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This team is dedicated to sharing business advice in a supportive environment. From the day you first set up your shop to the day you think about quitting your day job, there's so much to learn. Luckily, one of the best things about selling on Etsy is the support and encouragement from other sellers.

Whether you’re brand new to selling on Etsy or you can count the years on both of your hands, you probably have some milestones that you’d like to celebrate with all of us. Post your milestone in this thread. Every month, we'll highlight some of our favorite posts, so join the celebrations!

Please also introduce yourself in your post if you’re new to the Etsy Success Team—describe what you sell and how long your shop has been open.

Here are some examples of milestones (but remember that all personal milestones big or small are worthy of celebrating!):

• You made your 1st sale / 1st international sale / 1st custom order
• You reached (x) # of sales
• You added (x) # of listings in your shop
• You have (x) # of views / favorites / admirers
• You received positive feedback from a buyer
• Your shop was featured in the press or in social media
• You recently opened your shop
• You’re celebrating your Etsyversary
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gratz kelly
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Reached 100 sales this month and also broke a record of most sales in one month! AUGUST weighed in with 48 sales!! WOO HOO!!
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Just got my furthest sale yet...from Ohio to Denmark! To think a pair of my earrings will be walking around over there, so to speak:D

Getting closer to 100 sales in less than a year...doing my "happy dance"!!
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Broke 200 sales! Yay me!
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I reached my 100th sale this weekend! I'm very excited :D
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Between both shops over 570 in sales.....wish I could kiss everyone who purchased from me......would that be weird?
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Today the100th admirer favoured my shop! So that's worth celebrating!
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Just got my first sale! Yay! :)
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Great to hear about your first sale - that is fantastic!!
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Talk about karma! I congratulated someone on their first sale today and on the same day I got my first sale too!

If fact, two different wonderful people ordered from me tonight - yippee!
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I am getting really close to my 200th sale! I know it's not a milestone yet...but I just went to my shop,page and saw the 192 sales and had to stop for a second...I've been soooo busy with shop things that my internal "head count" had fallen behind....I thought I was at 160-some. Lol..I even went to make sure I didn't have orders I had missed! Nope...all orders I shipped. I can't believe I'm this close to 200 sales before my third month shop-iversary!
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I had my first international sale this week! I'm so happy to know that someone in Australia loved my earrings and will be wearing them!

And congrats to everyone on their milestones and accomplishments! I wish you all many more!
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I can’t help but feel BLESSED…Our baby that was born on June 6th is now off and running! Today Looney Bin Trading Company reached 50 Sales!!!!

It is hard to believe just 3 months ago we had this idea to make furniture to help supplement my husband’s income and support our family! My hope was that Our Etsy Store would help us keep up financially; as our 4 year old has a complex congenital heart condition and her medical cost can be overwhelming to say the least. It also has prevented me from working outside the home as I need to be home to meet her needs. So our Etsy Shop was born!

We love working together and find great joy in creating this furniture, promoting our little shop, watching the stats grow, talking with customers and getting a sale! It’s fun to text Mike in the afternoon…”We have a Sale!” Come right home after work…You’re Got Work!

Shortly after opening…like 30 days…We sat down and said,” Could we really do this full time!” Then we took some time to decide what it would take not to go to work each day, but do this together every day! Imagine if Looney Bin Trading Co was able to support our family alone!!! Oh Boy have we imagined that and everything it would mean to us and others!

Our goal was 100 sales the first year…but our hope was MORE! Today I share this because we have reached a huge milestone of 50 sales in 3 months and our Dream is moving forward…17,730 Views 1, 512 Favorites…I am amazed, elated, overwhelmed, ecstatic and so much more!

We look forward to this Holiday Season and the months and years ahead…and for our dream to come true! I love all the wonderful shop owners who are happy to give you words of wisdom…the creative outlet for this artsy fartsy girl, the support from Esty and most of all for the wonderful Customers who support Handcrafted & Vintage by coming to Etsy each day to buy from our shops!

Thank You…Your Support and Business are greatly appreciated
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congrats to those who just had their 1st sales. What a thrill! And Candice and Mike-congrats on your 50th. I had my 20th sale this morning. It was a result of being featured in a treasury. pretty cool.

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I am a finalist for the Martha Stewart American made award!! Out of about 2,000 entries 100 finalists were picked- I am one of them!! I need all of your help though- please vote for me using this link to my profile, http://americanmade.marthastewart.com/profiles/lisa-disciascio-685
The audience choice winner gets $10,000 to help boost their business!! You can vote everyday until September 24th!

Thank you all!
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I have had my best week ever, I have sold three items on etsy, two on another site that i wont mention here, and a really good week at the local market. Yeah, dance a little too, i am going to enjoy my little bit of success.
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Its not a sale dance or anything, but I think my understanding of SEO is finally showing through. I am starting to get views based on searches! This was something I was lacking!
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Thanks to Admin Sara for guiding me here. Reached over 50 sales!

Thanks to everyone who has helped with advices, critiques, and seo's. Without the etsy community I wouldn't have reached this goal.

Next up, is to reach 100 sales by end of 2012 and at least 20+ new products. I do have 5 already made but I have to list them.

I do want to say one thing, on the days I don't promote I do get the most sales. =)

Congrats to everyone else!
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Hello!

I just made my first sale! I was so excited! It is my dream to someday celebrate my 100th and 200th sales in this thread like so many of you are.
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I finally quit my day job! Yaaaa Hooooo! Well, i gave 2 weeks notice any way. i have been burning the candle at both ends for months now trying to work 9-5 and keep up with my Etsy shop. My shop has taken off in such a great way, having my ring featured in August in Real Simple, wholesaling to now 9 stores throughout the US, keeping up with my orders in my shop and now being a finalist for the Martha Stewart American made award BTW you can vote for me here: ;) americanmade.marthastewart.com/profiles/lisa-disciascio-685
I will need to keep this momentum up now that this is my real life every day job!!! I have been going back and forth about this for weeks, well maybe months now and I can not believe i finally did it.
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I sold a crown like this one yesterday to a stylist in New York. She wanted it for a Tide Detergent commercial. How cool!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/95461424/dress-up-crown-fairy-wand-birthday-crown
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Awesome everyone. Congrats! There are some very inspiring posts here!
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Well after a slow August, I hit 10 sales, having two sales this past weekend. It doesn't sound like much, but it's double digits! Hurrah!
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We had our first sale on Friday and we opened 4 days before that! We can't wait for Sale #2!
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Sorry about improperly posting this as a new thread earlier, couldnt find this thread it was buried on page 10..


Yesterday hit one of my personal goals here.. 10 sales in 30 days.

I see my shop here as a part time extra outlet to my main buisness and the 10 sales / month is a level I have looked at as good balance between income and time commitment.

Just have to see if it holds up..

Daniel Smith
Quarry Designs Wood Working
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