♦♦♦♦ Alberta Street Team CHAT THREAD for October 19 ~ 25, 2015 ♦♦♦♦

[#1]

Hello and welcome to the Alberta Team Chat Thread for October 19 ~ 25, 2015. Posting here counts towards your team participation and is the main place to get up to date on what we are doing as a team!

Post your New Listings in our promo thread:
www.etsy.com/teams/5084/alberta-street-team/discuss/16866629/

Post your Treasuries or social media links here (posting in this thread counts toward your team participation):
www.etsy.com/teams/5084/alberta-street-team/discuss/16866657/

WHERE TO FIND OUR TEAM & PARTICIPATE:
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/AlbertaStreetTeam
TWITTER: twitter.com/etsyalbertateam #EtsyAB
PINTEREST: www.pinterest.com/ABStreetTeam/
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/etsyalbertateam/ #etsyalbertateam

If you have any questions about the team or how to get more involved please contact Ann, the Team Captain, at www.etsy.com/shop/MagpieQuilts.

Previous thread:
https://www.etsy.com/teams/5084/alberta-street-team/discuss/16914246/

[Former_Member]

October 21, 2015...Back to the Future is here!
;-)

[Former_Member]

you just gotta keep breathing Norma. things will work out.
happy hump day all
enjoy the mountains Donna turn your phone off.

[lampworkbyjulie]

I see someone on fb posted a coupon for her Canadian customers. Apparently the code changes the price of the purchased item from USD to CAD. Is this possible? That would be awesome! No time to look for it now; just wanted to mention it here....

[MagpieQuilts]

I'm not sure how you can offer a coupon code to just Canadian customers? I don't see any place in the coupon set up that lets you limit it's use to Canada. Perhaps it's one of those prototype teams?

[MagpieQuilts]

We did have a discussion about the integrated PayPal & Direct Check out in September here https://www.etsy.com/teams/5084/alberta-street-team/discuss/16850294/

And we can continue it here!

[chasingfireceramics]

Can someone check my Direct Checkout vs PayPal math in my earlier post? DC is so much more expensive that I'm doubting if that could be right...

[MagpieQuilts]

Cara, if you have your shop in CAD$ then you have no conversion fees when Direct Check out funds are deposited in your bank.

[chasingfireceramics]

My shop is in USD... Should I just change it to CAD?

[BlueWorldTreasures]

I have the coupon on my FB page for Canadian customers. It is good for 25% off, which works out to the Canadian equivalent at this time. If someone from outside of Canada tries to use it, I can simply cancel their order and refund the money with an explanation that it is for my Canadian customers only. So far though, all of my FB sales have been done using Etransfer and not going through Etsy at all. I have a hard time getting people to go to the Etsy site to purchase, which is why I came up with the coupon. Now that they have changed the algorithm to include your region in your search, I have had a drastic drop in searches from outside of Canada, so I am hoping this helps since I want to show more sales in my Etsy shop.

[lampworkbyjulie]

Thanks for the clarification Tara!
98% of my sales go to the US, so I keep my prices in USD.
Glad your hubby is feeling a bit better Norma. Interesting about the teeth cleaning being the cause of the infection!

[MagpieQuilts]

Cara, it's totally up to you whether to keep your shop in US or CAD $. There are advantages and disadvantages to each, but I think the majority here are in US, mainly because that's the major customer base.

[junquete]

the word from the tech who did some of hubby's tests and his heart according to her it was great. But it still has to go through the big shots to make sure it's good. So it's a good day. He might get out of the hospital on Monday!

[quirefly]

Glad to hear it Norma- fingers crossed for you both!

Just had a conversation with my 6yr old daughter explaining why she does not have "knee calves." It was incredibly cute, and needed for a little levity in my day.

knee calves. Love it.

[Former_Member]

T. G. I. F.

[Former_Member]

I second that, Kellie. hope you are feeling better. I am Latitude 53 On the Spot tomorrow fyi. happy weekend, looking for Eskimo and Oiler wins.

[Former_Member]

happy friday everyone :)
tomorrow will be my last market of the year i think.
i ended up taking a second job and now i know i won't have time to do more markets... once things are settled in with the new job i will be able to balance things out but in the meantime my yarny stuff is going to have to take a back burner.

[Former_Member]

bummer, Amanda. see you tomorrow.

[Former_Member]

Thanks for the well wishes, Margo; unfortunately I'm still running a fever with chills. Spending the day propped up in recliner with hot tea, blanket, and remote control for tv. :-/

[BlueWorldTreasures]

has anyone else noticed a real drop in "search" in their shop stats? I went from averaging 10 a day to ZERO for the last 3 days. I have checked the boards and apparently there is an Etsy bug that is affecting stats, but for MOST people it is making their numbers HUGE, as in 3400 searches for the day!!! Trust me to always get things backwards :)

[LogeePhoto]

I just tried out Shop Updates for the first time. It's neat, but I wonder who will go looking for it? If you go to my shop, there's a link on the left side below my profile which shows the Shop Updates feed.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/LogeePhotography/updates

Once an item is posted, you have the option of sharing it to your other social media sites. I see how it might make things more streamlined to share to various sites from one spot, but it would be nice if that update was automatic (I thought it would be).

[junquete]

whoo hooo we just got good news on hubby. He's responding to treatment so well they will give him a four hour pass to leave the hospital! So thrilled with that news. He has to be back for more IV's but this is the first time they let us know the amount of good response to treatment! No more spiked fever and rapid temperature drops to put him into the rigors condition that was so scary. It's a good news evening! He still has four more days and nights to stay in hospital for the iv treatments but boy are we happy!

[Former_Member]

Thanks for sharing Jillian, I'm curious how Shop Updates will be recieved/ used too.

[lampworkbyjulie]

So glad for you Norma!
Thanks for the info on shop updates Jillian.

[quirefly]

Norma, glad to hear that your husband is doing well and gets to come outside for a few hours. That is terrific!
Hope you are all having a good week. It is chilly and right now all I feel like doing is wrapping up in my robe, putting on an episode of Silk, and sewing some stuffies or wrapping some wire around a rock or two.
Too bad I have that big pile of laundry there....

[Former_Member]

Hope everyone at the Pop Up Show at Latitude 53 did well today.
:-D