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Hit $500 in gift card sales at my Etsy shop last month, totally unexpected
I started making custom gift card holders as a side thing just to use up some scrap paper I had lying around. Last month I checked my Etsy stats and saw I had sold over $500 worth of them. That caught me off guard because I never even promoted them. Most of the sales came from people searching for unique ways to give cash or gift cards for weddings and graduations. I think the key was adding a pocket for a personal note. What kind of gift packaging ideas have worked best for you all?
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barbaraw165mo ago
Oh that's such a nice surprise though, isn't it? I mean, when something just takes off without you even trying, it feels extra good. The pocket for a personal note idea makes a lot of sense too, people really value that little extra touch when giving money. I had a similar thing happen with some little gift bags I started making, they just slowly found their audience over time. Its nice when your side thing turns into something real without you having to push it.
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coleman.seth3mo ago
My neighbor Vern started selling these weird birdhouses he made from old license plates about two years ago, and the first time he brought them to a craft fair he only sold two. Then a woman from upstate blogged about it and suddenly he was shipping them to like thirty different states within a month. It's wild how the universe just decides for you sometimes which thing is going to take off.
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lilycraig5mo ago
Yeah word of mouth is everything, once people started sharing mine on facebook it just snowballed from there!
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