website for etsy shop

[thelovingbible]

i’m looking to make a website for my etsy shop that you wouldn’t be able to buy on that website - but it would be a link to take you to the etsy shop, if that makes sense.

id love to hear how this works for anyone who has done it and website recommendations! 

[PillowDetails]

That sounds like a blog type website.  I'm sure others will offer their thoughts on that.

My thoughts, since you asked?  We are here on Etsy for the traffic this venue provides.  I also have my own website - where I process sales, and have a link to my Etsy shop, for anyone who prefers to shop here, that's fine with me.  But the fees are a lot lower on my site, and Etsy has those wonderful "Offsite Ad" fees - which I can't opt out of.

Any website or blog you set up will need marketing to get the word out anyways - unless you currently have a large following on Social media, so why not just have your Etsy links there?  And if you're going to go to the trouble of setting up a blog, and make regular posts to keep up interest, why not set up an e-commerce site?

Best wishes, whatever you decide!

[PillowDetails]

Checking your shop, I see you have over 100K followers on INstagram, with a linktree link, and you  posts daily - All GREAT!

I see you already have a blog, and not able to see how many subscribers.

So you are already doing what I suggested, so I wonder what more you are wishing to accomplish?

[OLDSTUFFNOW]

You can opt out of Etsy ads I did you should check i did

[Arcalliq]

I would never send my own website customers to Etsy! Through my dead body! It just makes so financial sense at all.

[DesertChains]

If you post an item on your site, create a link to the corresponding product on Etsy.

I can think of several reasons to process sales on Etsy, such as Etsy processing and remitting taxes.