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Monday, August 14, 2006

How to Promote Your Website

I've been incredibly active in promoting my Etsy store over the last few months. For those of you out there in need of ways to advertise, here are sites i have used or considered using. Many of these i obtained from the forums on etsy. others i've come across on my own. Others are online selling venues where you can set up shop and sell your wares! in any case, i hope they're helpful!

Advertise, Market, and Promote!

2-Surf
4-Every-1
4-Fun
43Things
4do
777Media

a1DirectorySearch
AbiFind
Abwa
Adsbay
Adwords
Art Industri
ArtistsRegistry
ArtsCollab
Artspots
Artzee
Awesomely Indie
A-Free-Directory
A-Web-Directory

Backpage
Be A Magpie
Blog Catalog
Blogger
Bloglines
BoingBoing
Boutique Cafe
Burdastyle
Bust

ClickThru
CMather
Comcast
Cracker
CraftersBuzz
CraftJuice
CraftOodles
Craft Site Directory
CraftyTips
Craigslist
Creativity Portal
Cuteable
Cutout and Keep

Delicious
Designs to Love
Deviant Art
Digg
DIY Scene
DMoz

Efx2
Electronic Cottage Gallery
Elfwood
Fabulous Artistic Moms
Etsy Mini Blog
Etsy Mini Supplies Blog
Expo.Live

Facebook
FameSource
Fashhh
Fashion Industry Network
Fashion Space
Flickr
Fogster
Found Handmade
Froogle

Get Crafty
Girl Shop Spot
Google

HelloMetro

IndieCollective
Indie Craftwall
Indie Discounts
Indiefixx
Indie Friendly
Indie Parade
Indiepublic
Indie Spotting
In Haute Pursuit

Jewelry Galore

Kaboodle
Kijiji

LinkedIn
LinkReferral
LinkTiles
LiveDeal
Livejournal Etsy Group
Lov.li
LunaCraft

Ma.gnolia
Modish
MostFashionable
MSN
MyArtPlot
My Craft
My Craftivity
MyLot
Myspace Etsy Group
Myspace

Nooz
Notebook in Hand

Oodle

Paper n’ Stitch
Plumdrop
Plurk
Poshpoints
Postaroo
Project Wonderful

Rate it All
Ravelry
RobotLaundry
Ryze

Scoutle
SearchSight
SeoCompany
Snap
Squidoo
StumbleUpon
StyleFeeder
StyleHive
SubmitExpress

Talent Database
Tao01
Technorati
TheHomeSampler
The Little Black Box
The Sampler
The Switchboards
ThisNext
Tribe
TuningIn
Twitter


UniversityChic
UsTrendy

VFlyer
ViewBug

We Love Etsy
Wickedly Chic
Wists
WorldInCatalog
World Artist Directory
World Wide Arts Resources

XLand

Yahoo
YourFreeLink
YourWebLogHere

z5-Directory
Zaadz
Zeezo
Zerovis

Set up Shop and Sell!
AokCorral
AnezkaHandmade
Art by Us
ArtsEFest

BigCartel
BluJay
Bouf
Bravenet
BuySellCommunity

CraftMall
CraftStorez

Dawanda

Ecrater
ePier
EZShoppes

Folksy
FreeCraftFair

GoodHandArts
GoZabo
Guild

HandMadeCatalog
HomeGrownMarket
HyenaCart

IOffer
ishopindie

Lov.li
LiveDeal

Made It Myself
Mintd
Modishoppe
MyArtPlot
MyMy
MyStore

Pinkdoodle
Poppytalk Handmade
PurplePinkandOrange

RubyLane

Shana Logic
Shopify
SmashingDarling
StrictlyHandmade

Trunkt

WagglePop
WorldInCatalog

YabbleBabble

Yessy

Zazzle

Happy marketing, promotion, and selling!

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47 Comments:

At August 27, 2006 10:10 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are great links! Thanks! :)

 
At August 27, 2006 10:10 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oops, that was me, Angela/pillowhead. :)

 
At August 28, 2006 7:24 PM , Blogger jessprkle said...

LOL!

no prob! i hope they're helpful! i finally made it through the list. i continue to search for more. as i come across them, i add them to this list. so, be sure to check back!

 
At August 29, 2006 11:46 AM , Blogger Becca said...

yum...thanks jess. i needed some direction on promoting. i'll prolly link to that post so I can find it when it's not on the front page anymore.

 
At September 8, 2006 4:08 AM , Blogger Vhaeos said...

Thanks, could end up being quite useful.

 
At October 29, 2006 2:10 PM , Blogger emldesigns said...

wow, thanks jess for the great information. You are now a permant addition in my favorite places.

 
At October 29, 2006 7:34 PM , Blogger Janet said...

I found your post on etsy (I have an etsy store), which led me here. Thank you for compiling all this information!!! I will investigate these options!

 
At November 10, 2006 10:31 AM , Blogger jessprkle said...

i'm glad everyone is finding this useful! i haven't updated recently, but i promise everytime i come across a new place to promote i put it here!

*jes*

 
At May 2, 2007 2:02 PM , Blogger sohobeads said...

Thanks so much for this list..very useful!!

 
At May 9, 2007 7:03 AM , Blogger Caroline said...

A very comprehensive list! Thanks for posting this!!

 
At May 23, 2007 7:46 AM , Blogger Marisa said...

Goodness me what an impressive list you have there!

 
At May 23, 2007 7:52 AM , Blogger Eveline said...

That is quite the list you've got here! Thanks so much for sharing!

Eveline (Timeless on Etsy)

 
At May 25, 2007 8:11 AM , Anonymous lostmymarbles said...

This list is so helpful! I appreciate your hard work, you are a doll for sharing.

Warm Regards,
Julie Ann Stella

 
At June 15, 2007 9:42 AM , Blogger Sara's Texture Crafts said...

This is a really helpful tool to a new Etsian... Thank you very much for sharing!

 
At June 24, 2007 8:04 AM , Anonymous wildewear said...

wow thank you so much you are so cool and generous with all your hard work. I design clothes and have a etsy store at www.wildewear.etsy.com

 
At July 19, 2007 11:34 PM , Anonymous Grace said...

Wow, excellent! Thank you so much for doing this. I can tell I'm going to be very busy for a while. :-)

 
At August 10, 2007 9:49 AM , Blogger ccdesign said...

This is a wonderful list! Thanks for your help.

 
At September 14, 2007 9:04 PM , Blogger lenmar said...

thanks for posting this information.

 
At September 14, 2007 9:18 PM , Blogger Autumn said...

Wow! Thanks so much, jess:)

Autumn (natureautumn on etsy)

 
At January 16, 2008 9:58 AM , Blogger Charsbeads4u said...

You Rock!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to share all of this great info! =)
Charsbeads4u.etsy.com

 
At January 21, 2008 3:27 PM , Blogger TenJewel said...

Thanks for posting this great info!

 
At March 7, 2008 8:24 PM , Blogger Sheila said...

That's a lot of links! Thanks for putting it all together!

 
At April 5, 2008 1:10 PM , Blogger Tracey's Treasures said...

Thanks so much for the awesome info!

 
At May 3, 2008 5:52 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks ......
I truly do appreciate your sharing this info. Iam trying to navigate thru the 'loops' ... I appreciate your Etsy spirit !

LuLu

 
At May 22, 2008 4:56 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tks for the valuable info. I see dat u hv a great variety of crafts.^^

Joyce here.Sorry I am under 'anonymous' cos still trying to figure out blogging stuffs.

Vitamin_Singapore at flickr
www.VitaminJ.etsy.com

 
At May 25, 2008 11:08 PM , Blogger Cindy said...

Wow you have been busy! Thanks for the links! Great job!

 
At June 7, 2008 5:12 PM , Blogger Tao01.com said...

I suggest you to visit: Tao01.com.

It is the first free classified social network that allows to publish free classified ads all over the World.
There are more than 200 marketplaces:

Free classifieds

Tao01.com (Matches People!)

 
At July 24, 2008 8:05 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for all the promotional links.

I have your site bookmarked for future reference.

Great job!!!

 
At July 24, 2008 8:12 AM , Anonymous Steve said...

Thanks so much for this great info Jess

 
At August 11, 2008 12:21 AM , Blogger schoollocker said...

I'm in awe!
Thanks so much for putting this list together and sharing. Your hard work is appreciated.

 
At August 11, 2008 10:39 PM , Blogger Annabelle said...

OMG! Thank you so much for posting a link from ETSY to this article. Great!

Definately worth printing and keeping.

 
At August 27, 2008 12:55 PM , Blogger Lorri said...

Thank you so very much!!!

 
At September 4, 2008 1:28 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks great list

 
At October 4, 2008 1:56 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you for this great list. I'm printing as I'm writing :-)
Birgitte
www.SewDanish.etsy.com

 
At October 8, 2008 5:32 PM , Blogger ChezChani said...

Thanks for sharing these. I should get through them in about, 2 lifetimes.

 
At December 17, 2008 4:04 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Found your blog through a google search for promoting Etsy Store. I have linked your list from www.helixelemental.blogspot.com

We have found one more site that you can add to your list under set up shop. check out http://www.MadeitMyself.com.

It is free to Set up and Free to List for the time being. I get lots of traffic there but haven't yet sold anything. Still early.

 
At January 23, 2009 8:32 PM , Blogger jessprkle said...

I plan to be updating this again in the near future, folks... more links are on their way!

 
At January 25, 2009 10:24 AM , Blogger jessprkle said...

updated today!

 
At January 25, 2009 11:15 AM , Anonymous Erika Pitera said...

I found this excellent list through a link in an Etsy forum, and I'd like to suggest IndieSpotting.com, a new photo gallery-style site dedicated to indie and handmade goods. It's a free way to promote your Etsy store!

 
At January 25, 2009 11:50 PM , Blogger jessprkle said...

thx, Erika! I'll add it to the list!

 
At February 1, 2009 6:56 PM , Blogger ghkj said...

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At February 24, 2009 6:14 AM , Blogger lizet frijters said...

Wow, this is an extensive list, will take some time to check them out one by one.

 
At February 27, 2009 2:13 PM , Blogger TheFinery said...

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At February 27, 2009 2:15 PM , Blogger Delia said...

Thanks for all the work you put into on this list! I make handbound photo albums and other papergoods, like journals and address books. As a newcomer to Etsy, I'm looking for ways to promote my store, and undoubtedly this will prove invaluable.
Delia Ayleshire Quinn
Quinn Bookbinding
www.quinnbookbinding.etsy.com

 
At October 17, 2009 8:21 AM , Anonymous alisha said...

Hi,

Good information I learned more

 
At December 2, 2009 10:08 AM , Anonymous Esther Rupe said...

Thank You for all the great info, I knew about some of them but alot I did'n know about. Thanks for your hard work!!!!!

One quick question: about avatars and banners I've tried and tried to get mine up but nothing works. I bet I've got 10 photo editing sofeware on my computer and none will let you change the size to 760 by 100 for banner if you change the 100 it changes the other automaticily.Any info you can provide will help!!????

 
At December 11, 2009 11:27 AM , Anonymous original art said...

Wow, great information mate thanks a lot for sharing will be bookmarking your blog for future references, will check out your list over the weekend, thanks again.

 

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