Business and Beads, Etsy or Artfire

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So I'm finally getting my butt in line and starting up my new business! It's called Punch Love Designs and it's going to be awesome! I've made logos and packaging already and I also have dedicated a dA portfolio to it! punchlovedesigns.cleanfolio.co… Check it out and tell me what you think :D I also used CSS on my gallery pages so take a look at my jewelry gallery and all the others to see something cool! Credit for the CSS in my gallery goes to kuschelirmel-stock for her amazingly great template/code/thingy, lol :

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I'm making TONS of more jewelry so that way I have enough inventory until winter break. College life does not provide me with time to make things XD. I've begun to use some colored aluminum wire now, oooooh! I can't wait to post everything but I still have to take pictures.

Question, of those of you who know about Etsy and Artfire, which of the two sites would you recommend? Artfire seems like the better value but Etsy looks like it has a larger audience, so I'm not sure which to pick. Anyone care to offer advice?

Also, I'm thinking of writing a weekly, or maybe monthly, news article that features new but nice jewelry submissions? I would make it weekly but I'm not sure if I can keep up some weeks with all the college work I'll be having. What do you think?


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Congrats with starting your new business! It must be exciting. I'm going back to college in a few weeks and I don't know how I'm going to maintain my inventory on Etsy and my new Website, but we'll see!

Anyway, about the whole Etsy vs. Artfire thing, I think it is a real toss up. When I started my business Artfire didn't exist so I started on Etsy. How much does it cost to get started on Artfire? Etsy is $0.20 per item listing and I think like 3% sale commission for them.

Etsy does have a huge amount of traffic and customers that artfire probably won't match (right now anyway). But then again, the jewelry category is the most saturated and cut-throat, it is difficult to compete. So in that case, maybe there is less jewelry on Artfire and a better chance of getting noticed.

You can always start at one and if it doesn't work out, switch. Or maybe expand later on with 2 shops. Anyway, I hope you find what is right for you! :)