well, the year is almost over. i don't know what i really accomplished in 2010 but i'm hoping 2011 will bring more organization to my life. i'm thinking of quitting etsy....mostly because they don't seem to give a shit about resellers anymore. if you don't know what that means the simplest way to explain is that there are people selling mass-produced schlock over and over and over again and it's clogging up the categories and thus shoving us REAL artists to the bottom of the pile. i'm not going to really get into it because the anger will ruin my day.
that said, there's hope on the horizon with a plethora of shows coming up this spring. also, there's some underground talk of a collective. maybe....MAYBE some sort of brick-and-mortar storefront for antiquities and curiosities and frippery and wares from other local artists that Get It. anyway, maybe it's just a pipe dream. or wishful thinking. or me, once again, biting off more than i can chew. will definitely keep you posted.
maybe i will post again before the end of the year. maybe i won't. all i know is this time of year means it's time to start adding up receipts and thinking about paying taxes. and starting it all over again.
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I thought about quitting Etsy as well- in fact I tried it (after Coralgate), and despite doing virtually nothing to my shop for those 2 weeks, it continued to make more money than the other one I was pouring all my sweat into! I can't deny after that little exercise that Etsy brings me traffic (I thought it was just my blog) so I've stayed. By this time next year I hope to have put some things in place that mean I don't need them anymore, because as you said, they don't seem to give a shit. So for now I just conclude that I must be killer awesome to be shoved in with all those resellers and still come out gold! :D
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