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Hi, I'm late to the party but I just finished the whole thread and all the side links (so gonna make that lightbox) and can I join up with the etsy goons? Thing is though, i don't make stuff. I sell books,vintage ephemera, game pieces and anything interesting that I find while I'm scouting for books. Can I still be on your team? My store is clockwork junkyard http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5449547
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| # ? Aug 29, 2008 20:10 |
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| # ? May 25, 2013 20:36 |
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You're a seller on Etsy and a goon = we adore you! Convo PromosInASnap on Etsy to be added to the team listing on Etsy. Contact Rathina by PM or email to be added to the goonsquad website. Rathina's contact info can be found at the bottom of the OP here. And don't forget to mention your store in that thread!
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| # ? Aug 30, 2008 01:50 |
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Hey guys I tried to link a lot of you up on my blog  Every little bit helps right?http://tethyisdreams.blogspot.com/ If I missed anyone I'm sorry I'll get ya caught up.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2008 15:58 |
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I so need to start an etsy shop to offset my etsy habit.  My "custom" My Little Ponies are the best I have right now, and they're not that good/painted with acrylic paints, and hardly customed with the hair, etc. Would it be worth it to try a store with them, or, if I can actually find some friendly plastic and do something decent, would that be a decent chance? I'm not that crafty with arts and crafts.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2008 19:20 |
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altazakin posted:I seriously thought those were cookies / confectionery sweets. Holy poo poo, your soaps look delicious.
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| # ? Sep 2, 2008 03:33 |
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Alright so after much thought and debate I am going to be closing my shop down for a while. I'm actually going to be changing my product. Im unsure if I will keep the shop I have now or come up with a new name for it. I have been at a creative loss lately and that I managed to finally make a move for changing my product is amazing to me. Anywho I will be making baked goods. Sweet delicious treats. I think it will sell better and it will also be less costly for me. Plus I love baking. Im working on my initial 8 or so cookies that will be the start of my little shop. I am for sure going to be making my famous apple butterchip cookies. But I'm having a hard time figuring out what else. So any ideas you guys have or think would sell well let me know and I will put it in with what im thinking. Also just before the store opens I will be sending out sample batches. So if some of you are interested just pm me here or at the current shop on etsy. It will be a while before they ship out but they will be free so why not risk it! I will be making about 20 or 30 of them, and they will be first come first serve so just let me know.
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| # ? Sep 4, 2008 15:27 |
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Holy crap. I avoid SA for a few months and you guys totally run with this. I didn't even know we had tags (or even a team) but I've tagged my stuff with it now and mentioned the site/team in my announcement. Anything I can do to help, count me in. I skimmed the thread (reading large swatches here and there) but I don't think I saw anything about promos or swaps or anything like that. I'd be glad to set up a promo card swap, where everyone sets up a business card template with their store logo/info and submits it to be laid out 10-up on a page, so we can print out a sheet of other goon shops to include in our packages. I don't know if that made a lot of sense, but I think it'd be neat to include business cards for other goon shops in our orders. (Obviously you wouldn't have to include a card if someone sells the same thing as you.) Setting up on a template for us to print just seems cheaper and easier than everyone mailing their business cards to one person and then having that person mail them out to everyone else etc etc. You know OR if you guys didn't cover this already we can print out Etsy Good Squad business cards and just include those if that seems easier and less hassle. Oh and I just put these together for those who like tiny trendy indie banners, PICK YOUR COLOR:        I'm sure most of you can drop them in Photoshop and change the hue if you want, but I figured some people might not be able to, hence the SUUUPER RAINBOWWWW. Kahlua fucked around with this message at Sep 6, 2008 around 21:21 |
| # ? Sep 6, 2008 20:56 |
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Those are really nice, thanks!
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| # ? Sep 11, 2008 06:50 |
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hey, I hope the etsy goon squad doesn't mind but I went ahead and tagged my listings with 'team goon' cause I got all excited about being in a street team even though I don't see my shop name on the etsy team page. Is everyone gearing up for the holidays?
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| # ? Sep 14, 2008 14:03 |
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Yay! I've been following this thread from the start but I was living in Canada and didn't want to deal with any border issues. Now that I've moved to the United States I know where I'm getting my Christmas gifts this year! I'm amazed at the talent that you artisans have. Now I just have to start writing up my Christmas list!
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| # ? Sep 15, 2008 14:39 |
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Hello! I just signed up a couple of days ago, my shop is http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6245496 and joined the goon group. Please leave me comments if you have them, or pm me here. I'm debating prices and all that usual stuff as I just set up the shop. I sell photography prints that I have taken in various places, England, Wales, Portugal, Quebec to name the main ones. Thanks for checking it out! I really want to be successful at this :-)
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| # ? Sep 17, 2008 02:45 |
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I pretty much just started working on my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5667232 It kind of sucks, I dunno, I am not sure what I should concentrate on? Or if I should just not bother until search functions work again. I just convoed Equilibrium about joining the Goon Squad, yay!
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| # ? Sep 18, 2008 04:26 |
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Never quite got the idea of how treasuries work and all, but I apparently got in one today, and I had to share the news! I remember there being mention on trying to get treasuries for Goon Squad, and I'm wondering what else is required other than having everything hearted already, and having great timing on the main treasury page?
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| # ? Sep 19, 2008 00:27 |
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Man... This thread has been quiet! Everyone getting ready for the holiday rush? I posted a new item today, a hanging wall organizer, and it got 4 hearts within an hour. I'm thinking I should make more in assorted colours. I also posted a few Christmas items, but I'm not too worried about selling them on Etsy. They're going to an October fair and I'm fairly certain they'll sell there. Christmas items go really, really well for me at craft fairs. So what's everyone else working on? Anything new?
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| # ? Sep 23, 2008 20:59 |
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pixel8ed posted:So what's everyone else working on? Anything new? I got completely sidetracked - should have opened up a few weeks ago really but my daughter asked me to make some crochet cakes for her to play with, so I did that rather than take photos of the stuff I have ready (any excuse, I hate taking photos). And then some friends saw them and I've ended up running up dozens...I have a few pre-orders already 
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| # ? Sep 23, 2008 22:51 |
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Awww... Cute kid! Cute cupcakes too! Those would be an awesome present for kids. Hell, I'd like some for myself!
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| # ? Sep 23, 2008 23:01 |
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pixel8ed posted:Awww... Cute kid! Cute cupcakes too! Those would be an awesome present for kids. Hell, I'd like some for myself! Uh-oh, better whizz up another batch Quite a few folks want them for xmas stockings so I'm making most of them kid-safe, but if I get chance I want to make some more "adult" ones with lots of sparkly beads and so on. Made some jam tarts last night...I have a few ideas kicking around my head for other cakes too.
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| # ? Sep 24, 2008 08:49 |
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Just addded these folks stephenjchow chronomorphs Jeshala ClockworkJunkyard skoolmunkee Zantie seawood thebluetrinity Please make sure you start using team goon in your tags. If anyone else would like to be added please send me a convo on etsy. http://promosinasnap.etsy.com The etsy admins don't like to receive the emails for just one add so I need to send them in batches. Mrs. Orgasmo fucked around with this message at Sep 24, 2008 around 12:14 |
| # ? Sep 24, 2008 12:11 |
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Kahlua posted:Holy crap. I avoid SA for a few months and you guys totally run with this. I didn't even know we had tags (or even a team) but I've tagged my stuff with it now and mentioned the site/team in my announcement. I love the idea of the card swap or a small promo swap. I can provide the team goon sticker. Can we set this up for november?
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| # ? Sep 24, 2008 12:12 |
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Mrs. Orgasmo posted:I love the idea of the card swap or a small promo swap. I can provide the team goon sticker. Can we set this up for november? Hell yeah, let's do it. If we wanted to go the "print out everyone's cards on your own" route I will gladly head gathering everyone's business card files to layout.
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| # ? Sep 24, 2008 23:52 |
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Blogging it up for etsy again. If I can add any goons convo me on etsy  http://tethyisdreams.blogspot.com/
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| # ? Sep 25, 2008 04:10 |
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So I'm getting my etching mojo working again, and soon I'll have a few things put together and on my Etsy Site. there's nothing there right now, but soon, soon! I just have to buy a new printer, as the one I have now is useless. I spent 4 hours yesterday trying to get the toner to transfer properly, and the whole problem is a crappy old laser printer. If you didn't catch my post in the GBS thread, I'll be offering etched brass goodies - I'm going to offer keychains, bookmarks, and other neat things. Here's a preview:  That's two bookmarks, before etching. They'll be 1.5" by 6" - although I think I may want to shorten them to 5". They still need to be etched, painted, lacquered, drilled, and the chain and fob attached. Wee! Edit: All done! Got 2 CogMarks up in my shop so far, with more stuff to come. pics:   Also, sent off a convo to Mrs. Orgasmo on Etsy! TwystNeko fucked around with this message at Sep 26, 2008 around 04:13 |
| # ? Sep 25, 2008 10:29 |
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So I need some help with packaging - Should I even worry about it? I want to keep shipping costs low. I might just design a nice tag (a smaller version of the shop header I'm working on, I guess) and include it in the envelope.
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| # ? Sep 26, 2008 04:34 |
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That sounds fine. I buy colorful tissue paper at the dollar store, wrap the item in the tissue paper, use a round sticker that I bought from Promosinasnap to secure the tissue paper, tuck a business card into the fold of the paper and then put it in a bubble envelope. It's simple, easy, cheap and doesn't add to the cost of mailing, but I've received a lot of comments from customers on their packages. I guess the tissue paper wrapping makes it a little like receiving a present in the mail.
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| # ? Sep 26, 2008 10:06 |
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I've taken to making my own bubble mailers. I've found its so much cheaper to just buy manilla envelopes and a huge roll of bubble wrap and just cut to the size I need to wrap around a switch plate, it takes a little extra time, but it really helps me to keep my shipping costs low to my customers. I noticed to it was cheaper to ship my items to, as using the premade padded envelopes seemed to add an extra ounce. As for packaging on the inside? I get ziplock poly bags from Michaels that are 4 x 6" and its like $3 for 100 of them, and inside goes the switch plate, a business card, a little 1"x1" ziploc with the screws and thats it. Totally have some extra room to add in business cards for others, so I'd like to participate in the business card layout thingy. I don't know how well this works for others, but for my return address lables, and my business cards, each one features one of my switch plates. I think I might do the colorful tissue paper thing, because I think it would really dress it up.
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| # ? Sep 29, 2008 01:54 |
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Hello everyone, I've posted as Matrim here before. I'm trying to get everything on the same name but I have to wait until this one is 7 months old to switch everything over. I was just checking in to see how everything was going. I recently moved so everything is up in the air here. All of my etsy listing expired so I'm renewing them one by one. Now I just have to go through and make sure everything is metric and standard, and tagged Goon of course.
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| # ? Oct 2, 2008 21:36 |
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I finally got my Etsy shop up and running. I'm not sure how well my welded figurines will sell when they're not done as commissioned orders (which is how I do it in SAmart), but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=18143
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 03:32 |
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I have a weekend sale going on again. Anything in my shop between$5 and $30 is half off. Convo me on etsy before paying so I can send you a revised invoice. Sale ends Sunday night at midnight.
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 15:11 |
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jovial_cynic posted:I finally got my Etsy shop up and running. I hope they sell well, I love your work.
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 17:35 |
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I'm going to take a deep breath and dive in. I'm not nearly as talented as some of you, but I might as well take a chance. http://hippiewitchmama.etsy.com In about 2 weeks, I am likely to have a metric ton of apple butter to sell as well.
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 17:50 |
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Jovial, you might want to put up a few of the MS paint sketches you did of past work too, to give customers an idea as to what awesomeness you have made. I'm tempted myself to open a little shop with some friendly plastic jewelry, but the entire shipping part has me worried. Do you guys always send USPS because it's cheaper? Cowslips Warren fucked around with this message at Oct 4, 2008 around 17:59 |
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Cowslips Warren posted:I'm tempted myself to open a little shop with some friendly plastic jewelry, but the entire shipping part has me worried. Do you guys always send USPS because it's cheaper? For small things, I find USPS to be significantly cheaper. Why would the shipping worry you?
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 18:11 |
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In the past month, I've been burned several times by USPS, and items that were supposed to take ~5 business days took over 2 weeks to get to my house, all from within the continental United States....and one of these places was across loving town, a 20 minute drive. The representative I spoke to told me that there was no way to track the packs, even with the tracking number. I was so pissed that I've refused to do any business with those sellers since, since they only ship USPS....and I don't want any ticked customers because the packs got lost.
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 18:37 |
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I'm taking part in the Saturday Night Special tonight. You can see my shop announcement for details. http://pixel8ed.etsy.com I'm also shopping for Christmas and the goon shops will be the first I visit.
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| # ? Oct 4, 2008 22:06 |
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So I have been looking at all of these soaps and scrubs and lotions on Etsy and drooling, and what I am wondering is if anyone here has any experience with buying handmade shampoos. Any good places? I ask specifically because I have dandruff, and dandruff shampoos in general seem to have a tendency to strip the dye out of hair. Basically I have bad luck with hair and it is horrible. I have been trying out vinegar as an anti-dandruff method, but I'd still feel a lot safer with an actual anti-dandruff shampoo. I have done some poking about, but I might feel better about buying something if a goon can vouch for it. I'd hate to spend ten bucks on a bar of shampoo that turns out to not be very effective on my scalp. Any Etsy folks who can point me in the right direction? Or should I stick with the commercial stuff?
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| # ? Oct 5, 2008 05:41 |
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I tried some new things with my photos. After looking at them again, I decided they were lovely http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.ph...ing_id=15910860 I also listed my first glovepuppy! Hopefully it goes well since I have about 20 of them.
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| # ? Oct 5, 2008 19:17 |
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awapplesauce posted:I tried some new things with my photos. After looking at them again, I decided they were lovely Oooo! Love that earring photo! The glove puppy is also really cute.
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| # ? Oct 5, 2008 21:11 |
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Just bought your white cable scarf, Zantie. I had my eye on it for a while and am glad it was still there!
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| # ? Oct 6, 2008 00:16 |
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Good buy! I had my eye on that one too. You beat me to it.
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| # ? Oct 6, 2008 00:30 |
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Shabar Shabaz posted:Just bought your white cable scarf, Zantie. I had my eye on it for a while and am glad it was still there! You have no idea how big of a happy dance I did when that email came in!  [edit] Forgot to mention, I got a custom order in for a bunch of heart-shaped facial cloths the other day. I never thought of selling those before, but given the interest, I'll be sticking some up on the site after this batch. It makes me wish there was a way to have a kind of Goon grab-bag. The facial cloths would go great with some of your guys' bath and body products, and who knows how many other themes or items we could match together. Zantie fucked around with this message at Oct 6, 2008 around 07:32 |
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