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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 haven`t created an actual facebook page yet however last night I posted an exclusive deal just for my FB friends on my personal page and made 5 sales overnight. Woohoo! The power of social media really works :)
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Yay! I reached my goal of 100 items sold in 6 months! My official launch date was 9/1/12. Today I sold my 100th item!

Tracy Cook
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Tracy - well done! Jessica too. I'm getting used to Facebook now :) I'm getting a lot of Likes through the cross-promotional page Hike Those Likes.

I just had a great week with my brother Matt (of ArcaneArmoury ) and our In Here Life Is Beautiful Team leader Georgina (of Nevermore Dolls) who came to stay with us. (We even had a visit from my good friend Abigail of The Wise Rabbit). It was a really energising, inspirational experience. Matt taught Georgina about mouldmaking and casting, she modelled for me and did my hair and makeup, then took promotional shots. We are both promoting Matt as much as possible as he made his home into a studio as well as sharing his workshop space. I was helped to see how my shop can really blossom in its second year. There are wonderful changes afoot!

To celebrate this co-creational Etsian get-together, I have written a blogpost on Blogger. Has anyone else met other Etsians to mutually support each other offline?
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Celebrating my busiest day on Etsy yet! Lots of sales, I've worked very hard today! :D
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birdmom9726
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I am doing the Happy Dance! Today I made my 100th Etsy sale!!!! I am so amazed and happy, I can hardly believe I've reached that number. This time last year my goal was to have at least 100 listings - and now I'm celebrating my 100th sale. To all of you who are new (or not), hang in there. It really does get better with time. I was averaging maybe 2 or 5 views a day this time last year, and I still don't have what I would consider a ton of views every day, but I probably average 25 or 30 views a day now, which is a lot better than when my shop was brand new. However, I have also found that more views doesn't always translate to more sales - it just takes one view to make one sale, if it's the right "viewer"! So as I said, hang in there, do what you can do to let folks know about your shop, and be patient. It will happen for you, too! Good luck and lots of sales to all of you - and thanks for listening to me celebrating!
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StuckOnSilver
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Just figured out how to change my avatar!
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FarmGirlDesign
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Just made my first sale! So so happy!!!
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My first milestone is FINALLY opening my Etsy shop, it's a huge milestone because I have been meaning to do that since 2009, lol! (In defense of that terrible procrastination, having kids slowed me down a lot!) I'm very excited now I am just waiting for that first sale!!
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I made my fifth sale today. I t is a Valentine necklace and I hope i will sell the three remaining Valentine's Necklaces.
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I have been selling locally for about 4 months, but made my first three online sales this week!!
After an extremely slow December, January and Feb have really picked up and now i have custom orders booked until the end of February!
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Just hit 70 sales and 100 admirers!
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Just got a new wedding picture in!!!!! Phenomenal!
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Just hit 50 sales! And over half of those are just from January! So exciting!
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And I'm celebrating for all of you! :)
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I just had to share...I went out for coffee this morning, and set my purse and bible on a table while I got my cream. I came back and heard "excuse me, are you Gathered & Sown? " Turns out, she follows my work on facebook and recognized it! I was shocked! To make it even better, she had no idea what my name was, so it was specifically my work she appreciated. My work felt validated at that very moment :D

Anyone else ever have this experience??? So much fun!
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As a new member to this team, I am celebrating because I am putting lots of energy into getting my shop out there!
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I just got a wholesale order offline for 100 bars of soap Yippee!!
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My sales are continuing to improve - sales of whole logs of soap are up 50% from this time last year! Woo hoo!
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Just had my 25th sale!!! Yay!!!:-D
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Hi everybody.
My sister told me about etsy and I am very glad I found this site. I am a new seller from Greece about a month and I sold 4 items.My first sell was a russian flask and I was very happy she liked it.
I like Etsy and I hope to learn how to sell and provide my page thank you very much Etsy team
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:-) <3
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Re: Official Success Celebration Thread!

It's been a little over a month on Etsy.
I just got 100+ views, 50+ faves and a sale all in one day today!
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Two sales and we've been open less than a week! :) We love Etsy!
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One sale of a Valentine's Necklace and i shipped today.
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IndigoEmber
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Celebrating my shop achieved 80 sales!!!
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