Need Help!

[Former_Member]

This commonplace confuses me for the moment. I don't understand the places and how to make them public, I don't know how to do a lot of things. x.x i seriously need some help.

Here is my site. http://commonplace.com/profile/233654/LimeysTreasure it wont let me uplodad a picture. But I'm not sure I fully understand anything with this site.

I could really use some imput.

[Former_Member]

OK.
A Place consists of a Cover and multiple pages.
Places start off as unlaunched (non visible to the public) with a single page.
You contribute Items (the ones you imported from Etsy) to pages.
You can arrange, size and layer these items as you like.
You can also add text to these pages.
You can add additional pages as you need.

When your ready, Launch your Place. This will make it visible and available to everyone. Invite your friends to check out your Place or even Chat about Items in your Place.

Depending upon the settings you chose, other Commonplace members can join your Place. Joining means they will be updated to changes in the Place.

All items within your Place link back to your Etsy shop (generating more traffic for you)
You can add your Place to Facebook or post a tweet about your Place.

[Former_Member]

Dito... I am having the same problem as LimeysTreasureChest... except I am not enven sure what my site name is! Duh!... so sorry need help!!

[Former_Member]

It's ok... I think I have it now:)
Thanks, Di

[Former_Member]

DBEAUTIFULMIND we're here to help. Let us know when you've created your Place and we'll send out a tweet.

[OneofaKindA]

I just tried to create an account on Commonplace and I cannot even understand the letters in the words you are supposed to type. So it is impossible for me to have any other problems there. Maybe that's a good thing. LOL

[Former_Member]

OneofaKindA you mean the captha weir letters. Those are needed so spammers don't sign up. I'm sorry your having an issue. Try again, you will succeed! Let us know if you need support.

[Former_Member]

I have all of the above figured out, but each time I've tried (3 times) to upload my items from Etsy, it only brings over a handful of them, but not all.
I am attempting to upload them based on my Etsy username. It works...half way. Need some help. Thanks.

http://commonplace.com/my_collections.php?album_id=812

It's only bringing over 48 items and I have 62 listed on Etsy.

[Former_Member]

DineinStyle: I did the search and you are correct:

62 Items were found which match your search. Add all 48 Items or an Item at a time below, but only 1 page of 48 Items are importable. For now try to import a specific Item by Item Listing ID.

Yes its a bug. I'll investigate if its our bug or an Etsy API limitation. Thank you!

[byDomi]

Hi ahochman,

I am new to this team, and to commonplace even so.
Just trying to figure out what it is... What is a place and what is a Collection, and how are they related?

Thanks!
Domantė

[Former_Member]

Hi Domantė,

You can think of Commonplace as shop windows for the Internet. It's a way of extending your shop's reach and developing relationships with your buyers. Let me explain.

Once you open a free account, you'll be able to import your shop's items to a Collection in Commonplace. Collections are a way to organize your items. You may need only one, or you may find it convenient to have several. In either case, the first stop for your imported Items is a Collection.

When you Create a Place, you are able to arrange your Items on multiple pages in the Place. When people join your Place they can leave comments on your Items, chat with others that are in the Place, or collect your Items for their own Place. It's viral that way.

So a Place is where you can have deeper interactions with those that like your shop. You can extend your marketing reach by embedding a Place in a website or blog. Either way, the links that are associated with your Items link back to Etsy. Commonplace can help you drive more traffic to your Etsy shop.

So to summarize:

Open a free account
Import your Etsy items to a Collection
Create a Place
Contribute your items to the Place (Don't forget to put a Cover on your Place)
Launch the Place and invite your friends

Let us know how else we can help.

Mike

[byDomi]

Hi Mike, thank you so much for your thorough explanation! I think I got it now! :)

Domantė