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Showing posts with label Etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Etsy. Show all posts
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Etsy Shop Shoutout: Buzzin' Bea
OMG. I haven't been on here in furevers. Sorry about that folks.
I need to get back into the habit of blogging so I feel less guilty about not blogging.
Sigh.
Well, here it is the end of October.
58 days until Christmas.
Yes, that's right. It's almost here!
Okay, not really -- but it's that time of the year when you need to start buying yourself gifts.
Stop over to Buzzin' Bea's Etsy shop and check out what's for sale:
Check out zee shop today peeps!
And Merry Pre-Christmas!!!
My personal rule is to spend all of the money
I'd use to buy other people gifts on myself instead.
;-)
Thank you for visiting us today!!!
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Etsy Shop Shoutout: Jellibeanlane
Welcome back for another edition of "Etsy Shop Shoutout"!
Today we bring you Jellibean Lane.
https://www.instagram.com/jellibeanlane/
Out of Canada, Jellibean Lane has been selling on Etsy since 2014.
They have over 150 sales, and have recently begun to offer some clothing for the smaller 14" dolls (Wellie Wishers sizes, and Hearts 2 Hearts doll sizes).
Some of the (48) items that were available at Jellibean Lane as of me writing this post:
Out of Canada, Jellibean Lane has been selling on Etsy since 2014.
They have over 150 sales, and have recently begun to offer some clothing for the smaller 14" dolls (Wellie Wishers sizes, and Hearts 2 Hearts doll sizes).
Some of the (48) items that were available at Jellibean Lane as of me writing this post:
And some of their pics from Instagram:
Please check out their shop today and follow their Instagram!
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Maple Insists: Etsy and Infringement? Aka, Why Matt...el and A...G Sux
So I'm lazy.
Yes, it's me, Maple - How could you tell?
Oh, because I said I am lazy - yes, yes, it's me - and yes, I am lazy.
So at the beginning of August the news went around that American Girl® was executing a crackdown on any handmade shops, etc. that were using "American Girl" in their listings.
It was really AG/Mattel forcing Etsy to police item listings and shops so that no one was infringing upon AG's copyright/trademark.
Since I was pretty much clueless about all of this stuff
I waited to see what happened before reporting back to you guys (all five of my readers).
The basic thing is...
You can't blatantly use the word "American Girl" in your Etsy listings, your webstore, etc. in a way that could be construed as you selling an actual American Girl product.
You should say 18" doll.
And don't blatantly use "WellieWishers" or anything close to that.
Go with 14" doll there.
You can say things like:
For 18" play dolls such as American Girl®.
But then you have to say you are not affiliated with American Girl®.
On every listing.
(I'm gonna make stickers of that ^^^ and place them all over my body.)
And everywhere you say American Girl® be sure
to use that registered trademark symbol ---> ®.
You can say things like: For 14" Play dolls such as WellieWishers™.
But then say that you aren't affiliated with WellieWishers™.
Etc. Etc.
Or your listings could be deactivated, your shop deactivated, etc.
Yes, the Mattel and AG copyright/trademark po-po
(police) has come around again.
They are protecting what is rightfully theirs.
Which is their right.
*Insert applause and back-slapping so that
the lawyers feel they have done a good job*
This happens all the time.
It seems like a handful of sellers get targeted, yelled at, "punished," etc.
Their stores are never really "closed" permanently - but it can often be a very successful scare tactic to shutdown someone's listings and make it a giant pain-in-the-a** to reactivate them, get your store back up and running, etc. etc.
They don't make it an easy fix.
And they don't really help you fix it easily and painlessly.
At least, that is what I can see.
What I see is a bunch of handmade sellers panicking and heartbroken.
Something they love has turned around and bit them in the butt.
Dear Mattel and AG and Etsy,
Does this have to be so traumatic on people?
Can't you simply message people to change their listings?
I'm probably missing something here,
but this is why I say they suck in the title of this post.
It comes down to making people feel like they can't sell handmade stuff - or off-brand stuff, etc. - and what's the point of that?
Your brand, American Girl®, can stay healthy and relevant if you allow people to create a whole little ecosystem around it.
And if your brand, American Girl®, didn't sell such fugly doll clothing, people wouldn't be on Etsy looking for less-fugly doll clothing.
^^^ IMHO. ^^^
But in the end, when doing searches for doll clothes - keep 18" doll in mind, fits 18" doll, made for 18" dolls, etc. etc.
And if you have been hit with this copyright stuff, don't be too discouraged.
Keep sewing and crafting and creating.
And keep selling.
Don't let the corporations stop you.
Keep pushing forward.
Make the changes to your listings, and your tags, etc.
But keep selling.
Do whatever you have to do.
In the future I expect AG/Mattel to start cracking down on listings that use AG dolls as models - as they do this with other companies online that have used AG dolls as models.
So keep that in mind.
But until someone tells you to stop using AG dolls as models,
I would keep using them so that people know how your items fit on the AGs.
Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.
Just keep swimming friends.
Just keep swimming.
p.s. This blog is in no way affiliated with American Girl®.
p.p.s Even if they asked me, this blog would
never be affiliated with American Girl® in any way.
If it was, I couldn't sit here and type words like "sux" or "sucks" or "fugly."
Monday, August 29, 2016
Etsy Shop Shoutout: Elite Doll World
With over 2,000 sales in their shop, if you haven't already heard about
Elite Doll World - you are behind the times!
Okay, if you haven't already heard about them then you're probably like us and aren't shopping online for doll clothes 24-7.
Okay, we sort of are online shopping for doll clothes 24-7.
You caught us.
But anyway - Elite Doll World offers many different types of handmade items for your 18" doll - including necklaces, shoes, skirts, tops, dresses, shorts, pants, outerwear and more.
And their shop is usually pretty well stocked, so you don't have to wait for a special release date and you can buy several items at once.
(I rarely ever order from a shop if I can't order
multiple items from them because I hate paying for shipping for one tank top.
I am weird like that.)
Here are some things currently for sale at Elite Doll World,
as of me writing this post:
Thank you for visiting us and
be sure to check out Elite Doll World today!
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