I think we have gone over some of the most important parts of running and maintaining a shop through etsy. I would now like to present to you a few other websites that you can sell through.
For Handmade & Vintage items:
For just hand made items:
For just Vintage / Antique items:
Let's start with Shopify:
(Just to help break this all up I will dedicate the rest of this post to Shopify, then a separate post for Big Cartel & Storenvy then one last one about Ruby Lane. This way it is easier for you to search the one you are looking for.
Anyways, again let's start with Shopify!
What is Shopify and how is it different than etsy?
A quote from their website:
"Shopify includes everything you need to setup an online store, including free web-based store building software, unlimited ecommerce website hosting, and more"
This website is to help you branch outside of selling on etsy, and having your own private site.
The benefits:
-Your own private site means you can sell any legal thing you want. It no longer has the follow the etsy rules and guidelines.
-You pay a monthly fee to shopify to maintain your side (there are a few options) instead of paying per listing and per sale. Depending on how your sales are going, it can actually be a lot less money every month to host a website than pay etsy. The only difference is that you have to pay that fee every month even if you have a slow month.
-Shopify is becoming more and more known as a trust worthy site, so buyers are still just as likely to trust you as a seller if you are hosting through shopify.
-They have a 14 day free trial which is risk free and can give you an idea as to whether or not it's what you want for your business.
-You can have both shopify and etsy, just be careful if you have one of a kind items that they don't both sell and that you remove the listing from the other site when it sells on the other.
-Building your own website can be extremely expensive and time consuming. This does all of the back end work for you. They have plenty of templates to choose from to make your shop unique and personalized to your and your business.
I suggest watching their quick video on the front page!
Here are some examples of websites that use Shopify to host their shops:
Check out the links above the images and navigate through their websites. Look how different each one is and yet how clean and professional they look.
So what's the cost?
(info found here)
After your 14 day free trial, if you are still a little uneasy, this is what the $14 a month option includes:
I personally have a few friends that use this website and enjoy it. Next we will discuss bigcartel & storenvy
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