Official Success Celebration Thread!

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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

[Former_Member]

Hi! I just opened my shop. I sell handpainted signs and am excited to see how things go in 2015!

[DoritKohStudio]

Hi,
I am Dorit from Israel.
My Big WOW is when one customer from New Zealand purchaed 5 of my paintings...
I was overwhelmed, happy and proud...

[Winterwomandesigns]

800 sales!
801 admirers!

[RockArtiste]

Met my sales goals this year. Have increased my following on Etsy, and all social media sites I follow. Have made many new friends on Etsy, and kept my customer service record where I would like it to be. All in all, it has been a very productive year and hopefully will remain so in the new year!

[Former_Member]

Hi :) I opened my shop about a month ago, not really expecting my items to sell, but within the first week I sold my first item,and since then sold two more, and got 2 reviews!. It's a small start, but far better then what I had been lead to believe :)

[Former_Member]

Happy to be back on Etsy after 5 years of silence, I was living oversea (Morocco) busy with many activities which kept me away from what I love to do most, create , inspire and sale from home! I joined back in October /November 2014 with my new tribal jewelry , scarves , cards, and online art journaling. I will post my artwork for sale soon! I am just excited that for the first month I made 10 sales, to my friends :) through Facebook, my website and talking about it. My goal is to sale more as winter is settling here in Salt Lake City where I moved 4 months ago. A time for creativity for me listening to my muse. I am happy to find this forum and to hear all about everyone's journey with ETSY , it is highly inspiring. Feeling less isolated in this experience! Wishing you all Happy Holidays and many sales to celebrate our work and creativity!

[Former_Member]

I am celebrating today because after a couple years of selling my items at shows and shops, I am finally building up my online etsy shop and have made my first "real" sale :) thank you!

[TwoArmsFull]

Well It was a great holiday season and I sold 5 handbags in my TWOARMSFULL shop, which double my sales from other store BEAUSOURIRE bags shop. Compare 5 in one year against 11 in 3 years, that is something I can celebrate...

[studio1227]

Yay!! I finally have 100 items listed!!

[Former_Member]

I opened my Etsy shop, Toi Studio Fiber Arts, selling my hand-spun yarn, hand-dyed locks, drum carded fiber batts, hand knits, hand wovens and more. This was my greatest milestone, but there are more ...
<> my first sale
<> my first Admirer
<> my first Follower
<> my first review
<> my first team
<> my first return
<> my first non-delivered item, leading to ...
<> writing my first policy
Such a successful first year and learning curve wouldn't have been possible without the great community support found here on Etsy!!

[JesseBlauwhof]

What wonderful milestones everyone has reached! I just began this month with my shop and I hope I will reach most of those as well.

The milestone I would like to share is that I have reached 200 views :) I am really happy about this and I hope my shop will continue growing.

[KinkyGoodsByMandee]

For some it may not be a milestone, but after having an open shop for almost a year I have finally made two sales in one week! Even more exciting for me it was two sales within 24 hours!!!

Baby steps. :)

[HomeOfficeCharm]

I have achieved 1000 views this month. It's the most I've ever had! Noticing that it corresponds to item favs at 15% of views and shop favs are 1% of views. Not sure if that's good but it is interesting.

[MaiArtGallery]

Hello all. I am new to the Etsy Success Team and want to introduce myself. I opened my shop in July. I create custom art, mainly one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn personalized namesakes. Each letter and name is intricately hand drawn and colored to represent the recipient’s "favorite things.” I also offer vibrant and colorful children’s art.

Since July, I have made 78 sales, for which I feel very grateful. If you have any suggestions how to further grow my shop, I’d really appreciate your insights.

[Former_Member]

Celebrating just opening my shop and getting my first sale!

[Former_Member]

We had our 400th sale last night!!

[Former_Member]

First sale after being open less than a month feels great!

Facebook.Com/frankenmuthshaveshop

[JessicaRennaArt]

A month ago I decided to start making hand painted glasses, and it was the best decision I have ever made. This past month I have made 4 etsy sales (which is a lot for me in a month), my current sale is to Canada!

I also attended my first craft fair this month and it went so well!! I have gotten a number of custom orders from people at work as well.

I am so excited for 2015 and I can't wait to get my craft out there for people to see!! :)

[PookieandJack]

We made our year end goal of 650 sales, at 653 right now! Surprised because it was a slow year for us and we had an awful September, October and November..picked up a bit in December

[KinkyGoodsByMandee]

Another goal met in less than 24 hours from another goal being completed...I made my first custom order!

Excitement is in the air!

[MouseLovesPig]

I just had my first sale from a stranger! To date all of my sales have been to friends and family supporting me as I'm starting out. Though I am grateful for all of those sales, there is something wonderfully satisfying about having someone with no prior knowledge of me as a person buying one of my little happies. YAY!

[MintyLavendy]

I see this thread everyday, it is the first one on my list of teams, and everyday I think to myself. "Soon it will be me celebrating". The day has come, First sale today.
First sale... can you believe it?

[UniqueSewingBoutique]

Marie, " Congratulations" the first sale is the most exciting one.
Wishing you many more in the coming year.

[Former_Member]

I haven't had many views yet at all but all comments seem helpful I understand I have to add way more items and change my tags up!

[Former_Member]

In addition to a great holiday selling season, I finally got more than 400 likes on my Facebook page. Definitely celebrating today! https://www.facebook.com/cakestandlady
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CakeStandLady