I had been sitting on the previous blog post until I was about to burst, so I published it in a hurry. I am an ArtFire Maven and had advance knowledge of this announcement. The ArtFire Mavens are a group of sellers who get to play with all the new toys first. Before anything is rolled out to the site, we get to put it through its paces and find any bugs or kinks. We also brainstorm ideas with Admin. on what something should look like or how it should be worded. They are great at listening to and implenting our feedback.
Anyhow, I wanted to mention some more things about why I prefer ArtFire over Etsy.
1. The flat fee. There is no final value fee when something sells, except for whatever percentage the payment processor takes. I like the multiple payment options, too.
2. Admin. there is responsive to problems and bugs. They respond in the forums and one of them, Tony, has even started a thread called Photography Q&A that has grown to many pages. All to help the sellers.
3. Admin, is good about letting you know when and why if the site has to go down for some reason. I think there has been once in the last year that it went down unexpectedly and that was due to severe weather impacting the servers.
4. I like the seller categories. Besides the usual Handmade, Supplies and Vintage, there is a Design category. An example of what goes there is, say, I designed purses, but had 3 of my neighbors making them for me. Still handmade, but not by me, so they go in design.
5. The Collections are similar to etsy treasuries, but a lot different. They will be rotated on the FP of ArtFire, and, if somebody is in a Collection that has made the FP today, if they are in another Collection, it won't be eligble to be on the front page for X (as yet to be determined) number of days. It won't be the same people with the same stuff showing up time after time, day after day.
6. You can promote yourself in the Collections. It's ok. Some people have made Collections with just their work and that's allowed. Collections are a promotion tool. Google likes them. It is nice to create them with other studios' items. I've found some wonderful shops that way.
7. Pro studios have a gallery where you can show off custom work or work that has sold.
8. ArtFire gives Pro studios a blog that is indexed by google.
9. The flagging system at ArtFire actually works. If somebody is selling something and calling it vintage and it's not, four different studios can flag the item and the item will be removed until admin. checks it out. The sellers is not removed-only the item. If a seller feels items are flagged in error, they can appeal and explain to admin..
10. Last, in this post, but not least, by a long shot. I like the way the site looks. It's getting better every day. I'm not a chrome and glass, owl and cowl kind of person. I'm more English countryside and shabby chic. Barefeet or mocassins over stillettos any day.
If you haven't seen ArtFire yet, click the link at the top of the page. It's worth looking at and who knows, you might decide that for $5.95 a month, its a great deal.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
If you sell online you might be interested in...
a HUGE announcement from Artfire. If 20,000 sellers sign up, the fee to have a Pro Studio will be 5.95 a month-locked in. That breaks down to .20 a day-as much as it costs to list one item on Etsy where you have to constanly renew and relist to be seen. It's one of the many ways ArtFire plans to celebrate coming out of beta. If 20,00 sellers DO NOT get in on this, THIS DEAL IS NOT HAPPENING.
I'm going to tell you 10 things about Artfire that make me prefer AF over etsy-or would make me prefer it if my etsy shop was not on permanent vacation.
1. Items are automatically pushed to google shopping with its' 25-30 million monthly shoppers and to TheFind.com with its' 20-25 million monthly shoppers. So while people may say that etsy has more traffic, Artfire has more potential shoppers.
2.Artfire has rapidcart which is a remote widget (similar to etsy mini), so people can shop from it right off your blog or your FB kiosk.
3. Artfire has no account check out. People don't have to set up an account to purchase from you. They can just go through the checkout steps in whichever payment option you accept. ArtFire is set up to take google checkoout, amazon payments, and REM as well as paypal.
4.Artfire search is not done by what was just listed or renewed. It's based on the search query-like google or yahoo.
5. Pro Studios can customize their studios with categories, custom colors, widgets and more.
6. Help guides for all the things you need to know to sell on Artfire-including extensive guides to SEO.
7. A contact phone number for Pro sellers if you need to contact admin.. Real people in a real office setting answer your questions.
8. Artfire has coupons, batch editing and over 30 other seller tools to help you sell.
9.It doesn't matter to Artfire is you sell elsewhere and include links to the other places. They want you to be successful.
10.Artfire lets you have 10 pictures in your listings.
So what are you waiting for?? Hurry on over to Artfire and check out the details on this super group deal.
I'm going to tell you 10 things about Artfire that make me prefer AF over etsy-or would make me prefer it if my etsy shop was not on permanent vacation.
1. Items are automatically pushed to google shopping with its' 25-30 million monthly shoppers and to TheFind.com with its' 20-25 million monthly shoppers. So while people may say that etsy has more traffic, Artfire has more potential shoppers.
2.Artfire has rapidcart which is a remote widget (similar to etsy mini), so people can shop from it right off your blog or your FB kiosk.
3. Artfire has no account check out. People don't have to set up an account to purchase from you. They can just go through the checkout steps in whichever payment option you accept. ArtFire is set up to take google checkoout, amazon payments, and REM as well as paypal.
4.Artfire search is not done by what was just listed or renewed. It's based on the search query-like google or yahoo.
5. Pro Studios can customize their studios with categories, custom colors, widgets and more.
6. Help guides for all the things you need to know to sell on Artfire-including extensive guides to SEO.
7. A contact phone number for Pro sellers if you need to contact admin.. Real people in a real office setting answer your questions.
8. Artfire has coupons, batch editing and over 30 other seller tools to help you sell.
9.It doesn't matter to Artfire is you sell elsewhere and include links to the other places. They want you to be successful.
10.Artfire lets you have 10 pictures in your listings.
So what are you waiting for?? Hurry on over to Artfire and check out the details on this super group deal.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Resellers
Resellers are a hot topic around handmade swelling venues lately. They compete with handmade sellers and often have inferior goods for a lesser price. In the case of a seller on Etsy, she was going to have a spread in a magazine about her items. One of the magazine staff bought a purse on Etsy-from a reseller-and was so disappointed in the quality of what she thought and what should have been handmade, that the magazine cancelled the spread. The Etsy lost and ultimately, so did the rest of the sellers on Etsy.
What is a reseller? This definition varies depending on who you ask. Since this is my blog, you get my version.
To me, a reseller is somebody who goes to the website of mass produced items, say purses, and then buys 5 bags in style A, 10 bags in style B, and so on. Then, once they get the items, they either take a picture of it or use the picture from the website, find a place to sell them, and list them. The problem I have with them is when they list these items on a handmade venue and pass them off as handmade. This is a an outright lie. It is not handmade. Handmade cannot compete with mass produced price wise, either which is another sore point in the handmade community. A lot of people say that supply sellers and vintage sellers fall into this category. I don't think so. Everybody who makes handmade items needs supplies and as long as the seller is not passing their supplies off as handmade, more power to them. The same with vintage. I love vintage stuff and have some vintage books and my vintage glass. As long as they call their stuff what it is, I don't have a problem with it. Just don't try passing off that little red glass vase you bought at the dollar store off as a vintage Cranberry Glass vase.
What are the handmade venues doing about this?
Well, Etsy does not appear to be doing a whole lot about-except changing how they define the subject. They have yet to settle on a fixed definition. It's why my shop is on vacation in Etsyland. It will stay on vacation until the last item expires.
See, on Etsy, you pay .20 per listing, plus a percentage of the sale price as a commission to them-don't forget to add in the paypa fee, either. All costs to be figured in the price of your product and passed along to the consumer. Now if you make handmade purses, you pay Etsy their .20 to list your wonderful creation. If you are lucky, you will be on the front page of E with this new listing for maybe 20 or 30 seconds. If you aren't lucky, you will be buried by a reseller who has just listed 20 or 30 "handmade" purses which will push your honestly listed handmade bag to the back of the bus. All the while Etsy admin. are saying that they are working on coming up with a solution. They are going to allow resellers there-they haven't come right out and stated that yet, but it's obvious. They bring in too much money for Etsy to not allow them. As usual, Etsy does not have a plan.
Artfire has started to deal with the reseller issue by vetting their handmade artisans. I have copied and pasted the application that has to be filled out to be considered for the Certified Handmade Artifact.
Artisans must meet the following pre-requisites before an application for the Certified Handmade Artifact will be accepted:
1. Artisan must be a PRO member of ArtFire for at least 60 days.
2. Artisan must be in good standing with ArtFire.com including
a. No outstanding cases concerning non-delivery of product.
b. No outstanding cases concerning mis-representation of products for sale
c. No outstanding cases concerning other violations of the ArtFire TOU
3. 100% of the items in the Applicants studio must be listed in Handmade or Fine Art. Studios with commercially produced supplies and destash are not eligible. There are two exceptions that can be made. You may list Handmade supplies in the "Supplies >> Handmade Supplies" categories. You are also allowed to have gift certificates to YOUR studio listed in "Media >> Gift Certificates".
4. Artisan studio must be complete and contain sufficient information including:
a. An avatar
b. A banner
c. Complete Studio Policies
d. A Bio with photo
5. Product photographs must be in-focus and of a reasonably sufficient size.
If you feel you meet the above requirements and you would like to submit an application to receive the Certified Handmade Artifact, please answer the following questions in full and send your complete application and photos to handmade@artfire.com
1.
What is your ArtFire User name?
2.
What is your main handmade craft, including the Main Category you list your craft in? (I.E. You make hand knit scarves so you list in the “Knitting” main category.) :
3.
Do you list in main categories other than your main craft?
4.
If yes to the above, what other handmade crafts do you create and list on ArtFire? Include the Main Category you list in as well.
5.
Please explain in brief but concise detail your handmade process for each main category craft you list on ArtFire. (I.E.if you make Quilts AND Knitting work. Please explain each of your creative processes separately.)
You must include at least two pictures with your email showing your handmade process. You will need to provide:
• At least one picture of your workspace
• At least one picture of a “work in progress”. (I.E. a scarf that has been half knit but not completed).
You may submit more than two pictures. However we must see at least the two pictures detailed above to be considered for the Certified Handmade Artifact.
I have one-you can see my new widget on the side of my blog. I'm proud of it. I did have to move the Lake Superior Agate Nuggets out of this studio.
Will this cut out the resellers? Probably not. It will let customers know who is handmade and who is not and that's a start. After all, giving the customers a good feeling that they are buying what the seller says they are selling can lead to good customer satisfaction. Not all handmade sellers will have this artifact, though. Some of them want to leave their supplies they are selling off in their studios. Artfire has a monthly fee. There are no listing or final value fees (percentage of sale), so there is no real financial gain for them to have resellers on site listing 100 mass produced purses in one whack. It's a venue for handmade, supplies and cool vintage stuff.
If you want mass produced, go hit a big box store like Wal or K Mart. Be careful what you buy there, though-some of that stuff has cadmium and other dangerous stuff in it.
What is a reseller? This definition varies depending on who you ask. Since this is my blog, you get my version.
To me, a reseller is somebody who goes to the website of mass produced items, say purses, and then buys 5 bags in style A, 10 bags in style B, and so on. Then, once they get the items, they either take a picture of it or use the picture from the website, find a place to sell them, and list them. The problem I have with them is when they list these items on a handmade venue and pass them off as handmade. This is a an outright lie. It is not handmade. Handmade cannot compete with mass produced price wise, either which is another sore point in the handmade community. A lot of people say that supply sellers and vintage sellers fall into this category. I don't think so. Everybody who makes handmade items needs supplies and as long as the seller is not passing their supplies off as handmade, more power to them. The same with vintage. I love vintage stuff and have some vintage books and my vintage glass. As long as they call their stuff what it is, I don't have a problem with it. Just don't try passing off that little red glass vase you bought at the dollar store off as a vintage Cranberry Glass vase.
What are the handmade venues doing about this?
Well, Etsy does not appear to be doing a whole lot about-except changing how they define the subject. They have yet to settle on a fixed definition. It's why my shop is on vacation in Etsyland. It will stay on vacation until the last item expires.
See, on Etsy, you pay .20 per listing, plus a percentage of the sale price as a commission to them-don't forget to add in the paypa fee, either. All costs to be figured in the price of your product and passed along to the consumer. Now if you make handmade purses, you pay Etsy their .20 to list your wonderful creation. If you are lucky, you will be on the front page of E with this new listing for maybe 20 or 30 seconds. If you aren't lucky, you will be buried by a reseller who has just listed 20 or 30 "handmade" purses which will push your honestly listed handmade bag to the back of the bus. All the while Etsy admin. are saying that they are working on coming up with a solution. They are going to allow resellers there-they haven't come right out and stated that yet, but it's obvious. They bring in too much money for Etsy to not allow them. As usual, Etsy does not have a plan.
Artfire has started to deal with the reseller issue by vetting their handmade artisans. I have copied and pasted the application that has to be filled out to be considered for the Certified Handmade Artifact.
Artisans must meet the following pre-requisites before an application for the Certified Handmade Artifact will be accepted:
1. Artisan must be a PRO member of ArtFire for at least 60 days.
2. Artisan must be in good standing with ArtFire.com including
a. No outstanding cases concerning non-delivery of product.
b. No outstanding cases concerning mis-representation of products for sale
c. No outstanding cases concerning other violations of the ArtFire TOU
3. 100% of the items in the Applicants studio must be listed in Handmade or Fine Art. Studios with commercially produced supplies and destash are not eligible. There are two exceptions that can be made. You may list Handmade supplies in the "Supplies >> Handmade Supplies" categories. You are also allowed to have gift certificates to YOUR studio listed in "Media >> Gift Certificates".
4. Artisan studio must be complete and contain sufficient information including:
a. An avatar
b. A banner
c. Complete Studio Policies
d. A Bio with photo
5. Product photographs must be in-focus and of a reasonably sufficient size.
If you feel you meet the above requirements and you would like to submit an application to receive the Certified Handmade Artifact, please answer the following questions in full and send your complete application and photos to handmade@artfire.com
1.
What is your ArtFire User name?
2.
What is your main handmade craft, including the Main Category you list your craft in? (I.E. You make hand knit scarves so you list in the “Knitting” main category.) :
3.
Do you list in main categories other than your main craft?
4.
If yes to the above, what other handmade crafts do you create and list on ArtFire? Include the Main Category you list in as well.
5.
Please explain in brief but concise detail your handmade process for each main category craft you list on ArtFire. (I.E.if you make Quilts AND Knitting work. Please explain each of your creative processes separately.)
You must include at least two pictures with your email showing your handmade process. You will need to provide:
• At least one picture of your workspace
• At least one picture of a “work in progress”. (I.E. a scarf that has been half knit but not completed).
You may submit more than two pictures. However we must see at least the two pictures detailed above to be considered for the Certified Handmade Artifact.
I have one-you can see my new widget on the side of my blog. I'm proud of it. I did have to move the Lake Superior Agate Nuggets out of this studio.
Will this cut out the resellers? Probably not. It will let customers know who is handmade and who is not and that's a start. After all, giving the customers a good feeling that they are buying what the seller says they are selling can lead to good customer satisfaction. Not all handmade sellers will have this artifact, though. Some of them want to leave their supplies they are selling off in their studios. Artfire has a monthly fee. There are no listing or final value fees (percentage of sale), so there is no real financial gain for them to have resellers on site listing 100 mass produced purses in one whack. It's a venue for handmade, supplies and cool vintage stuff.
If you want mass produced, go hit a big box store like Wal or K Mart. Be careful what you buy there, though-some of that stuff has cadmium and other dangerous stuff in it.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Life can really catch up to you
It's been ages since I have blogged. I will give you the cliff note version.
First of all, I managed to tear a muscle in my upper left arm. Being left handed, this has not been a picnic. I didn't realize what I had done-thought I could just "walk off" a little strain or something. Couldn't have been more wrong. I'm trying my best to doctor it myself with the help of webmd and google. We don't really have the mega bucks it would take for me to go see a doctor. I've set my beading aside because I know that pulling 20 feet of thread through a bead a ton of times would not be helping my arm get better.
So, how have I been passing the non-beading time you ask.
I have come into new ownership of a wonderful Pentax K-X dslr. I love it. I used to have a Pentax K1000 (back in the days when cameras used film) and the lenses I still have will fit my new camera. So I have been spending non beading time learning to work my new camera. I have re-taken the Lake Superior Agate nugget pictures and a bunch of other pictures topractice. The world of digital photography is a lot different than the 35mm world in a lot of respects. A lot of things are still the same, just different technology and different ways to acheive the same goal-good pictures.
I've also been seriously considering kissing Etsy goodbye. I am so fed up with no views, resellers, others who flagrantly violate the TOU's and the way Etsy treats their sellers. If you sell a ton of stuff there, violate their TOU's to your hearts content. If you don't, or voice your opinion about how admin. there does things, they are randomly likely to shut your shop down. It's gone on long enough and I've had enough. I think Artfire and Zibbet will be giving Etsy a good run for their money and soon. Artfire is a little closer to doing that than zibbet is right now.
That's pretty much the cliff note version of the last month. I left out how outraged and devastated I am over what is happening in the Gulf. Me and a few million others. I will not be this long in blogging again. I got sidetracked with a new camera forum http://www.pentaxforums.com/index.php I am learning a lot there, but am kind of caught up now and it's easy to keep up with it at this point.
First of all, I managed to tear a muscle in my upper left arm. Being left handed, this has not been a picnic. I didn't realize what I had done-thought I could just "walk off" a little strain or something. Couldn't have been more wrong. I'm trying my best to doctor it myself with the help of webmd and google. We don't really have the mega bucks it would take for me to go see a doctor. I've set my beading aside because I know that pulling 20 feet of thread through a bead a ton of times would not be helping my arm get better.
So, how have I been passing the non-beading time you ask.
I have come into new ownership of a wonderful Pentax K-X dslr. I love it. I used to have a Pentax K1000 (back in the days when cameras used film) and the lenses I still have will fit my new camera. So I have been spending non beading time learning to work my new camera. I have re-taken the Lake Superior Agate nugget pictures and a bunch of other pictures topractice. The world of digital photography is a lot different than the 35mm world in a lot of respects. A lot of things are still the same, just different technology and different ways to acheive the same goal-good pictures.
I've also been seriously considering kissing Etsy goodbye. I am so fed up with no views, resellers, others who flagrantly violate the TOU's and the way Etsy treats their sellers. If you sell a ton of stuff there, violate their TOU's to your hearts content. If you don't, or voice your opinion about how admin. there does things, they are randomly likely to shut your shop down. It's gone on long enough and I've had enough. I think Artfire and Zibbet will be giving Etsy a good run for their money and soon. Artfire is a little closer to doing that than zibbet is right now.
That's pretty much the cliff note version of the last month. I left out how outraged and devastated I am over what is happening in the Gulf. Me and a few million others. I will not be this long in blogging again. I got sidetracked with a new camera forum http://www.pentaxforums.com/index.php I am learning a lot there, but am kind of caught up now and it's easy to keep up with it at this point.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thank you Artfirelessthan(10) guild
I wanted to thank everybody for all the promoting they have done for DancingWindDesigns this week. It's been fun to see all the incoming links and things from your tweets and blogs. It's been fun being on this end of the promotion, but I enjoy being on the other end, too. So thanks again everybody, especially to Kim, aka VaBeachQuilter who is the guild master and the one who set all this up and is the one who keeps it organized so we know who we are promoting from week to week. THANKS EVERYBODY!!!!!!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Newest Artfire feature coming to a studio near you
Artfire has had the Maven team testing the new studio rearrange feature the last few days before they roll it out to all pro sellers. It is soooooooooooo cool. I love being able to rearrange my studio however I want. They are currently working out some bugs that seem to be occuring, but when it's ready, they will get it out there. It's something a lot of ellers have been asking for since last year, but I guess it's quite a major deal to creat a program like that. Oh, well. I have faith in Artfire that they will get it taken care of. So, if you are considering a studio on AF, here's one more reason why they rock.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This week's featured seller
from the AFshopswithlessthan(10) guild is LiquidAmbar http://www.artfire.com/users/liquidambar This is a husband and wife team and in their studio bio, they say sometimes the kids, all working together. It's so good to see kids taking an interest in creating handmade things. That way, traditions won't be lost to the compter age. Their creations are totally cool and unique. Jewelry made from clay and glass-I love that-and fused glass-love that, too. They also have some beautiful pottery. As with most handmade items, these are all one of a kind.
Located in gorgeous NC, they have a wealth of inspiration from nature and it shows, especially in their pottery which is coiled or slab built.
Here are a couple of pictures of things that I love in their studio. It really would be worth your time to click the link and visit their studio.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Changing blogging ways
I've been blogging about Artfire Crazy Train riders since it started. I have gotten off the train for a break and I am turning my blogging to blogging for one of my Artfire Guilds. Artfire Guilds are kind of like etsy street teams.
I will also be venturing out into other commentaries.
The Artfire shops I will be blogging about are all members of the Artfire Shops with Less than 10 Sales Guild. For whatever reason, these shops, including mine, have less than 10 sales. The Guild was started to help them promote themselves and to promote them. I'm proud to be a member. Once a member reaches 10 sales, they leave the guild.
So, tune in tomorrow and see who is the first shop blogged about.
I will also be venturing out into other commentaries.
The Artfire shops I will be blogging about are all members of the Artfire Shops with Less than 10 Sales Guild. For whatever reason, these shops, including mine, have less than 10 sales. The Guild was started to help them promote themselves and to promote them. I'm proud to be a member. Once a member reaches 10 sales, they leave the guild.
So, tune in tomorrow and see who is the first shop blogged about.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
A great shop today for the Artfire Crazy Train Rider
If you love to knit or crochet, or spin your own yarn,you will love this studio. The yarn is so pretty, I'm almost tempted to get out the crochet hooks again. LOL! RoseGardenFibers is the studio and here is the link.
I had a really hard time choosing a couple of pictures to show you. I love it all, but I managed.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Today's Artfire Crazy Train Rider is......
Charpirit. http://www.artfire.com/users/CharSpirit Char has a huge variety of handmade items in her studio. I'm something of a purse freak, so I'm going to show you a picture of one of her cool purses.
She also has some cool handmade book covers, too. Like this one.
She also has some cool handmade book covers, too. Like this one.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Today's Artfire Crazy Train rider is.......
a very talented card maker-butterfly-crafts. http://www.artfire.com/users/Butterfly-Crafts She makes the neatest cards-and for all ccasions or no occasion, just because. You really do have to checkout this studio. You will not be disappointed and will end up saying to yourself "Hallmark-who need 'em" after you have seen this studio.
So, I'm going to show you the pictures, then you just have to click the link to check out this shop.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Artfire introduces Holiday Free For All
To quote from the forum announcement made by Artfire" As you will be hearing over the next few days, Artfire.com will be rolling out the "Holiday Free For All" promotion. For the holiday season all accounts (both Basic and Verified) will have the ability to list unlimited listings. There will be no listing fees, no final valuation fees, no commission fees, and no catches." This will give Artfire a chance to introduce itself to a lot of online sellers who may have never heard of it. In addition, there will be an uploader, so if you have an etsy shop,yo can bulk upload your etsy stuff to your Artfire shop. After you get it loaded, there will still be some editing to do, but the vast majority of the work will be done.
Being a Pro (verified) seller on Artfire has lots of advantages. I'll quote again from the forum announcement "Verified Only Benefits
1) +1 search weighting (verified members always win a relevancy contest where the tie is with a basic member)
2) The Facebook Kiosk (worth $12/month all by itself by monetizing your fan page)
3) Coupon codes and gift certificates
4) Free featured spots for every verified member on the category, trend and gift guide pages (randomly selected)
5) Artisan Guilds
6) Artifacts
7) Sticky Cart
8) Global Product Editor
9) Multiple quantity listings
10) Fully customizable colors and layouts for the Fusion Studio
11) The Gallery on your Fusion Studio
12) Larger Super banner
13) Advanced Artisan Bio with multiple pictures and links
14) Studio widgets capability for ads, video, or other html and flash widgets
15) 10 pictures instead of 4 on items.
16) No advertising in your studio or items.
17) No promotion of other (verified) sellers items on your item listings.
18) Up to 99 studio categories
SO, if you have thought about setting up an Artfire Studio, now just might be the time to do it.
Being a Pro (verified) seller on Artfire has lots of advantages. I'll quote again from the forum announcement "Verified Only Benefits
1) +1 search weighting (verified members always win a relevancy contest where the tie is with a basic member)
2) The Facebook Kiosk (worth $12/month all by itself by monetizing your fan page)
3) Coupon codes and gift certificates
4) Free featured spots for every verified member on the category, trend and gift guide pages (randomly selected)
5) Artisan Guilds
6) Artifacts
7) Sticky Cart
8) Global Product Editor
9) Multiple quantity listings
10) Fully customizable colors and layouts for the Fusion Studio
11) The Gallery on your Fusion Studio
12) Larger Super banner
13) Advanced Artisan Bio with multiple pictures and links
14) Studio widgets capability for ads, video, or other html and flash widgets
15) 10 pictures instead of 4 on items.
16) No advertising in your studio or items.
17) No promotion of other (verified) sellers items on your item listings.
18) Up to 99 studio categories
SO, if you have thought about setting up an Artfire Studio, now just might be the time to do it.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Aquariann Fantasy Art rides the Artfire Crazy Train
The fantasy art in this studio just blows me away. http://www.artfire.com/users/aquariann It is cool beyond words. It's avalable on everything from buttons, bookmarks, magnets, prints and ornaments. So, as usual, I'm going to tease you with a couple of pictures, then you click the link and go check out the studio.
Friday, September 18, 2009
HookYarnInker is riding the Artfire Crazy Train
This shop has some wonderful Crocheted Wearable Art and eco friendly market bags. http://www.artfire.com/users/HookYarnInker I like that idea. Our county has stopped recycling the plastic bags, so market bags are a staple around my house. These are prettier than what I have, though.
You can also find some neat hats in a variety of styles, too. One thing I feel a need to mention-follow the care instructions she sends with your purchase. It's important to care for hand crocheted items carefully.
Now, here are the pictures I'm going to tease you with, then you click the link and go see the rest for yourself.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Get ready for a handmade Christmas
It's almost time to start Christmas shopping. You have a choice this year-you can shop for a handmade Christmas http://christmas.artfire.com/modules.php?name=categories&op=targeted&query=christmas or you can hit the superstores and buy the same thing as 10,000 other people are buying.
Handmade gifts are special gifts. They are unique. You can get your daughter a darling scarf or doll and she will be the only one of her friends that has something like that. You can get your mom a beautiful piece of jewelry and know that if she wears it out somewhere, she won't run into anybody else with the same jewelry.
Another reason handmade is special is the person who creates it. This is a small business person, not a giant "careing only about the bottom line" corporation. It's me, it's your brother your neighbor. It's people who put pride in their workmanship, and care and love goes into what they make, too.
So this Christmas, instead of buying from a facelss company, buy handmade. Give a unique gift and support a small business.
Handmade gifts are special gifts. They are unique. You can get your daughter a darling scarf or doll and she will be the only one of her friends that has something like that. You can get your mom a beautiful piece of jewelry and know that if she wears it out somewhere, she won't run into anybody else with the same jewelry.
Another reason handmade is special is the person who creates it. This is a small business person, not a giant "careing only about the bottom line" corporation. It's me, it's your brother your neighbor. It's people who put pride in their workmanship, and care and love goes into what they make, too.
So this Christmas, instead of buying from a facelss company, buy handmade. Give a unique gift and support a small business.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Cherilynn Fine Art is the Crazy Train Rider today
The beautiful artwork in this studio can be found at http://www.artfire.com/users/CherilynnFineArt . I can't describe how incredible her paintings are. She does custom pet portraits, among her other cool work. Her abstarct geometric paintings totally rock!! So, since I can't really find words that do her work justice, I'm going to show you a couple of my faves, then you click the link and go see for yourself. Be sure to have a pillow under your jaw, because it's going to hit the floor when you see her work.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Riding the Artfire Crazy Train today is....
MyrnaM on artfire
MyrnaM. She is an artist and right now she says her favorite medium is watercolor. I can believe it-her work is really neat!!! Here is the link so you can check it out yourself. http://www.artfire.com/users/MyrnaM You will love her work!!!
These are two of my favorites she has in her studio.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Artfire kiosk now on Facebook
This is so cool. Artfire has created a Facebook app for the verified members, that will put your studio on your FB page-either your personal one or your business page. It works a lot like the Rapid Cart feature -click, fill in info, pay and you have purchased from an artifre shop.
I was amazed at how easy it was to install, too. I'm mostly all thumbs when it comes to techno stuff like that, but the instructions for adding it were amazingly simple. It might have taken me 10 minutes to put it on both pages. I love this new feature.
Add something to your Artfire studio and it automatically updates to your kiosk on FB. Here's the Help Guide link. https://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=help_guides&op=facebook_kiosk If you are a verified seller on Artfire, you should use this. The kiosk link is in a tab, so it's not like it you are spamming friends and family with your work. That's one of the things that really appeals to me about it.
I was amazed at how easy it was to install, too. I'm mostly all thumbs when it comes to techno stuff like that, but the instructions for adding it were amazingly simple. It might have taken me 10 minutes to put it on both pages. I love this new feature.
Add something to your Artfire studio and it automatically updates to your kiosk on FB. Here's the Help Guide link. https://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=help_guides&op=facebook_kiosk If you are a verified seller on Artfire, you should use this. The kiosk link is in a tab, so it's not like it you are spamming friends and family with your work. That's one of the things that really appeals to me about it.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Time is flying
I remember when I was little and anxious for my birthday to arrive, my mom told me that as I got older, time would fly by quickly. She had that right. I can't believe how fast time goes by now.
Several posts ago, I blogged about why buying handmade is important. One of the things that has always made it important to me is the uniqueness of the gifts you can get.
Artfire has a great selection of unique gifts http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=gift_hub . They have jewelry, wedding items, baby items and much more, so drop in on artfire and check out all the cool studios they have there.
Several posts ago, I blogged about why buying handmade is important. One of the things that has always made it important to me is the uniqueness of the gifts you can get.
Artfire has a great selection of unique gifts http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=gift_hub . They have jewelry, wedding items, baby items and much more, so drop in on artfire and check out all the cool studios they have there.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Stopping today at......
LicaLee Artsian Studio.
Not only does this studio contain beautiful handmade stained glass jewelry, but a lot of the glass she uses is recycled.
This leaf pendant is my absolute favortie in her studio, but I also like this recycled plate pendant, too. So, as usual, I will show you a couple of pictures to whet your appetite, then you click on the link to see more of the beautiful listings in this studio.
Not only does this studio contain beautiful handmade stained glass jewelry, but a lot of the glass she uses is recycled.
This leaf pendant is my absolute favortie in her studio, but I also like this recycled plate pendant, too. So, as usual, I will show you a couple of pictures to whet your appetite, then you click on the link to see more of the beautiful listings in this studio.
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