#indie sellers

[indiesellersguild]

We're gearing up for the ISG Virtual Convention

Indie sellers deserve an internet where it's possible to earn a fair living wage for creative work.

Shoppers deserve an internet where it's possible to support the makers, creators, and small businesses that you love, without so much of your payment being gobbled up by big tech platforms.

Together, we can build that internet.

Learn more at the first annual Indie Sellers Guild Virtual Convention, scheduled for April 13-14, 2024, entitled—

Support Small Sellers: Freedom from Etsy and other Big Tech

See what we have planned through the link below, and register to attend for only 1 USD.

We hope to see you there!

#Isg #support indie artists #support small artists #support small business #small business #workers rights #indie sellers guild #indie sellers #ISG virtual convention #Etsy #Big tech

[handmadehazefromtheheart]

I'm setting a goal for myself to sell at least one item in my Artisans Cooperative shop this month.

I have a secondary goal of making at least €100 Euros this month, but that depends WHAT gets sold.

For this post I'm bringing up my autistic pride/acceptance stress balls~

Please consider supporting a fellow autistic by buying one for yourself or an autistic person in your life!

I have so few spoons to promote my stuff rn so boosts would be HUGE. Feel free even to make your own posts with links to my shop on other platforms, idgaf.

#crochet #shop small #shop handmade #indie sellers #artisans cooperative #actually autistic #actually autistic creators #autistic creators #stimming #autistic stimming #fidget toys

[fortitudesouth]

So I was just going to hate the initial post but it disappeared so here it is. Yes, this applies to buyers too. The time to opt out is drawing to a close.

TLDR- Send an email to: [email protected] with: your name, account email, username, and shop name if applicable. State that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Hit send. Done.

#Etsy #Etsy update #terms of service #Etsy arbitration #arbitration #indie sellers #indie makers #Etsy sellers #etsyseller #etsysmallbusiness

[schlady]

Some points to ponder on supporting small businesses, just in time for the holiday shopping season and Small Business Saturday! ✨ Feel free to download & share these images.

When money's tighter than ever and there are plenty of big corporations to boycott, please consider your local & favorite small businesses if you can spend. 💞

#shareable #small business saturday #small biz saturday #small biz sat #boycott black friday #shop small #shop local #do what you can #indie sellers guild #indie sellers #artists on etsy #makers on etsy #boycott walmart #boycott amazon #boycott starbucks #boycott disney #boycott mcdonalds #shop direct #artists on tumblr #holiday shopping

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

The @indiesellersguild has printed merch now and ✨I want a tote bag ✨

I can maybe do that for myself after Christmas, idk.

#indie sellers guild #workers rights #small business #indie sellers #fundraising #unions #co-ops

[recoversuggestions]

i've vaguely mentioned this here before but i'm part of the indie sellers guild, a union-type organization for all online indie sellers.

we're currently doing a survey on what sellers' ideal online marketplaces are. if you're an indie sellers on etsy or your own website or anywhere else on the internet, it'd be great if you could fill it out here:

depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e8KlZKOzvXzyMLk

#not a suggestion #indie sellers #etsy

[strawberrum]

thinking about how I had a few folks at my last market suggest to me (kindly and with good intentions) that I make and sell some versions of the hand knit cardigan I was wearing because people would "totally pay $300 for that!"

I appreciated the sentiment, but people don't understand what goes into handmade clothes! I don't use a knitting machine. Every stitch in that garment is created by hand on needles, and the sleeves were brioche. Even using inexpensive acrylic yarn for the whole project, and accounting for the HUGE sleeve stitches (saving me time making the sleeves)—the material cost was $55 and the labor was well beyond that.

Let's conservatively estimate the cardigan took me 30 hours to create. Currently, when pressed to put a dollar amount to my time, I use the living wage as a baseline and then go up from there $1/hour for every year I have been actively practicing that particular skill. In the case of knitting that would be 11 years, and the current living wage in my area is approximately $23/hour. Setting aside the fact that this is calculated based on a 40 hour work week and I don't believe that is ethical or sustainable, we'll just leave it at $34/hour. That would make labor alone $1,020.

This brings the "production cost" to $1,075.

Items are not sold at production cost because that would leave your profit margin at 0%. This is not sustainable because it costs money to run a business (think things like paying for computer repairs, buying tools, the tablecloth you use at markets, paying for a website, etc.). Realistically to cover business costs and still come out with a 7% "net" profit margin, which is just a number pulled from averages in the clothing retail business...

... I'd have to sell that cardigan for $1,350.

So yeah! Something to think about when you see the price of clothes that are handmade. :o)

#and this is for something made with PLASTIC yarn!! not cotton! not wool! not really ethical even though it's technically #slow fashion #this is why garments were originally intended to last a LIFETIME or even generations!!!! #they are not cheap! clothes should proportionately be one of the singularly most expensive things we own btw!! #thank you for coming to my talk #I will be ranting again about this in the future I'm sure #handmade fashion #small business #fast fashion #shop small #etsy seller #knitting #fiber art #handmade life #fashion #indie fashion #style #strawberrum chirps

[thekingofcrochet]

Howdy! It’s me, the queer black trans guy who lives in your phone.

the bills be going crazy and p**n ain’t selling like it used to

so if anyone can spare a buck or 2 then that’d be dope.

I mostly need groceries and meds (and new bras but whatever)

you can send money here

or buy something from my squarespace shop or sub to my patreon which is a work in progress

and if you can’t spend the $ then reblogging helps just as well

Goal $150

*also it’s not e-begging if a service is offered in exchange for payment*

#kingly #signal boost #please reblog #indie creator #indie artist #indie seller #queer artist #black artist #my art #kingly speech

[toriawiktoria]

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

Wisława Szymborska

#aesthetic #trends #cinnamon girl #lana del rey #booklr #books and reading #indie #spotify #best seller books #bookstagram #booktok #books #literature #quotes #aestethic #vintage #dark academia #tumblog #art #light academia

[mr-ribbit]

NEW FROG MERCH FROM GOODTOAD!

slapped some new frogs up in the store! we have new stickers on redbubble:

and a special four-in-one frog sticker variety pack on etsy!

also brand new in the etsy store: TIE-DYE FROG WIZARD BEANIES!!! in FOUR COLORS!

these speak for themselves

to see more of my art currently on sale, check out this link!!!!! if you're interested in future products in my shop, you can "favorite" my store pages in either redbubble or etsy, and it will notify you when i add new products :} feel free to share my linktree or this post with any other frog lovers in your life!! thank you!!!!

#goodtoad #frog business #stickers #sticker store #etsy #etsy sellers #redbubble #redbubble stickers #frogs #frog stickers #hats #indie art store

[indiesellersguild]

Etsy is using Payment Reserves to stiff their handmade sellers - refusing to pay most of what they're owed until after they create and ship their orders.

Our petition is online, please sign and share!

Etsy: Pay your makers NOW!

In the example (an actual order from a seller on reserve), the buyer paid $33.87, but the seller only received $2.72. It didn't even cover shipping costs.

#etsy reserves #etsy reserve strike #etsy #makers #small business #workers rights #Unions #Strikes #indie sellers

[handmadehazefromtheheart]

The cats are up! It took me SOOOO long to sort out all the details for the description and price breakdown. I've said it before, but I'm accepting that my larger, more detailed plushies are going to be luxury purchases for most people -- I couldn't afford to buy them myself on a whim -- so some plans are forming in my autistic li'l brain to make smaller, simpler versions of each animal plushie eventually.

That being said, I'd really like to sell these!! So if you're not interested, I would appreciate a boost! If you want one but can't afford it, do you have a birthday coming up? A wishlist? Maybe it could still be yours...

With anything you buy from me, you get a full breakdown of what your're paying for and why. Support a small seller and a lover of kitty cats. :3

#artisans coop #crochetblr #craftblr #cats #actually autistic creators #amigurumi #plushies #stuffed animals #indie sellers #kitty cats #cute

[kairyudee]

wa gaming expo ate all my stock so i gotta make MORE!!! heres a process video for fun :)

come pick one up at cutiefest if youre in seattle this sunday 4/7!!

#pokemon #handmade #vendor #indie seller #lugia #sketchbook #pnw artist #art process #and if you cant make it: i will be forcing all of my loved ones to push me to update my online stores #so perhaps finally you can buy from me Not local #BUT ALSO COME TO CUTIEFEST OK!!!!

[edurc]

Keiko on Patreon

#photography #my photos #grunge #cybershot #indie #patreon #black and white #bwphotography #bw #brasil #preto e branco #photographer #photograph #lofi photography #photoshoot #photooftheday #content seller #buy my pics #buy my premium #buy my costom content #beauty #beautiful model #beautiful #pay to play

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

I joined @indiesellersguild on discord yesterday, and registered with them today. Very interested in what they're working on.

If y'all remember the Etsy strike in April, this came from that. You know how the big criticism with that strike was the lack of planning and organization? Well... the people who set that off are now going all in on planning and organizing.

Told you I'd be keeping an eye on the situation~

#indie sellers #handmade #etsy strike #crafts #indie creators

[tinyratmagic]

i just added some lucky bags to my shop

please help me clear out and make a few pennies while i try and work on new things :)

#indie artist #etsy seller #small business #studio lucky pack #lucky dip #mine #ooak #random art pack