Where do you get most business?

[stickybeak]

I am new to all of this , do you get more business at fairs? Website? Etsy? Is it worth setting up a website when I can use Etsy (or the Australian version MadeIt)

Thanks Barbara Jean in advance! You always answer my questions :girly: anyone else is free to answer too!!

[JustAmanda123]

I actually sell most of my bows locally through my website/facebook page. Etsy is so swamped with stuff its hard to sell bows on there, unless you have a customer base already.
In Australia it might be different though...I hope to visit Austrailia one day *fingers crossed*, my hubby's grandfather lives there so we get a free stay!!
-Amanda

[Barbara Jean]

I have not gotten to do a craft fair yet so I can't say how much comes from that. My website is new and I opened it up while I was still in Germany about to move so I don't have a great deal of traffic on there yet. While in Germany I got the bulk of my sales from Etsy. I have not updated Etsy since before the move, in fact I just now activated the listings that I de-activated when I moved... thanks for jarring my memory. I am not sure how much I am going to focus on Etsy while I try to pimp my website out. I am already starting to get a bit of business through word-of-mouth sales. That has always been my best source of business. I will just have to see where things take me over the next year. Sorry for the completely rambling post, lol.

[MsJCreations]

I get most of my sales from locals. I have an Etsy page but I don't sell much. I also created a free websites for my customers to look at, no shopping cart. Hopefully someday I will get a website with a shopping cart. I never did a craft show either.

[GrandmaJ]

I give most of my bows away! Though I have mentioned on other threads that my sister in law takes some of my bows to her salon and has sold a few. Then she bought into a spot at a 'hospital fundraiser' craft fair right around Thanksgiving and sold about $200. of my bows! I'd like to build up my stock and try a fair or two this year and see what happens. If anything it will pay for my hobby!! :clap: I think if you have a spot at the right craft fair you could do well.

[Trina]

In order to get good sales on Etsy you have to be posting stuff everyday and who has time to do that. We do home shows which make a bit of money and the plus side to them is you dont have a fee to pay as you would at a craft show

[KayeLle]

yes I just started my etsy this year and i have tried posting a new item everyday... i have made 2 sales already and only posted 20 items