Some Best Practices I have Learned for My Etsy Shop Along the Way...

So I am about a month into having my Etsy shop on line with active listings and by far the hardest part and I knew it would be is finding places online to get some exposure for my shop.   It's like ramming your head into a brick wall every time you face this issue.  You know you have a good quality product, and you know it would sell well if the right people looking for your product saw it but how do you make that happen?

I see a lot of Etsy shops out there with a great number of sales and you think OK it can be done.  I know there was one shop that is no longer on Etsy that was bringing in over 100,000 K a month! Well so far one of the best and strongest tools I have found is:

1.  Become active on Etsy Teams. This really has been a huge way to get views to my shop.  The more chatty you are the more people will get to know your brand and what you do.  Play the promotion games and make sure that you don't just post and run.  Karma will come back to bite you in the butt.  Take time to support the other shops and they will into do the same for you.

2.  Start a facebook page for your shop.  I don't know how much this has helped me in terms of sales but it does get your shop out there on facebook so your FB family and friends will see it.

3. Tweet about your shop.  I am pretty lucky in the fact I have a twitter account with about 8750 or so followers.  So when I tweet about my items I will get some onlookers to visit. from my twitter feed.

4.  Register you name. So I did this first thing and I registered my name and got that coveted .com.  Right now I just have it so that it transfers right to my Etsy shop but I do hope to possible create my own shop with it some day.

5.  Pinterest.  Definitely pin your listings.  It's a great way to get more exposure for sure.

6. Craigs list.  I'm still learning about this one but I think if you post in the right places you can get some traffic from here too

This needs to be an ongoing list because every day is a new learning experience in the world of Etsy Sales.

Today is National Bow Tie Day!

Well I wish I had know this sooner but today is #nationalbowtieday and since I have so many wonderful bow ties in my Etsy shop I thought I would share a few of my favorites!

Welcome to the Charm City Outfitters Blog!

Hello and Welcome to the blog for Charm City Outfitters. This is my Etsy shop that has great apparel and accessories lines created from fabric that I designed and illustrated.  I also am offering other cool items that I have created with great commercial fabrics as well.   As an artist and illustrator my passion is great design in all different mediums.  I have always loved fabric and sewing as a hobby, Many times I would have an idea for a great fabric design to use in a project I was working on but I just couldn't find what I was looking for.  I always wished there was someway I could just create the idea in my mind and have it made into fabric.  Well not too long ago I found a company that could make my idea a reality.   It was so much fun creating fabric designs, I wanted to create an way to use my fabrics.  Charm City Outfitters is the outlet I've started to do just that.

It is so exciting I can offer unique, handcrafted gifts for different holidays and occasions that can't be found anywhere else except Charm City Outfitters.  At this time I will offering baby bloomers and headband sets for babies up to 24 months,  adjustable pre-tied and tie yourself bowties for men, girl's hair bows, and doggie bandanas.

I also plan on having some great give aways of my items at CCO.  Please make sure to follow this blog so you can check in regularly to see what I have going on.   Thanks so much for taking the time to visit!

This is a swatch from of one of my fabric designs

"Pink Flamingos"

Packaging that I designed for my bow ties