I’ve removed the Etsy minis for promoting indie products off the site for the time being. The reasons are threefold…
- I had learned that accounts not being used for buying or currently selling are at least frowned upon by Etsy admin. I had created usernames solely for placing Etsy minis of favorites across different sites. I have stopped this just to be safe, but also…
- The need for such accounts, etc., will soon end with the coming of the Etsy Super Mini, a farther more controllable tool. Read more below.
- It’s really unfair to promote Etsy so much when there are other marketplaces and “personal” stores, however I’m not sure how to more equally promote those - ideas??
More about the Etsy Super Mini after the jump. CONTINUED…
We put the site on pause because I had wanted to do too much with it at once (or so much was the reason to start, really). So much so that I couldn’t keep up with it all. I wanted (want) this site to eventually be a community of indie and handmade folks, plus more. So right now we just will have a blog and so far, 1 tool that is an indie/handmade product search across many shops.
What I tend to fail to do is to make one thing successful and working before moving on, but that is what I’m now doing … mostly. But never you mind my unrelated projects. 
Welcome to the blog if you’re new or not, probably new.
See you!
If you don’t already know, Etsy.com is the best, AND coolest + dorkiest + punkest combined, place to buy and sell hand made items. If you aren’t an active member already, check it out!!
And if you are on of the many, many highly active Etsians, as they’re called, then you already know some areas in which the site is lacking. And I’ve started a new community to fulfill any of those needs that aren’t actually selling-related. Want a customized layout for your business’s page? Well at least we’ve got it here. You can link out to anywhere you want, and there’s a blogging feature. But those things are more for personal sites and blogs, although you could totally put up your personal space here, too! For the other features that probably all Etsian sellers want: more forums, including allowing things Etsy admins frown upon (mature subjects/TMI and often thread-closable topics are two); separated Promo & Lookin boards, groups with separate forums (not just one teams forum, yech!), the ability to upload videos, friending and favoriting photos, and more to come!
You can let me know what you think of this if you become a member—or use Indsday’s contact page, and I’ll gladly listen to suggestions.
