It's many years now since I set up shop on Etsy. My first shop was called Crafty Green Poet and sold an eclectic mix of handmade items (mostly jewellery), vintage items and craft supplies. After a few years I decided to split the shop into two and about ten years ago set up Crafty Green Magpie as the shop for the vintage and supplies, Crafty Green Poet then solely selling handmade items. A few years after that, people stopped buying my handmade items - one of my biggest sellers had always been my handmade lanyards, which people totally stopped buying during the COVID lockdown when people stopped going into the office.... So I recombined the shops back into one and Crafty Green Magpie has since then been selling mostly vintage and supplies with the occasional handmade item.
Anyway, I've decided it's now time to stop selling. My Crafty Green Magpie Etsy shop will close soon after Christmas. You can browse all the items here.
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I've debated about opening an Etsy shop but never got around to it. Hope you are well.
Amalia
xo
I really like those Welsh Dragon Cufflinks, but I only have one shirt (a formal shirt that I only wear with a kilt) that has cufflinks. And I have a dozen or so pair of cufflinks....
Hi Amalia, I had good experiences with Etsy, but they've made things harder for small shops there now, which is one of the reasons I'm quitting.
Hi Jeff, sounds like you have more than enough cufflinks! The Welsh dragon ones are nice though...
Sad to read that. Been wondering if I could sell some of my photographs and better paintings
Thanks Simon. It may be better to try Ebay. I don't like Ebay to be honest but, unlike Etsy, it doesn't charge listing fees, so it can be more profitable for the small scale seller.
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