We all know Mickey Mouse as the cute loveable Disney mascot. Mickey Mouse also appears at the beginning of Disney animated feature films in his role as Steamboat Willie.
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The problem with a free account at a Marketplace website like Etsy, is that your product is often lost in a sea of similar designs and products.
As crafting becomes more popular it becomes harder to stand out from the crowd. The hand-made market is becoming more and more saturated. Market-place websites have thousands and thousands of members and the number is growing every day. Not only that, it is very easy for people to import pre-made components wholesale at rediculously low prices.
There are bound to be other crafters who are able to turn out designs similar to yours at a fraction of the cost. It can be very difficult to compete price-wise, especially if you design and make your items from scratch while others are assembling pre-made components.
Furthermore, your account isn't really free. By the time you pay fees to list an item and in some cases an added commission when an item is sold, it may seem that you are losing more money than you make.
Add a comment Read more: Standing Out from the Crafting Crowd (Part 1)I started out using my Tumblr account just for fun, but wondered if I could do something more useful with it. I attempted making regular posts, but found in time that my main blog on my website was being neglected.
My Tumblr posts eventually degraded into the usual 'liking' and re-posting of other peoples' posts. In the end I decided that I would benefit more from spending time adding useful content to my main blog on my website.
However I remain convinced that Tumblr can be a useful tool for small businesses and freelancers, and as such I am going to try a different approach.
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