How To

It occured to me today that after all this talk of "Etsy" shops and "Lov.li" shops, there may be someone out there who doesn't know what this means. So welcome to online Craft Selling 101.
Topic #1: Etsy-The Original
The best thing about Etsy? You don't need to know any html! And we all know how much it sucks to learn html. If you can navigate Blogger, you can have an Etsy store. Here's how it works: it costs nothing to sign up on Etsy and 20 cents to list an item for 4 months. Then, if and when the item sells, Etsy keeps 3.5% of the selling price. For example, to sell a $10 item, it would only cost you 55 cents. You are billed once a month and have about 2 weeks to pay your bill before they automatically charge your credit card.
To actually list items is easy as well. The whole process is just an online form where it asks you for things like a description, tags (words people can type in to search for your product), and a photo uploading form as well. And it get's better! Do you blog, myspace, friendster, or have a website? Etsy can generate a javascript or flash version of your shop that you can paste nearly ANYWHERE, making your shop uber accessible. Sounds great don't it?!

Topic #2: Lov.Li- Bringin' it Home
Lov.Li was recently started in Portland, OR by a local printer named Patrick. It runs pretty much like Etsy except it doesn't cost anything to list an item! Once an item sells, Lov.Li keeps 3.5% but you don't pay until your bill reaches $15.
What's also great about Lov.li is that you can post blogs, joins craft groups, have have "friends" kind of like social networking sites, making it great for diy networking! Also, because there are no listing fees, you can list items you've made that are not for sale but you want to show off.

Both of these sites run in conjunction with Paypal accounts, similar to Ebay. So get crafty and get selling!