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

[ItsJustYouandMe]

My first sale to Canada - Feb 2015
My first sale to Australia - June 2015

Very excited. I have so much to learn regarding pricing. If anyone would like to offer help / advice, I would really appreciate it.

[Former_Member]

Hello to all!
Have been online since October of last year and only a few sales but working on getting noticed in searches.
I noticed a post about editing for relevancy above and would like to know more!
I have started a new product line of finished stone(ceramic) jewelry to apply the oils and making some bracelets for men and younger children.
A look at my shop and where I can find how to edit for relevancy would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance ,sincerely Krystal Shelton

[ParkBeautySkincare]

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/242034781/tangerine-nourishing-lip-balm?ref=related-0

Here is my new listing . Not sure what I am doing wrong but I am invisible on Etsy had my shop since last Oct. and only had 2 sales , yet I sell my products through my home business with success and lots of positive feedback.
Any advise gratefully received.

[MerilinsRetro]

Just reached 900 sales today! Woohoo!!

[ArtKaleydoskop2015]

Hello, my dear friends!
I opened the shop on 05 Jun, 2015.
I'm an artist and I want to do a little aesthetic fashion accessories, with modern artistic direction.
My first sale to JAKARTA (Indonesia) - 20 Jun, 2015.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/242166757/klimt-judith-hand-decorated-with-vintage?ref=shop_home_active...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/242267846/gustave-klimt-hand-decorated-with?ref=listing-shop-header-1
https://www.etsy.com/listing/241997905/gustav-klimtdecorative-combcombs-for?ref=listing-shop-header-...

[Former_Member]

I just opened up my shop. luvlyonehandmade.etsy.com. after two days of listing i was able to sell one product. Please visit my shop :)
Janis

[Former_Member]

woo hoo met my personal little goal i set to reach 20 sales by the end of July!!!
# 20 came in today!

[Former_Member]

I finally opened my shop today, just a few minutes ago, with 10 listings! I am very excited! www.etsy.com/shop/cocoaartista

[Inspurration]

Just got to 50 listings!! It only took me 5 months… :p

[WrappedInEnchantment]

I posted my first items in my Shop in April and have been posting regularly and now have over 50 items. Last week I heard that cha-ching and made my first sale! Then 2 days later I got another sale! I hope to hear that sound often because it is music to my ears! I am constantly reading Etsy News and info from my teams and learning all that I can to keep improving. I love having an online Etsy Shop because it gives me the opportunity to share my passion with everyone who views my Shop and to have my jewelry worn by people all over the country, or even all over the world! That is something a Brick and Mortar shop can't do! Knowing my jewelry makes other people happy is so exciting and I smile every time I go to the Post Office to ship an order.
I do have a question though about Etsy teams...I belong to a few and many times we are asked to post our items in the reply on streams but I have no idea how to do that! I favorite other people's and do what the streams say but don't know how to post my items in the reply. Also...having a lot of trouble setting up an Etsy Banner. Any help would be appreciated! Also...visit my shop Wrapped In Enchantment! :,

[Former_Member]

Hello all,

I opened my shop in January this year. I make gold and silver jewellery. I LOVE rings (I have more rings than anything else in my shop but I am branching out). I am Irish, but based in the beautiful city of Brighton in the UK.

I have had a few sales, it is slow but it averages about one a month. It's very exciting! Considering I have a lot of high priced items it still amazes me a little when someone decides to buy one of my designs. People deciding to spend their hard earned cash on my jewellery is an honour.

I also work full time in a large company, but I hope to make jewellery my full time job one day. I have a 5 year plan to make it happen!

I have recently started using the Etsy Success Team and other teams for hints and tips. It is tricky to get noticed, so I am focussing on my tags, keywords and generally just SEO.

I am looking forward to growing my etsy business so that I can have the flexibility I need to be there for my family.

Thanks for reading :-)

Pauline

[Phyllectic]

I just finished listing my Shop Policies. I didn't think they were necessary. I was getting good traffic but no sales. I just read somewhere on one of the threads that people would not buy from a shop with no policies. Maybe now I will get some more sales. Etsy is a learning process. May everybody get at least one sale today. Thank you very much.

[Kinkybutcute]

Back up to 20 listings, and more floggers to upload! :)

[Former_Member]

My husband and I we have a small fibermill in Switzerland. We produce fibers for felting and handspinning, we also have handspun yarn of all kinds and animals. We handweave home textiles.

We opened our Etsy shop this year. So far we have not sold anything. We have to learn a lot more about titels and tags so our shop and our products get found.

You find more behind the scences about us on
instagram.com/textilmanufacturtanz
or
Facebook.com/textilmanufacturtanz

[mjcreation]

Very happy woo hoo
My daughter open a new shop with me and she did have 2 sales this week
https://www.etsy.com/ca-fr/shop/chajucreations
wow she is very happy to be a seller on etsy
Thank you Etsy you made a young woman and a proud mom happy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Former_Member]

Today is my 5th year Etsyversary. FabricTreasury.Etsy.Com started on July 30, 2010. What a magical ride! Thank you, Etsy :)

https://www.facebook.com/AnneGeorgesFabricTreasury

[NataBurgos]

This July is going to be my best month on Etsy so far.
Very pleased indeed :)

[Former_Member]

1/4 completed before 100 listings :) 75 more to go!

[Former_Member]

284 views, 94 favorites since opening on 07/29/2015! :D

Thanks for the support! Please continue to visit and favorite my shop/items! :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/djimani

[Phyllectic]

I updated my shop information.

[Slbjewellerydesigner]

Hello :)
We recently opened our shop and we made our 1st sale, we're so happy!

[Former_Member]

Diamond Findings is a manufacturing company based in Jaipur, India. Diamond FIndings is the direct source of your findings and jewelry need from the factory without any custom duties and long waiting time. Diamond Finding is making easier for its customers to shop smart and save time. Diamond Findings has all of the items in stock in Los Angeles, USA office.

Diamond Findings is dedicated to innovate new designs to meet the fashion trend and step into the fashion world. We manufacture and designs all kind of pave diamond handcrafted vintage style sterling silver and gold jewelry.

Diamond Findings manufacture diamond handmade charms and pendants, diamond pave and filigree beads, diamond pave locks, clasps and toggles, diamond wheels, rondells, vintage style diamond rings, diamond pave gemstone earrings, bracelets and necklaces.

Diamond Findings is committed to provide high degree of customer satisfaction and service to our clients.


Total Favorites : 1659
In , Last 3 Days : 1330
From 19 Feb,2015 to 29 July : 329

Thanks to All Communities , All teams !!
When You are Buying From Our Shop please Inform Us Who's your Referral ?
We will Gives you discount !!

[Former_Member]

Reached 200 admirers and 60 sales today. July has been my shop's best selling month since opening in October 2014. Up and up!

[ArtisanPrintShop]

I have been working hard on building my admirers. I finally reached 200!

[Former_Member]

My first new item listing!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/242665548/hand-painted-ceramic-candleholder?ref=shop_home_active_1