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OK, I just need to get this off my chest.
ETSY
I've been making pens as a hobby for about 12 years and for a while giving most of them away.
Then etsy comes along. This was a site where you could sell your handcrafted items.
Rules were that they had to be hand made by you.
In 2008 I set up an etsy shop and it really never was that great.
Up untill now I only have 350 sales. Thats 7 years. And I think my prices are reasonable, if not cheap.
The rules have changed, anything goes now. Do a search for handmade pens and one of the first
items that comes up is handmade engraved pens. This is a guy that buys 'overseas' already made pens for 2 bucks apiece and puts your name on them for around $13.
Since he did the engraving it's now a hand made item. He's on etsy for 2 years and has over 1200 sales. This guy never saw a f---kin' lathe or blank of wood in his life!!
Probably 15% of etsy vendors make their items, everything else is cheap crap that gets re-sold.
I don't do any face bookin', tweetin' or my spacin' so I wouldn't even now how to start with my own website. Hell, I had an android ''touchy'' phone for about 2 weeks and went back to my flip phone.
''I was being followed.'' But that's just me.
I have 70 pens on etsy now and most of them been listed for 2 or 3 years.
Whad-a-ya Think
Handmade Pens and More by Penright by penright on Etsy

<blockquote data-quote="angelo49" data-source="post: 287689" data-attributes="member: 149">OK, I just need to get this off my chest.ETSYI&#039;ve been making pens as a hobby for about 12 years and for a while&nbsp; giving most of them away.Then etsy comes along. This was a site where you could sell your handcrafted items.Rules were that they had to be hand made by you.In 2008 I set up an etsy shop and it really never was that great.Up untill now&nbsp; I only have 350 sales. Thats 7 years. And I think my prices are reasonable, if not cheap.The rules have changed, anything goes now. Do a search for handmade pens and one of the firstitems that comes up is handmade engraved pens. This is a guy that buys &#039;overseas&#039; already made pens for 2 bucks apiece and puts your name on them for around $13.Since he did the engraving it&#039;s now a hand made item. He&#039;s on etsy for 2 years and has over 1200 sales. This guy never saw a f---kin&#039; lathe or blank of wood in his life!!Probably 15% of etsy vendors make their items, everything else is cheap crap that gets re-sold.I don&#039;t do any face bookin&#039;, tweetin&#039; or my spacin&#039; so I wouldn&#039;t even now how to start with my own website. Hell, I had an android &#039;&#039;touchy&#039;&#039; phone for about 2 weeks and went back to my flip phone.&#039;&#039;I was being followed.&#039;&#039; But that&#039;s just me.I have 70 pens on etsy now and most of them been listed for 2 or 3 years.Whad-a-ya Think<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/penright?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Handmade Pens and More by Penright by penright on Etsy</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="angelo49, post: 287689, member: 149"] OK, I just need to get this off my chest. ETSY I've been making pens as a hobby for about 12 years and for a while giving most of them away. Then etsy comes along. This was a site where you could sell your handcrafted items. Rules were that they had to be hand made by you. In 2008 I set up an etsy shop and it really never was that great. Up untill now I only have 350 sales. Thats 7 years. And I think my prices are reasonable, if not cheap. The rules have changed, anything goes now. Do a search for handmade pens and one of the first items that comes up is handmade engraved pens. This is a guy that buys 'overseas' already made pens for 2 bucks apiece and puts your name on them for around $13. Since he did the engraving it's now a hand made item. He's on etsy for 2 years and has over 1200 sales. This guy never saw a f---kin' lathe or blank of wood in his life!! Probably 15% of etsy vendors make their items, everything else is cheap crap that gets re-sold. I don't do any face bookin', tweetin' or my spacin' so I wouldn't even now how to start with my own website. Hell, I had an android ''touchy'' phone for about 2 weeks and went back to my flip phone. ''I was being followed.'' But that's just me. I have 70 pens on etsy now and most of them been listed for 2 or 3 years. Whad-a-ya Think [url=https://www.etsy.com/shop/penright?ref=hdr_shop_menu]Handmade Pens and More by Penright by penright on Etsy[/url] [/QUOTE]

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