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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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I feel so blessed and elated today - my shop has been featured on the Polymer Clay Daily (PCD) blog. I used to go to that blog for inspiration and to drool over all the amazing creation and now I am on it!

Go check it out here:
http://polymerclaydaily.com/
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TheCleverSeam
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I made my very fist sale today!!! I feel like I'm walking on sunshine!! ;)
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ShaileeBoutique
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I'm 1 sales away from 200 !!!
Yeah !!!
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I am celebrating my 100th item!
Hoping that will be the one that gets me moving on etsy!
Doris
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But not the 100th item that I sold, it is the 100th item that I have posted on my etsy site!!
Some of you are so far ahead of me, I may never catch up, but I am trying!!
Doris
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I'm here to celebrate my first 2 sales! i was going to celebrate my first sale alone, but lol i got my first, and then my second one within 24 hours, and a third sale already in the making!

This is pretty exciting to me since I've had my shop open since mid july without any sales until now :) and its perfect timing since I lost my job 2 weeks ago, and I needed encouragement~ ^ _^
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Congrats on your first sale Laura!
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Oh congrats to you too Annie!! Good luck and cheers to more sales soon!!
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Had our 450th sale!!
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Small success... 30 sales in 5 months!
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My success is coming back after a maternity break! I'm so excited to have a shop up and running again.. only 8 items on but I have more in the making :) Hopefully I'll have a sale soon
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Good luck Rebecca of LittleBirdsinging.
I have nothing to celebrate right now of my own. So cheering all of you who get sales!!!
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In just the last three days, I have made my first same and had my first customized item request! So excited!
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Counting my blessing. I'm new to Esty, since June, and celebrating 12 sales. I shipped to Canada, USA, Japan and Australia. Love creating treasuries. Happy Shopping and Selling :)
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Please .. can someone give me to explain why I do not go selling .. getting desperate ... now be a year that I was on etsy ... Anything I tried .. Help me .. thanks in advance .... Helena with respect and blessed ...
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I wish I had some magic want to find it out for you Helena. Are you selling through craft shows? If so, are you giving your business card to your customers?
Are you on Facebook and other social media shamelessly promoting yourself?
If you are doing all these things, and no results, you need a buddy who can work with you to promote and promote and promote...
Some times, it is frustrating, I agree. But, what is the point in giving up?
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Thank you Bindhurani! I was hoping it would be like riding a bike but so much has changed in the last year on etsy! I'm still excited to be back though :)
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Rebecca, How is it going after the break? Etsy has changed a lot. There are things easy to use like, changing the featured listing.
Then the real hard thing is getting find and getting sales. With the Etsy's promotional activity like, 'when you make a buddy join, you and buddy can get 40 free listings.', makes more sellers. Some way it is good. The other thing is many can be failed too. Then there are people who just wanted to showcase the items and don't care about sales.
I can't figure out why some are extremely successful with ordinary products while others with brilliant products are failing.
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I've been so excited that I passed my 400 items sales goal. I just checked and this year I've almost sold in 9 months what it took me to sell all last year.

I do stay active in the forums and teams but don't do the promotional threads.
I'm not a big treasury maker but always check out and favorite and promote if I'm included in one
I do put items on my business facebook page when I first list them
I do pin new items to a few pinterest pages (some personal and some team)
I don't tweet
I don't do Search Ads (although I did give them a try twice)
I always carry business cards and wear a piece of my jewelry when I'm out.
I always strive for above average customer service.

I enjoy what I do.... the making, the selling and getting to know customers and other sellers in the community.
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3 months and 3 sales! I consider this a huge success because I decided to just go for it, and I am finding inspiration at every turn. All the months I hesitated to open my shop, I had no sales. Go figure :) I am looking for ways to streamline my time, and find the most effective ways to improve my shop and get seen...any advice and encouragement is most welcome!
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I haven't any Etsy success to report (at least not recent success) but I jusst recieved word from Art Doll Quarterly magazine that some of my dolls have been chosen for inclusion as a featured article in the Spring issue!
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With the sale last night, have sold more this year than I did last year.
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I'm celebrating having more sales this month alone, than any other month since I've opened shop! Not many sales but it's growing... Team participation really has been a hugeee help!
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Today I can say that our new shop actually started selling! Hurray!
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