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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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CONGRATS to you all on your success!

I am celebrating a bracelet from my shop being featured on a blog page and a chance to win free advertising in a gift guide. Check it out!!! Please take a second to vote Sol Create Studios at the bottom where it says vote here. Thank you! Be well, CREATE!

http://onfireforhandmade.com/kind-hush-great-finds/
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Congrats to everyone, so many exciting things going on.

I am celebrating a milestone of 1000 sales today. It is so fun to see those 4 digits in my column. It has been a great year for me on Etsy. Happy sales everyone!
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This was a fun surprise for me... created a listing, watched the news, went back to correct the number of fabric gift bags available from 5 to 6 and found all 5 were sold!
Never had that happen before and it was exciting!
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My goal is to reach 100 sales in 2013.
It's a little bit hard , but I just wish it 'll become real !
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I want to say thay I'm on Etsy only 19 days and I already have than 100 items in my shop. I am proud that I sold the first item.

Greetings:)
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I'm excited to have recently surpassed 125 sales and am now close to reaching 130. My next goal is 150, which I hope to reach by Christmas!

Offering direct checkout has really helped me. To anyone still considering it for their own shop, take the plunge! ;)
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I am finally over 50 items in my shop! And I even got a sale on Saturday, which was my birthday. So much to celebrate!
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Congratulation to everyone who has something to celebrate.

I'm celebrating because I've just sold my 50th item. :-)
It's taken me quite a while, but I always expected luxury artwork to be a bit of a slow sell.
When I first opened my shop I had the modest aim of selling one original print a month. I've just done the sums and in the 2 years and a bit that I've been open I am now averaging 1.78 sales a month - Yay!
All success is relative - and I'm happy with.
Now my aim is to get sales up to more than 2 a month...
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Only 1 more sale to make it to 150! Congratulations everyone!
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I've reached over 30 sales here but made 100 sales outside of Etsy so I am happy!
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Congrats everyone!

I've just surpassed 150 sales... 153 and counting. This month I have 1-3 a day - it rocks!
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My first sale came last weekend, 5 after opening my shop. I am so grateful to the makers of the treasury that listed my items:
www.etsy.com/treasury/ODA3NzU4MXwyNzIyNzE3OTQz/pink-lemonade-gift-list

to many more!

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We got featured in Seventeen Magazine this month. Check out the crystal lock that is on page 147! Our name is on fine print in the gutter credit, but it's a major mile stone!
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YAY, 100 followers and my first sale!! It's been a great week :)
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I'm celebrating my 300th Sale, and an upcoming feature in a Fantastic Australian Magazine which will be published Dec 1st. So Happy, and so proud! I just love Etsy, and the support & encouragement that everyone has given!
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Another sale! Yippie! The last 3 have come from the etsy shop promotion tool I pay a few cents for every day. Its working for me!
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Celebrating 1000 sales!!
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Congrats to everyone.

Made some sales past few days, in and out of etsy. Not a lot, but still happy.
Will be putting up more items soon =)
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I just had my second sale and received a fabulous review from my buyer-Woohoo!
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I got my first rave review and just love, love, love that! As creative people we always think it can be better (well, at least for me), so it helps when people show their appreciation, especially with such feeling! Looking forward to a great new business!
Thanks, Etsy!
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A big congratulations to everyone and their success! I just love that feeling when you get a wonderful feedback, or a new sale on an item you put a lot of heart and soul into! I just celebrated my 1,000th sale and still get excited when a new sale comes in. :)
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Congrats to all for reaching your goals!

I just listed my 51st item!! One of my goals for this year, being my first here on Etsy, was to reach 50 by the end of the year. So, although I am not having sales lately, I am happy :)
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Well I did it! I made it to 40 items listed and I can't tell you how hard I've worked at this! Up every morning @ 3:00 am. crocheting all day with coffee, continuous coffee. Piles of yarn all over the couch and spilling over with notebooks of handwritten patterns and just notes, notes, notes everywhere! And neighbors coming by asking , "Can you make me one of these?" And I'm like , "sure-after I finish the other 10 projects I'm working on already lol-got to get to 40 items first." Now I can breathe again and start making for friends and family-who have been very neglected through this whole ordeal.

Rhonda
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AH! We just hit 10,000 sales! Never did I see that coming when I joined etsy 4 years ago. Ah!

http://cubitsorganics.com/2013/11/hurray-10000-etsy-sales-later-and-ill-tell-you-how-this-all-starte...
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