Just curious

I am curious of how many people do trades on this team?

I personally love trading and I was just wondering if anyone else does it too.

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Former_Member
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Re: Just curious

I do trades and I love it :-)))
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Re: Just curious

Some people do trade but the best place to find people to trade with are the trading teams.
https://www.etsy.com/teams/search/?search_query=trade&sort=relevancy&search_type=teams&ref=teams_sea...
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i have traded twice and it always worked out fine
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I do trades, however I'm not much of a jewelry person and so many of the people looking to do trades are in jewelry.

I'm starting to get into trades for photo's as I need some live model photo's to round out my shop.
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TheTangledCat
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It can never hurt to ask someone if they would be interested. While I've traded (twice, I think), several of my requests were declined. But I don't think the individuals minded my asking.

You may want to scan through the teams that have been created just for trading...maybe you'll find one that interests you.
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I haven't done trade but I'd love to! I barter elsewhere and it's great.

@crochetgal - I didn't know there were trading teams! Going to check it out now...
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Re: Just curious

When I'm not busy with orders, I might.
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Yes I do trades and the ones I have done have all been great.
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Oh I am in almost all the trading team, I was just curious on who does them on this team. I actually just sent out a package this morning that was for a trade. I do a lot of them for supplies and it helps keep my inventory down. Not everything in my shop is for trade though. My supplies are very trade-able though.
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I didn't know people did trades on Etsy. I am going to look into it more. Thanks for bringing it up!
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Re: Just curious

I do occasionally, though people rarely ask me.
I enjoy trading, but it can be risky business. Some people might not deem your work worth the amount you sell it for, or might deem their work worth more than it is - and this goes both ways. You could say one item for one item, but if the item I'm trading is worth £20, and the item the other person is trading for it is worth £7 then I feel as though I HAVE to accept it to avoid rocking the boat.
I tend to only trade with people who have an entire store that I LOVE, so that I'm not bothered if I trade my item for something worth less if I actually love it anyway. And only with people I'm familiar with, either through seeing frequently in Teams or from actually speaking with them.

Another problem I have with trades is that someone may ask me to trade and I don't want to trade that item, or trade with them at all (their items not being to my taste and such, afterall, a trade is just buying an item with another item rather than money, so you can't turn around and spend it, you're obligated to keep it, or give it to someone else). I feel really guilty declining :P

I never ask to trade. I don't want to put people in uncomfortable situations, so I tend to leave it until people ask me instead.
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Normally when the trade isn't even lets say someone gets a pair of earrings from me that is 10 dollars and i find something in their shop that is only 5, they would normally just give the difference in cash or some times store credit ( normally just do cash, store credit can be a hard thing to keep up to date) I haven't had issue with anyone thinking that their items are worth more than what they are selling it or worth more than what Im selling.

I dont mind asking and I don't mind it when people decline my offer to trade. I have only had one person responds and her tone be quite rude like "how dare you ask me to trade!" but it happens and I have had a few people ask me to trade and I couldn't find anything in their shop i could use or someone in my family could use or would like. I didn't feel guilty by declining them. Normally if you keep things really friendly everything goes smoothly.

and you NEVER have to accept something you don't want or need . If they get mad at you for not wanting to trade, that is unfortunate but that isn't your problem.

in truth, I don't think my shop would of done as well has it has done if it wasn't for the fact that i started to trade.
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