Websites like Esty?

[MJ12]

When someone showed this to me, I was pretty enthused.

http://www.etsy.com/

Basically a place that allows you to sell your homemade stuff, silkscreens, jewelry, whatever.

However, I was soon sad to find out about the terms-
20 cents per Item you put up, for 4 months, and 3.5% payment per sale made. And that doesn't even include shipping, material, and time cost. So for most things, you basically lose money.

I know you are all thinking "Ebay, duh", but are there any other sites that are similar in.... having the same type of community? Not just selling random shit, selling homemade things. And not a rip off?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Your front lawn.
Other people's front lawns.
homemadecrapauctions.eu.gov.ca.com

 

[MJ12]

uhm..

 

[Raziaar]

I believe Dreamthrall's wife sells some of her stuff through etsy as well as her own site.

 

[MJ12]

I dunno, see like for example, I wouldn't sell a shirt silkscreen for more than 22 dollars. That's still pushing it with the price and hoping that you get people who actually like your stuff.

So, 12 bucks for a cotton shirt, plus 20 cents, plus the 3.5% fee for selling it subtracted by the total of 22 leaves you around 9.76 . Now minus the shipping, leaves you around 4 bucks.

4 Bucks per shirt made. :|


Now lets say someone is like- Okay, well, I'm going to make some small dinky little sculptures that some people might like, take me around 3 hours each to completely finish.
So, you take the cost of clay per sculpture is like 3 bucks, the cost of paint/gloss/wire and shit is like... maybe 4 bucks.
Probably shouldn't sell the dinky little sculpture for more than like... 25, (still pushing it) subtract the material cost, leaves you 18, minus the 20 cents, leaves you 17.80, minus 3.5% fee leaves you 17.76 minus shipping leaves you around 12 bucks.

Once again, that's assuming someone actually wants something of yours.... or, you could ask for an additional 3 hours at your job (time spent making each sculpture) and be assured of a 21 dollar increase in your paycheck every week.

(inb4 someone thoroughly checks my math, it was just a general estimation)

 

[Sulkdodds]

sURELY YOU COULD LOOK UP whoops, caps. Ahem. Surely you could look up the prices of other people selling shirts and small sculptures on Esty to see what's considered acceptable.

 

[MJ12]

Well it's 20 cents per item put up on your... selling cart, regardless of what it is, so like, if you have 10 items, that's 2 dollars for 4 months.

sURELY YOU COULD LOOK UP whoops, caps. Ahem. Surely you could look up the prices of other people selling shirts and small sculptures on Esty to see what's considered acceptable.

Well it's not just about what is acceptable, it's what is also intelligent. For example, I've seen people sell things on there for 6 dollars. Surely it's an "Acceptable" price, but when you consider the material cost, the shipping, time spent making it, and the Esty "fees" they are essentially losing money.

Most people don't think about this sort of thing, they just assume "Woo, I finally sold a 30 dollar sculpture after 6 months! I just made 30 dollars!" No, not at all.

 

[MJ12]

Meh, I 'unno.