tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18245811802102160742011-06-08T02:17:36.994-04:00Originated by WillowGlassLooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-84846108727518890022011-05-12T12:20:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:22:54.663-04:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-8484610872751889002?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-25431260193458914272008-03-01T13:42:00.004-05:002008-08-23T23:24:01.362-04:00Welcome to the Etsy SNS Official Blog. SNS = Saturday Night Specials.<br /><br /><b>What is the SNS?</b><br />The Saturday Night Specials (SNS) is a promo thread started by Willowglass so that Etsy sellers can kick back on a Saturday night and hopefully gain some sales as a result. Buyers look forward to this thread each week! You decide the special for your shop, whether it be a percentage off, a BOGO (Buy One, Get One 1/2 off), or whatever you choose.<br /><br /><b>What time does the SNS start?</b><br />Each Saturday the thread is started at approximately 5 p.m. EST/NY time. To make it a true Saturday Night Special, your specials must be limited to Saturday night. If your specials run beyond this time frame, there are plenty of other threads to post them in!<br />The SNS runs from 5 p.m. EST/NY time and *must* officially end at midnight Samoa time (which is 6 a.m. EST/NY time). You can choose to end your SNS earlier in a different time zone of you wish.<br /><br /><b>Who starts the SNS threads?</b><br />The current SNS Hosts are:<br /><a href="http://willowglass.etsy.com/">WillowGlass</a>, <a href="http://beadbug.etsy.com/">BeadBug</a>, <a href="http://lilmouse.etsy.com/">LilMouse</a>, <a href="http://binageyer.etsy.com/">Binageyer</a>, <a href="http://mooretaste.etsy.com/"> MooreTaste</a>, <a href="http://rightasraincreations.etsy.com/">RightAsRainCreations</a>, <a href="http://countryheartgifts.etsy.com/">CountryHeartGifts</a>, <a href="http://jpatpurses.etsy.com/">JPATPurses</a>.<br />.<br />See the schedule in the right hand column.<br /><br /><b>What do I need to do?</b><br />* End your SNS no later than midnight Samoa time (which is 6 a.m. EST/NY time)<br /><br />* Post a notice about your Specials in your Shop Announcements section to ensure that buyers will know what your specials are.<br /><br />* There will be no recapping (repostings) of your SNS. This is necessary to keep the thread as streamlined as possible for buyers and is at their request.<br /><br />* If you're offering a "Super Special", it may be posted one time only. Again, use your Shop Announcement area to advertise your specials :)<br /><br />* Toward the top of your listing, include a summary of what you sell. Also, include a link to your shop, which then opens in a new window for buyers.<br /><br />* Remind buyers to put *SNS* in their notes so you can offer the appropriate discount and also track your SNS sales. The SNS code should only be used in the original SNS thread.<br /><br />* Coming soon: (an example posting)<br /><br /><b>Where can we chat?</b><br />A weekly companion is started in the ETC forum for chatting and having fun while the SNS is running!! It will be called the Saturday Night Special Companion and will be started soon after the SNS Promotions thread.<br /><br /><b>Why is there a separate chat thread?</b><br />We want sellers who continue to participate to have all the fun + many more sales which we think can be accomplished if the thread is as streamlined as possible.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is a "Secret"?</span><br />A secret is a special item in your shop you are giving at a steep discount to encourage buyers to browse your shop! Standard is free, buyer pays shipping - please specify if the price of your secret falls out of these parameters.<br /><br />* If you are offering a "secret", in your shop, please advertise it in the Etc. thread and not in the SNS Promotions thread.<br />* Must have the words "Secret SNS" or "SNS Secret" somewhere in the listing (so it is clear and buyers don't mistakenly buy a non-secret item).<br />* Please, to keep the "Secret" list and activity streamlined, only offer one secret, and only take one secret per week. If you are a seller and take one, please offer one to keep the good karma rolling!<br />* Be respectful. Don't take a secret from the same shop every week - the point is to get new buyers into our shops while having some fun!<br />* Do post the transaction link once you've "found" your secret so we can all admire your cunning and good eyesight! :)<br />* Note, in rare instances, people who do not abide by these guidelines may be asked to refrain from participating in the secrets portion of SNS.<br /><br /><b>How do I know if it's the Official SNS thread?</b><br />* You'll always be able to distinguish the original SNS thread as it will be referred to as Willowglass' Saturday Night Specials (SNS). Have fun!<br />* Please refrain from beginning or posting in Copycat threads. This affects the effectiveness of the Official thread. Everyone is more than welcome to join in SNS!<br />*CopyCat threads:Buyers who regularly shop the SNS thread have asked that ALL "Saturday Night Special" sales be posted in the Official SNS Thread only, because it makes it easier for them to browse all the shops in one place.<br />* Also, Willowglass was dedicated for more than 1 1/2 years to establish the SNS. Please respect that. If you want to host your own sale, we simply ask that you have the courtesy to use a different name for it. Thank you!<br /><br />------------------------------------------<br /><b>From Team Etsy</b><br /><a href="http://team.etsy.com/projects.html">http://team.etsy.com/projects.html</a><br /><br />"Saturday Night Specials<br /><br />Summary: The Saturday Night Specials (SNS) is a promo thread started by Willowglass so that Etsy sellers can kick back on a Saturday night and hopefully gain some sales as a result. Buyers look forward to this thread each week! You decide the special for your shop, whether it be a percentage off, a BOGO (Buy One, Get One 1/2 off), or whatever you choose.<br /><br />Deadline: This is an on-going weekly event.<br />Organized by: <a href="http://willowglass.etsy.com/">willowglass</a><br />More info: on the Forums, <a href="http://etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5412335">here</a>.<br />------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Sorry, I had to remove anonymous comments because someone wasn't kind.)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-2543126019345891427?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-39594170470272229532008-02-08T21:35:00.000-05:002008-12-10T09:03:51.249-05:00<a href="http://stilettoheights.etsy.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164804641525795362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EVhshJ7YmLs/R60SdQhvCiI/AAAAAAAAAFo/IXq084bseE0/s400/Banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">StilettoHeights is our Second Featured Seller! Whoever is the very first poster in the SNS Promotional thread will become the next featured seller. Congrats to StilettoHeights! Good luck to all next week! More info </span><a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2000/01/featured-sellers.html"><span style="font-size:78%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">.</span> </div><div></div><div></div><div><strong>Tell us a bit about yourself (name, location, affiliations, personal stuff).</strong><br />My name is Jennifer Gordon, I am a mixed media and collage artist living in Columbus Oh, with my partner in love and life, Keith. We also have a new addition to our family, a silly, cute and naughty little hybrid dog, Scribble. </div><div><br /><strong>Apart from creating things, what do you do?</strong><br />I voraciously read...I love words, so I am constantly reading books, comics, magazines...I read as if the art of it will be banned at any moment. I also write a weekly web comic that my love, Keith, does the art for. (<a href="http://petiteheights.blogspot.com/">http://petiteheights.blogspot.com/</a>), I also blog, watch old episodes of MASH on dvd, daydream and drink lots and lots of cocoa. </div><div><br /><strong>What first made you want to become an artist?</strong><br />I have always been more creative than logical, and always did artsy stuff but never really considered becoming an artist until I became one. I went to school for acting and did theater on a professional level, and always enjoyed doing collage as a hobby and as a way to visually create a story, when I got burned out on theater I started doing more collage work, then I found etsy and on a whim listed a couple aceos...the rest is history. </div><div><br /><strong>Please describe your creative process (how, when, materials, etc).</strong><br />it's different every time, sometimes it starts with a word or phrase in my mind and I go onto to explore that and create a picture from that....other times I start with visual elements and come up with the "story" behind the piece as I am creating it. One thing that is always the same is that it is a messy process...seriously my studio is like a disaster area. </div><div><br /><strong>What handmade possession do you most cherish?</strong><br />I have a small stack of letters that were written to me 16 years ago from my love Keith...we were first loves when I was a kid and I still have those letters to this day, I also have a wonderful collection of original comic art... </div><div><br /><strong>Name your top five books, movies, songs/musical groups, and websites (besides Etsy)</strong><br />This changes all the time, but today it is </div><div><br /><em>movies</em><br />virgin suicides</div><div>picnic at hanging rock</div><div>lost in translation</div><div>eternal sunshine of the spotless mind</div><div>the english patient </div><div><br /><em>music</em> </div><div>damien rice</div><div>johnny cash</div><div>elvis presley</div><div>the whiles</div><div>the monkees </div><div><br /><em>books</em><br />The Secret History -Donna Tart</div><div>The Time Traveler's Wife</div><div>The Lake of Dead Languages - Carol Goodman</div><div>Without - Donald Hall</div><div>Complete Works of Anne Sexton </div><div><br /><em>websites</em><br />perez hilton</div><div>trunkt</div><div>amazon</div><div>dogster</div><div>flickr </div><div><br /><strong>What advice would you give to artists who are new to Etsy?<br /></strong>do what you love, try to not copy other people because you think it will get you more sales, and don;t get caught up in forum drama. </div><div><br /><strong>What are your favorite features on Etsy?</strong><br />the shops/sellers...everything else is icing on the cake, but the sellers themselves are the best part of etsy </div><div><br /><strong>What new features would you like to see?</strong><br />separation of supplies from the main handmade categories </div><div><br /><strong>How do you promote your work?</strong><br />The SNS of course, my blog, listing a lot, and Showcases </div><div><br /><strong>In ten years I'd like to be...<br /></strong>doing what I am doing but I would like to be a little healthier, out of debt, and a little more self confident.</div><div></div><br /><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(38394, 'shop','thumbnail',1,6).renderIframe();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-3959417047027222953?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-29166104593780315992008-01-27T13:04:00.000-05:002008-12-10T09:03:51.428-05:00<a href="http://kittycrossbones.etsy.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160221662312860178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVhshJ7YmLs/R5zKQwhvChI/AAAAAAAAAFc/aLJaJOzlzhA/s400/Banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVhshJ7YmLs/R5zKLAhvCgI/AAAAAAAAAFU/6ky44yJRwmo/s1600-h/Banner.jpg"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><br />KittyCrossBones is our First Featured Seller! Whoever is the very first poster in the SNS Promotional thread will become the next featured seller. Congrats to KittyCrossBones! Good luck to all next week! More info <a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2000/01/featured-sellers.html">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><strong>Tell us a bit about yourself (name, location, affiliations, personal stuff).</strong><br />My name is AmyLynn Field, I live in Deep River, CT. I have lived here my entire life. It is a super small town! I am 22 years old and engaged to Marco Silva. He is a DJ and runs <a href="http://www.fusionsounddj.com/">Fusion Sound DJ</a> in CT! I am going to Middlesex Community College for my Associates in Science. My major is Digital Arts + Webpage Design.<br /><br /><strong>Apart from creating things, what do you do?</strong><br />I like to go to the movies with my friends, listen to music. I also love to go bowling!<br /><br /><strong>What first made you want to become an artist?</strong><br />My whole family is crafty! My Mom (<a href="http://makeamemory.etsy.com/">Makeamemory.etsy.com</a>) was always doing arts and crafts projects with me when I was a kid. I remember my Aunt Tammy made me a pink unicorn costume for Halloween when I was little; it was my favorite costume! I took (and still am taking) a lot of art classes in school and just think its so amazing to be able to create things instead of having to go buy them at stores!<br /><br /><strong>Please describe your creative process (how, when, materials, etc.)</strong><br />Right now I am mainly doing Custom Promotional Products -- so I use the images that people give me like their logos or product pictures. HOWEVER -- I just opened up a <a href="http://theknittykitty.etsy.com/">knitting shop </a>and will be working on some knitted things in-between going to college and working on orders!<br /><br /><strong>What handmade possession do you most cherish?<br /></strong>I bought one of my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=51563">favorite necklaces</a> from fantcastle.etsy.com. I wear it all the time!<br /><br /><strong>Name your top five books, movies, songs/musical groups, and websites (Besides Etsy)</strong><br />Books: (I do not read books--does that make me a bad person?)<br />Movies: Billy Madison, Elf, and Napoleon Dynamite, Now and Then, Grandmas Boy<br />Bands: Armor For Sleep, Agony Scene, Blink 182, Paramore, and Soasin<br />Websites: <a href="http://www.homeofthesampler.com/">http://www.homeofthesampler.com/</a>, <a href="http://www.alwayssign.com/">http://www.alwayssign.com/</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">http://www.flickr.com/</a>, <a href="http://kawaiigifts.com/">kawaiigifts.com</a>, and my fiancés <a href="http://www.fusionsounddj.com/">http://www.fusionsounddj.com/</a> :D<br /><br /><strong>What advice would you give to artists who are new to Etsy?<br /></strong>Promote. Promote. Promote! Never give up! Sometimes it takes weeks/months to sell your first thing, but keep making the things you love to do because you just never know! Join in on forum threads that pertain to what you make and visit the chat rooms!<br /><br /><strong>What are your favorite features on Etsy? What new features would you like to see?</strong><br />My favorite features of Etsy -- forums and chat rooms! I think communicating is key when selling your products! Some new things I'd like to see: a tab under "sold" that says "unshipped" "unpaid" "shipped" "paid" so I don’t have to sort through MONTHS of things when I want to check them off!<br /><br /><strong>How do you promote your work?</strong><br />I make scratch cards, magnets, and buttons and put together envelopes of goodies to be sent out with each order. I also send in things to <a href="http://www.homeofthesampler.com/">The Sampler</a> ; I participate in swaps; I have a profile on <a href="http://indiepublic.com/">Indiepublic.com</a>. I upload pictures to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartkitty18">my flickr account </a>and I tell my customers if they refer someone they get a $5 credit to my shop!<br /><br /><strong>In ten years I'd like to be...</strong><br />Still on Etsy! I would also like to be either in the Advertising or Promotions industry!<br /><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(10428, 'shop','thumbnail',1,6).renderIframe();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-2916610459378031599?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-22125163903504848882007-11-13T19:43:00.000-05:002007-11-21T19:45:09.979-05:00<b>Current SNS Official Hosts:</b><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(26237, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(6175, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(86630, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(5079997, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(100235, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(5012898, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><br /><br/><br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(5020508, 'shop','thumbnail',1,5).renderIframe();</script><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-2212516390350484888?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-32564866133917707302006-02-01T21:51:00.003-05:002008-03-01T15:40:00.187-05:00Tell me more! Look <a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2000/01/featured-sellers.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2008/02/featured-sns-seller-breeleed.html">BreeLeeD</a> was Third 2-9-08.<br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(81855, 'shop','thumbnail',1,6).renderIframe();</script><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2008/02/featured-sns-seller-stilettoheights.html">StilettoHeights</a> was Second 2-2-08.<br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(38394, 'shop','thumbnail',1,6).renderIframe();</script><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2008/01/featured-sns-seller-kittycrossbones.html">KittyCrossBones</a> was first 1-26-08.<br /><script src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(10428, 'shop','thumbnail',1,6).renderIframe();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-3256486613391770730?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824581180210216074.post-80958060087636183052000-01-01T16:15:00.001-05:002008-03-01T15:42:28.199-05:00I'm sorry to say this has been <strong>retired </strong>for now. After a few weeks, I realized devoting time weekly to SNS was too much for me. If anyone would want to take over this process, please let me know. Or if you have any ideas of what else we might do. Monthly maybe? <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Each week, the first poster in the Official SNS Promotional thread will be our Featured Seller of the week.<br />-Only one feature per shop. If you are the first poster again, and have already been featured, the second poster will be featured, and so on...<br />-New featured seller to be switched in by the subsequent Friday.<br />-Question answers must be received by the subsequent Wednesday, or the next poster will be contacted to be the featured seller.<br />-SNS Hosts will not be featured.<br /><br />For practice, I'm choosing the questions that Etsy's Featured Sellers answer, so we're ready when it happens! :)<br /><br />The INTERVIEW Questions:<br />Tell us a bit about yourself (name, location, affiliations, personal stuff).<br />Apart from creating things, what do you do?<br />What first made you want to become an artist?<br />Please describe your creative process (how, when, materials, etc).<br />What handmade possession do you most cherish?<br />Name your top five books, movies, songs/musical groups, and websites (besides Etsy).<br />What advice would you give to artists who are new to Etsy?<br />What are your favorite features on Etsy? <br />What new features would you like to see?<br />How do you promote your work?<br />In ten years I'd like to be...<br />-----------------------------<br />See previous Featured Sellers <a href="http://etsysns.blogspot.com/2008/02/featured-sellers-main-page.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1824581180210216074-8095806008763618305?l=etsysns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LooseWireStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02095290576174848332noreply@blogger.com0