales, but I did sell a few items during this period of time (and a few of the sales were to people that had just signed up with Etsy)
Give it a shot...it's free to join and only takes a few minutes to promote with SU
Good luck & thx for your response!
R
PS- that would be very cool if we could get a few more Etsy people here! | |
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| 4. carolbee (6749) | 4 months ago |  Thanks for the information regarind the above sites. Am not a member of any of them including Facebook. Our kids are on Facebook and I could ask them to promote my crafts although I don't have a website. Was a member of Etsy for about a year, had a few views but sold nothing. Am eventually going to try to list some crafts on Ablewise, see my profile, and just see what happens. I haven't tried to "push" any sales anywhere since I've been busy with other things away from the computer. Thanks again for the helpful information.
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