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We currently have over 4,000 Facebook Fans and almost 12,000 Twitter followers.

We Facebook and Tweet Zibbet items periodically all day, everyday. If you would like an item from your shop to be included, please add a link to your shop below.

Every shop listed below will have at least one item tweeted/facebooked over the next few weeks...that's a promise!

To find out when you've been featured, you'll need to become a Zibbet Facebook Fan and follow us on Twitter. You can also hashtag (#) your shop name in the Twitter search bar (E.g. #myshop). 

Depending on the response, it's possible that it may take a few weeks for your turn to come up as we only post 5 times a day as we don't want to spam our fans/followers.

We're not guaranteeing sales from this, but every bit of exposure helps. Hopefully, you'll join us and help to promote other Zibbet sellers. If you don't have time to tweet and Facebook all day, you should look into 'BufferApp', the tool we use to schedule all our updates.

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Replies to This Discussion Permalink Reply by Joyananda (ADKoP) on August 14, 2012 at 9:33pm

Please include my shop. I have over 300 items in my store, including (but not limited to) wire-wrapped jewelry, vintage housewares, and rocks and crystals for wire-wrapping enthusiasts. 



Plus for the entire month of August my whole store is 30% off. Because it's my birthday August 28, and i'll be turning 30!



Thank you in advance.



A Different Kind of Pretty - by Joyananda - http://www.zibbet.com/Joyananda

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Permalink Reply by Lady Pirotessa on August 15, 2012 at 10:06am

Happy Birthday!

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn West (Lil Baby Thangs) on August 15, 2012 at 10:50am

My Birthday is also Aug. 28th, but I will be 56.

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Permalink Reply by Catrin Maier on August 15, 2012 at 12:26am

That's a great offer, thank you so much!



My shop is at http://zibbet.com/catswire

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Permalink Reply by HannahsGems (Hannah) on August 15, 2012 at 12:34am

Thank you!


http://www.zibbet.com/HannahsGems

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Permalink Reply by Barbara Kibble on August 15, 2012 at 2:31am

Thank you so much any help to get my 1st sale is appreciate..



http://www.zibbet.com/CrocKnits

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Permalink Reply by Jeannie Dukic on August 15, 2012 at 3:55am

Oh hell ya!  This is awesome. Thank you so much.  JeannieK
http://www.zibbet.com/FromMeToYou

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Permalink Reply by Nancy, Millions of Stitches on August 15, 2012 at 4:36am

Thanks, Jonathan. I'm Millions of Stitches at http://www.zibbet.com/millionsofstitches.



Nancy

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Permalink Reply by ticc (Susan) on August 15, 2012 at 5:23am

That's a wonderful offer and thank you!


http://www.zibbet.com/ticc

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Permalink Reply by NIFTYKNITS (Heather) on August 15, 2012 at 6:19am

thanks Jonathan. I'm glad you've mentioned not-spamming as sometimes it seems like that is the main diet on twitter!



http://www.zibbet.com/NiftyKnits

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Permalink Reply by Sandy Creek Collectables on August 15, 2012 at 6:28am

Thanks!  My shop is http://www.zibbet.com/SandyCreekCollectables

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Permalink Reply by Illusions by Donna on August 15, 2012 at 6:40am

Never one to ignore an opportunity..:-)



http://www.zibbet.com/IllusionsbyDonna

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OK. thanks will check into it.

Replies to This Discussion Permalink Reply by Portable Graffiti Graphics Judy on February 23, 2012 at 4:27am

Janine


I think your shipping charge is just fine.


I agree you need to give it more time.


You joined Zibbet just this month.


If you can, try to add more to your shop.


And welcome again,


Judy

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Permalink Reply by Artsy Treats on March 16, 2012 at 6:22am

I also wondered if my shipping is too high at $3.00. I seem to have alot of viewers but no sales, I even lowered prices. Am I doing something wrong? I haven't loaded any other photos recently. I did remove a few because of one of a kind I sold them at craft show. ANy ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Jayda's Boutique on March 16, 2012 at 12:45pm

i wish i had some advice for you but im wondering whats going on too i have lowered my shipping to $3.00 also lot of views also but no sales im doing the free one right now its been about a month !/2 so far and i add things often someone told me to just give it more time so maybe thats what we need to do

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Permalink Reply by MillicentRaven ( Dawn ) on March 17, 2012 at 2:22am

Personally I think it is too high. All of your items are lightweight as far as I can see. They would be able to be shipped in a small padded envelope for less than $2. For all of the items I send out, I have a flat rate shipping of $2. It usually costs anywhere from $1.56 to $1.87 to ship my items and that includes the delivery confirmation number. The rest pays for the envelope if it is a new one. I don't believe anyone should try to make a profit off of shipping charges. Not that I think you are trying to do that, I just know some people do.



You can try lowering the cost and see how you do. I wish you much success!



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Permalink Reply by Artsy Treats on March 17, 2012 at 2:09pm

Thanks for info, I do not want to make profit on mailing. I'm going to try lowering.


Noreen

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Permalink Reply by Sylvie on March 19, 2012 at 1:02pm

I agree with this but you have to include your packaging and handling charges somewhere.  There is a pricing formula that inlcudes the packaging and a certain percentage of the item price to cover your overhead.  So you have the item price and then your shipping price that covers just your actual cost of shipping.  Otherwise, you have your item price and then a shipping & handling price that includes your packaging costs.  If you don't cover those costs, you are losing money.

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Permalink Reply by Giani (galleriadigiani) on March 17, 2012 at 9:27am

Before asking "why am I not selling", ask yourself the following questions:



1) Are my photos top notch?



2) Does my shop have a cohesive overall look?  Are all my photos the same style?



3) Have I learned SEO (search engine optimization) and have I maximized it in my shop, so that I can be found in google searches?



4) Am I doing my best to promote outside of Zibbet?  Have I tried using a blog, or Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Wanelo, Squidoo, or any of the other promotional programs?



5) Have I identified specifically who is at the heart of my target market, so that I can maximize my ability to find ways to promote specifically to them?



6) Do I sell in person at craft fairs as a way to get my product seen? 



7) Do I use pricing formulas to ensure that my pricing is accurate and consistent, and priced to retail?



These are all things you must do if you want to sell successfully online.

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Permalink Reply by Artsy Treats on March 17, 2012 at 2:08pm

Thanks Giani, info very helpful> I am very new at this and just about get my pictures up. It takes so long. I admit that I have not done many of the things you mentioned. Dumb ?, how do I  find out about SEO? I just did a craft fair and did fantastic. It was only 5 hrs and I sold $600.00 and have gotten a few orders since. I'm trying small boutiques, had much success at holidays. Also, how can I save my descriptions so that I don't have to rewrite all the time?


Noreen

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Permalink Reply by Giani (galleriadigiani) on March 17, 2012 at 9:18pm

1) Rewriting descriptions.  Your descriptions should always be different.  You never want verbatim copy on multiple listings.  Google hates duplicate content.  You have to make them about 30% different so google will accept them both.  If google finds duplicate content, it rejects it.



2) You can do a google search for "search engine optimization" and find all sorts of information.



There's a learning curve, but hang in there and keep at it.  It's nothing you can't handle.

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Permalink Reply by Artsy Treats on March 19, 2012 at 8:35am

Giani, you are most helpful. Thank you. I have not been on facebook or any other sites, and truthfully don't know how to do it. I know I sound like a simpleton, but I've come a long way with computers, so one step at a time. Maybe you can give me some info. My grown kids have no patience with me. Any info will help. I'm already taking your advise on some things. I guess I'm always afraid of giving out too much information about me that's why I hestitate.


In answer to your response, do you mean that I have to write every description over for wherever I post, such as facebook, etc.?


Noreen

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Permalink Reply by Giani (galleriadigiani) on March 19, 2012 at 1:01pm

No, I meant your descriptions from one listing to the next, and from one site to the next.


 


If I list, for instance, three of the same necklace, only in different sizes, I should not use the exact same product description in all three listings, because it might confuse google and register as duplicate content, when it isn't.


 


I can't help you with facebook.  I don't use it. 


 


Zibbet has a team for almost every type of social media.  Perhaps you could join some of those teams (like a facebook team, a twitter team, a tumblr team, a pinterest team, etc) and learn from the pros of each one how best to use them.

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Permalink Reply by Artsy Treats on March 19, 2012 at 1:21pm

OK. thanks will check into it.

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Fantastic Five: Supplies for the Season

We’re out of the house shopping and we easily stop off for the supplies needed for our newest project. As the seasons change, change your habits and shop for supplies on Zibbet. Hundreds of necessities are available including yarn, fabric, ribbons, beads and patterns for a vast array of ideas. Many files are e-mailed so you instantly have your item. Stuck for an idea? Just browse the supply shops and your juices will be flowing. It happened to me!

After checking out this holiday assortment for supplies selected by Barbra LaBosco of All About The Buttons you’ll be in “Supply Heaven” with over 26,000 listings of supplies on Zibbet…. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

1. Autumn Leaves Fabric by Rebecca’s Touch $8: Fabric lovers will find many uses for this vibrant, cotton fabric. It is 1 ½ yards so there’s ample to make a pillow, an autumn apron, maybe some place mats. The autumn leaves in shades of orange, gold and rust will usher in the autumn season from RebeccasTouch.

2. Simplicity Sewing Pattern Adult Sized Kangaroo Bee Bird Costumes by Sew Mrs P $6: Going to a Halloween party and don’t know what to wear? This pattern is an uncut set from 1984. It includes patterns for an adult-sized kangaroo, bird & bee costumes. There are even feet and hats included. How cute! Get sewing once you get this from SewMrsP.

3. White and Black Day of the Dead Skull Beads by Stash Box Treasures $2.50:  Creepy crawlies abound and these black and white plastic skull beads are no exception. What can you do with these? Add them as a decoration for your pumpkin, design a ring or string them around your neck. Observe Halloween in style with these deliciously gruesome beads! These and more are found at StashBoxTreasures.

4. Shabby Chic Vintage Thanksgiving Digital Collage Sheets for Scrapbook & Cards by Shabby Beautiful $2.49:  My thoughts have been racing with ideas as to how to use this digital collage sheet. The vintage feel of this picture would be wonderful on a Thanksgiving card or how about place cards for your Thanksgiving table? Thanksgiving is full of traditions and these have that retro, nostalgic feel.  ShabbyBeautiful offers this for your creativity.

5. Snowflake Beanie Crochet Pattern PDF by Ambassador Crochet $3.99: And now for the crocheters, a wonderful pattern for a darling hat. This  is a beginner level  but is great for anyone. You do know someone who will look adorable in this hat, right? Use a sparkly yarn to give it some Christmas cheer. AmbassadorCrochet includes the hat and snowflake directions with this pattern.

very top image - Single Letter Custom Printable Favor Box by A Million Ideas $5

Judy writes the ‘Fantastic Five‘ column where she features 5 Zibbet items every week. She is the owner of four Zibbet shops: Portable Graffiti Graphics, Portable Graffiti buttons, Proofreader, and Wild Goose Chase vintage, crafts and supplies. You can follow Judy on Facebook.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Featured Zibbeter - VintageKeepsakes

Off to Jupiter, Florida we went to get to know Zibbeter, Katie Korwek.  Vintage Keepsakes is a beautiful shop filled to the brim with antique teacups, teapots and lovely doilies and tablecloths.

What fabulous gifts for the upcoming holidays you will find in Vintage Keepsakes. The beautiful photographs are done so well, one feels as if they are stepping back in time to the days of a warm cup of tea being served at your grandmother’s house.

Please enjoy the interview, leave Katie a comment, and then use the Share Tools so others can read it, too. Please spread the Zibbet Love!

I am a Kiwi (New Zealander) living and working in Florida, USA. I am joyfully married to an American and we love to trip back down under every year or so. We are always on the hunt for wonderful old linens and English and Japanese teacups and teapots, chintz are my all-time favorite patterns, I love any design that is busy and overdone! We empty our suitcases of clothes to make room for our newly-found ‘op-shop’ treasures, then bring them back to the states to sell, or keep if they are just too cute! Gone are the days where we can just drive by a country second-hand store

We live right on the sea and I love to spend part of my afternoons sitting out in the bay on a floatie chair, in view of our local lighthouse and watching all kinds of amazing creatures out in the inlet waters. I snorkel out there too, we enjoy manatee, porpoise, stingrays leaping out of the water, turtles and an array of tropical fish. During hurricane season we are often chased back indoors by severe afternoon thunderstorms, but they are usually short-lived and we soon head back down to the sea to finish what we started.

I delight in all things old, worn, pre-loved and discarded, for whatever reason. I wish my antiques could talk to me, I just know they have seen many years of love and use. They have graced tables at the fanciest, upscale dinner parties and sat under vases of hand-picked wildflowers, on humble kitchen tables, of everyday people. I am inspired and encouraged when I receive almost animated feedback from an excited customer after they have opened their goodies and been thrilled with their new treasures. It inspires me to have every customer that pleased with their experience with Vintage Keepsakes.

I am head over heels in love with my amazing husband, he has willingly and enthusiastically done multiple loads of washing, sorting, ironing (no kidding). He has folded, filed, shipped, written thank you notes to customers, launched encyclopedic-sized searches for long forgotten backstamps and potter’s marks and constantly tells me how very proud he is of me. I glow and grow in his adoration.

My love for Jesus Christ, is without a doubt, my greatest passion. I stand in awe, daily.

Zibbet ROCKS! I found an invitation in my inbox, recently, with an offer to become a lifetime member, I couldn’t sign up fast enough! Then, not two days later, I made a wonderful Zibbet sale that easily covered half that outlay, needless to say, I was thrilled!

Zibbet has been solid, from the day I first poked my nose in the door, I have found friendly notes of welcome in my inbox, clean forums, a great layout for my wee store, where I have lots of space to make it mine and endless fun tools to play with. We have recently gone to free shipping within the US and a flat $2.95 for international sales on linens, we were able to offer this due to the lifetime deal and no final value fees. It was a wonderful opportunity to give back to our fantastic customers, and it has, so far, been very popular. We are super excited about Zibbet’s future in this marketplace, it still has a cozy feel mixed with an excited, growing buzz of activity.

There is nothing I see as a must have, Zibbet is loaded with some fun tools, the only thing I would like to see is maybe more detail and faster loading in the stats.

Externally promoting my site, may be something I need work on. Search engine optimization, is not always something I start my day with. I do work on my titles, content and tags, so I can be found easier in online searches. Social networking sites can be very time consuming, but I do get good results from uploading something new every day and/or relisting or renewing. I work on injecting my own personality into my displays and photos, always.

I sing Zibbet’s praises everywhere I go, I would LOVE to see Zibbet grow from strength to strength. It’s an easy company to endorse and I am proud and excited to sell my goods here. The more people who know about Zibbet and experience the warm welcome and great tools for online selling, the better Zibbet will be for all of us! Spread the love!

Still happy expressing my love of old things. Busy and successful, not just financially, but with a trail of happy and returning customers, and having made many good friends along the way. And thankful, always.

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Fantastic Five: Steampunk

What is steampunk? No, it’s not a rotten locomotive but has been classified as a literary genre with elements of fiction, fantasy, history and horror.

During the 1980s it began to evolve into gadgets, games and a design aesthetic in clothing and jewelry. In the Victorian age and now, steampunk style features technological innovations. The future perspective is seen in fashion, culture, art and even architectural style.

At Zibbet you’ll find a great selection of steampunk goods. After reading about this week’s Fantastic Five be sure to see all the great steampunk products with these searches: steampunk, gothic, archictecture, and fantasy.

1. Steampunk Gothic Strange - Entwined Soul Pendant by Lady Pirotessa $41.98: Lady Pirotessa has created a stunning mix of the elements of nature. Wild Dryad vines wrap around this Forest Dragon’s Rose-like Eye. Fabulous new premium Zibbet shop with amazing photos of her creations. Must see!

2. Bright Pink Hat by Lucrezia’s Delight $225: The ultimate steampunk hat comes with a free hat stand of your choice. A lot of work went into this masterpiece with hand dying, hand stitching and and certainly the artist’s eye for color. Lucrezia’s Delight specializes in fine millinery for the discerning Gothic.

3. Woman’s Frock Coat Steampunk Fantasy by Manic Manx $780:  One-of-a-kind coat that Kristi Manx is rightly proud that it was featured in Belle Armoire Magazine. Kristi incorporated vintage fabrics and handmade trims on this unique piece. The colors of the trim are an olive and burgundy on black canvas. Go Kristi!

4. Corset Cuff Bracelet by Auralee $179: This gorgeous corset cuff bracelet was handcrafted with sterling silver and 14 karat gold filled wire. The artist hand brushed it for a satin finish. Auralee has made steampunk corset rings to compliment this bracelet. Be sure to visit her shop.

5. Hand Sculpted Coffin Locket by Wicked Gems $26.99: Fabulous one-of-a-kind coffin locket is hand sculpted and carved, then rubbed with fine silver leaf and sealed. The artist invented a unique hinge and magnetic closure to keep your locked sealed tight. What will you put into it? Wicked Gems has 150 fantastic items.

very top image - Steampunk Goth Girl Art Print - December Rain by Rustic Goth $10

Check out Zibbet’s Steampunk Pinterest Board managed by Emily of Mtn Frankie Creations.

Thanks to Barbra for writing the introduction for this Fantastic Five while I was writing the captions. Teamwork!

Judy writes the ‘Fantastic Five‘ column where she features 5 Zibbet items every week. She is the owner of four Zibbet shops: Portable Graffiti Graphics, Portable Graffiti buttons, Proofreader, and Wild Goose Chase vintage, crafts and supplies. You can follow Judy on Facebook.

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