Etsy Time Frame for Holiday Sales

Etsy shop owners like you and me must keep in mind a different selling period than a local shop handles. We have to allow for shipping. Local shops can sell up to, and through, midnight on Christmas Eve. They can even sell very early on Christmas Day. That gives them an entire four more weeks.

We, however, must catch the buyer's eye in three weeks at most, to allow for delivery. Even using Priority Mail, especially the last week of the buying season, another day or two, at most, is pushing it.

That means we must constantly mention our shop, include links to our shop, and check our listings to be sure we come up high in the searches.

One thing I try to do, off and on, is to just "Google" the main part of my item descriptions and see if I come up in Google searches. I do the same thing on Etsy. Doing that brings up other cyber sellers with similar products. That helps me see where I can edit my listings to try to boost my visibility.

Now, my friends, is the time to fill up our shops and call attention to them. Blog about them. Tweet about them. Link to them on Facebook. Just be sure you do not come off hard sell. Try to include a photo of one item and mention that item in an interesting way. You need an angle, a reason for posting, or folks will just slide right past it.