Official Success Celebration Thread!

[#1]

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

[Former_Member]

Just sold my first item Yeh!!!!! https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/187306448/made-to-order-indigo-tree-and-mountain?ref=shop_home_feat_...

[Former_Member]

I have been here 3 months and is still waiting for my first but I want to congratulate you all!

[Former_Member]

Hey everybody, my shop was opened in 2012 but it was not activity. There were many things I did not know then ... I took courses, I reproducing new photographs and these days I begins to run the store again. Still feel that there is a lot to learn but the desire to succeed gives me a great motivation.
I meet here in Etsy sea of ​​talented people with great desire to help others with their knowledge. It is a real pleasure. This morning I have applied a new tip I've got and already the Google search engines (I hope that how to write it :-) have identified some of my products .I am happy. So every tiny step become a big one in the future.
I wish a success to all of us. Les us not hesitate to advised and share to help another and make our world w
ill look better and beautiful place.
Have a great weekend .
With Love & Light
Hani

[ParkerWittySoftgoods]

A big hallmark for us...90 sales today. Hurray! Time to put more arnica gel on those fingers and start crocheting. No rest, never any rest (Ha!)

[Former_Member]

I was going months at a time without orders, then I learned about teams, and since joining teams and being active in the last 3 weeks I've gotten 3 orders, it's not much, but it gave me confidance

[Former_Member]

Keep up the teams! Print and pretify, they work!

And congratulations to you all, there are lots of inspirational stories here.

[Former_Member]

I opened a shop last year but never listed anything. This past October I created something new and started listing items. I got my first sale within two weeks. Last night I got my 60th sale. Now I'm only 5 sales away from my goal of 50 sales for 2014!

[IndigoEmber]

Celebrating 270 sales in addition to one of my wood cards is currently featured on Etsy's Home & Living main page!! I'm so excited! Thank you, Etsy!

[AquaStudioDesigns]

I'm celebrating reaching 100 sales today. Yay!!!
It was also my goal to reach this bench mark by the end of May and I've done it by the skin of my teeth!
I'm buzzing with happiness :)

[VintageRedo]

Waiting to hit my 10th sale!!

[Former_Member]

I am a new member in Etsy, I sold two dress, but my product received the affirmation of the customer, the customer gave me a very, very good evaluation, I feel very happy, let us create the miracle of Etsy!Come on!

[IndigoEmber]

Celebrating over 280 sales!!

[IndigoEmber]

Due to one of my Father's Day wood card is currently featured on another website in addition to Etsy, my shop is celebrating 290 sales! Had a lot sales on Sunday! It's so exciting!! It's going to be a busy week though!

[SusanOHanlonPottery]

Patricia - Congratulations on cross- promoting your work!

PrintandPrettify - I'm certainly no expert, but I loved your site and your work! I'll include one of my favorites in an upcoming Treasury, and hope that helps you move toward Sale #1!

Yvette de Lacy - Congratulations on your first sale!!! Your pottery is beautiful, and I love how your glaze colors tie everything together visually on your site. I'm sure it's just the start for you and your beautiful work!

So nice to be here and see all the positives in terms of success but also in terms of attitude!

[SusanOHanlonPottery]

Celebrating my first overseas shipment! I sold one of my favorite pots ever to a new customer in London. Shipped it out on Saturday (double boxed it and have fingers crossed that it arrives safely on the other side of the pond).

Here's the piece:

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/204737241

[IndigoEmber]

Thank you Susan! Congrats on your first overseas sale! It's beautiful piece.

Happy to have achieved over 300 sales!!

[Former_Member]

Hooray!
I seem to be coming up on the first pages of vintage searches at last!
Just waiting for those sales to pick up now!

[Former_Member]

1st sale yay!!

[SusanOHanlonPottery]

Congrats, Jenny! Love your charm style earrings! I'll include one of my favorites in an upcoming treasury :-)

[LIMASCRAFTS]

I'm pretty happy today, I've realized that it was a great idea to make rustic little houses and post them on Etsy!! I never thought they could make a success :) today I sold another 2, few months ago I sold 5... it is a big deal for me :) I wasn't confident at all, at the beginning. but it's great to see that there are people who appreciate the same things I do :) (rustic, old, made from upcycled wood... all this is charming for me, and for other people, I can see :)).
I'm not selling loads of items, but these items are really special for me :)
thanks for listening :)))))))))

[Former_Member]

I'm celebrating my FIRST SALE! I was oh so excited to see that there was revenue! Praise God from whom all blessings flow! :)
Honestly, I had no idea how much work running a store online would be :) But it's so fun and so rewarding when you can see that people like or appreciate your items! I have a laser machine so we can cut and engrave nearly anything on nearly anything! I'm working on getting started, creating samples of each product we can make. Any advice on... how to generate traffic to your store? THANK YOU! :)

[Former_Member]

I'm celebrating because I'm actually showing up in Google searches!!! I NEVER could find my stuff on their before, but thanks to all the editing for relevancy I'm not invisible anymore

[Former_Member]

I'm always so excited to have a reason to re-visit this thread with good news... and tonight I'm celebrating that I passed sale no. 4000 tonight!!! I am so grateful to my beautiful and fabulous customers (and repeat customers!) who continue to support my creative endeavors. Each customer is a precious gem, and should always be treated like one!

[Former_Member]

Hello all :) I opened my shop mid-April, and last week I had one customer buy 7 of my items! My store actually looks sad now with very little inventory! But it's a good sad :) Here's to hoping that my items will reach more lovely customers, and the same to all here!

[Former_Member]

Hello All,
I need help, I'm a college intern. Just started one week ago. My owner is an amazing artist well known published photographer who has withdrawn from public life. He has an amazing zeal for bringing new life into vintage mid-century home goods. But he is not a salesman, he falls in love with his restorations. He's been on etsy for two months and hasn't sold his first item. How should we go about etsy, how can we make our very 1st sale?
Thanks Jessica