Who's on Etsy? Roll Call!

Cookie Lovin Mom posted:

What really surprises me how many sell on Etsy and are not legal (in other words, your state does not allow online selling).  I would love to do this but cannot without a commercial kitchen.  I love to look at all the beautiful cookies on etsy.

Ditto!! I would love to sell on Etsy, but the Cottage Food law in Florida does not allow online sales sadly.    I was very surprised to see how many people were selling their cookies on Etsy - stores that I am pretty sure do not have a commercial kitchen.

I actually lost out on an order to a woman selling cookies on Etsy - she offered to do the order at a much cheaper price for advertising purposes. And I know for a fact she does not have a commercial kitchen and operates under the Cottage Food Law in her state. What's even more surprising is she has well over 500 sales on there! So frustrating for those of us trying to play by the rules!!  Ok rant over

Definitely!  Plus the prices being sold on eBay seem to be higher priced vs selling face-to-face.  Well, at least we know we are doing business the onset and ethical way!

I'm gearing up to start selling my cookies and was wondering what the sale vs views/likes ratio is for those of you on Etsy.  Also are any of you Etsy fans selling on other sites? 

might be the wrong thing, but not sure if i could sell on etsy. I would love to sell them there since i have no clients of yet besides family. How would i go about setting one up?

Kookielady posted:

might be the wrong thing, but not sure if i could sell on etsy. I would love to sell them there since i have no clients of yet besides family. How would i go about setting one up?

You probably should start a new forum thread, as your question is about something related to but pretty different than the initial post. It's also unlikely people will see your new question at the very bottom of this long post.

In the meantime, here's one of many online posts about how to open an Etsy shop (https://www.fundera.com/blog/opening-an-etsy-shop). I can't vouch for its accuracy, but at least it's a starting point. 

Best of luck!