Have just opened an Etsy shop, any advice for a newbie?

[judgejudyandexecutioner]

What are the things I need to know?

Oooh I need to know this too! I've just opened one too - nothing in it yet!!! Maybe in a week or two!

Etsy or Folsky?

Etsy - there's a link to it on my blog but there's nothing in my shop yet!!! I really want to change my header so I am working on that! (as well as a bit more stock!)

What are you going to sell?

Take 100 photos of everything so you can pick the best. I often found myself with a photo that was just a tiny bit wonky or fuzzy in the corner and it bugged me.

Advertise it wherever you can - there are so many now that customers aren't that likely to find it by accident. You can do a page on your facebook profile linking to it, blog about it, that kind of thing. Casually slip it into conversations with rich looking people .

Don't get too addicted. You may end up checking your shop every hour and therefore seeing something you like and buying it every hour...

I don't have time for mine at the moment, everything I make tends to be for my DDs. Can't wait til I get a bit more time to myself for fantastic creations! As for technical suggestions, it's been so long I can't really remember what I'm doing! But I seem to remember it was a lot easier to pay someone a couple of dollars to make a shop banner and get sale/ away/ closed banners with it.

Oh, and research S&H charges to as many places as possible. Most of my orders came from USA, Canada and Australia.

cool, thanks MrsNoggin