Feb 24 2008

Online Marketplaces

Published by michelle at 4:10 pm under Business, Internet

I recently setup my Etsy store, which was very easy to do. I was attracted to Etsy because of the size of it and the ease of use. But, I have been reading somethings about it that concern me, for example yesterday they lost data relating to item views for every store on Etsy due to a hardware problem (this data is kept in memory, not in the database - what the??!!), and the Etsy admins have recently done a few things that have left me questioning their standards and business practices.

Anyway, I plan to keep my Etsy store - as with everything in life, knowledge is power and as I am now aware of potential issues I can plan to avoid them. But, I want to spread out my risk a little, so I’m looking at other online marketplaces to also sell my products. So far I have found the ones listed below that I am starting to research - I’d love to hear from anyone who has any experience with any of these, or if you can recommend any others.

Thanks!! 

http://www.modamuse.com.au

http://www.felt.co.nz/

http://www.dawanda.com/

http://www.madeit.com.au

http://toggle.co.nz/

http://www.yessy.com

http://www.rubylane.com

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