Morning thanks for the blue flower love, I rather like this new medium.
Itās dull here today, which is a shame as my local marine lake is having a taster day for people to try dinghy sailing and windsurfing for Ā£5. Weāre quite keen (but totally rubbish) windsurfers in my house and I quite fancied having a go in a small one-man dinghy, but itās way too cold so weāll just go along to say hi and watch other folk get cold and wet hehe
I have a bird commission that I need to crack on with today, and Iām hoping to get some sketching time at the lake later.
Have a nice day Stephie. We are off to have a coffee and view a local photographic exhibition before getting some shopping I want in waitrose.
Busy week ahead - lots of work (web developer hat on) and painting (planned requests to fill) on the to do list so having a day with out and about with hubby before we get on with a busy week.
lovely flower Stephieā¦and love the Heron Jeanieā¦
Cold here this morning but I am not complaining as this is our second year without any of that white stuff.
The aceos will be touring places in South Walesā¦only 4 of them but it is still extremely kind of the lady to take some of mine to the exhibition.
Maxā¦you might be eligible to send someā¦I have a document and if I can work out how to forward it to you I can do thatā¦OR I have the organizerās emailā¦
she can send you the details.
Back in a mo with a listing for today
here you go
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Iāve just opened a plus account in the last few days as I thought it would be good just to list everything I have but Iāve read a few times about people not renewing their accounts. What did folksy change that effected you (and others)? etsy have made some changes recently and itās all based on search which I suppose has good and bad points, I do reasonably well over there.
I find on etsy most of my customers find me through search rather than social media. I thought Iād sign up for the year here and just see how it goes. It sounds like you are doing really well on your other sites, you have lovely work in your shop.
Hi Yvonne ā¦ thank you for the compliment on my art I canāt work out why but I just donāt seem to be selling here, as I said, the early part of last year I was doing well here but things changed, the site has had a lot of changes, I donāt know if that has affected my shop or not but I donāt seem to sell much here at all !!! that said as you will read here Brenda and Max are both doing well here, and as Stephie says she is pleased with her shop and they all have plus accounts ā¦ I think donāt you guys @StephanieGuy@teabreaks@paperchainsandbeads
what works for one doesnāt always work for another ā¦ I also believe in the āebb and flowā of things - it seems sometimes sales āgenerallyā ebb and flow so this may just be the case for me on folksy at the moment. I will leave me shop open until all my listing end so I will be around for several months yet as my renewal has a way to go yet ā¦ who knows things might change again yet
Hope you do well here - all the best with your shop
Hi allā¦fab work today and glad to see lots of people chatting on here too.
Re the plus accountā¦I thought I would give it a try because at Ā£45 that is almost what I spend per MONTH on the bayā¦ok, so I know I sell well on there but at HALF the price,. I also thought about the fact that I often used to stand at craft fairs without covering my tableā¦and paid Ā£25 a time (sometimes, more, sometimes less) but the PLUS account is less that TWO craft fairs and I don;t have to leave the comfort of my chair (painting while watching tv.)
Over the years, I have trawled the country doing fairs, house parties and demos and often with little or no reward. I have already covered my fee since I started on here and also I find it much easier if someone on facebook likes a painting, I can send them to my folksy shop and just quickly list it on here, which saves me having to send invoices etc. Folksy do it all for me.
I have in the past missed sales on facebook because the person just put under the painting that they wanted to buy itā¦now I can just tell everyone that I have an art page with a direct link to Folksy and not only can they come and buy their painting, but might also see something else. I no longer have to think about the feesā¦they are PAIDā¦right round until nerxt March. Hope some of my thoughts help.
Here is my second listing for the day
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Thanks for getting back to me. I had a look at Brenda @teabreaks , Maxine @paperchainsandbeads and Stephanieās @StephanieGuy shop and I do see what you mean - they are all doing really well, thatās good to see. Maybe you are right and it is the ebb and flow of things, I hope it does pick up for you on here again. Iām too early days yet to get a feeling for my own shop, Iāll just keep going with the listings - Iām committed for the year now so thereās no backing out
I must admit I did think the Ā£45 for the plus account seemed good value, it sounds like it works really well for you. I thought even if I loose all the money itās worth the gamble for a whole year without having to worry about listing fees. I wish all the sites offered this
I agree Brenda, that is one of the advantages of the plus account ā¦
It may be Yvonne ā¦ if things change I would keep the plus account but it needs to pay its way I am doing great in my other outlets, my own website and direct sales is at its highest at the moment, which is great as there are no fees there, lots more work but no fee !!! I am ever the optimist and will see how things go ā¦
Anyway ā¦ back to art this is one of my recent ACEO pictures
afternoon all, been in the garden today, 7 pots done and some more digging!.
Hi Yvonne, welcome :). Iām now into my 3rd year of a plus account (also my third shop) used to have separate art and jewellery shops but closed both in favour of one when the plus account came in and I think for me itās very good value. Iām also a member of the daily listing club (May Blossoms) and have been since it started some 3 years ago so I list a new item most days, the cost of listing individually would have been in the region of Ā£70 if I only listed 300 days of the year so itās definitely more economical for me, I also re-list a few items every day to keep items at the top for searches. Good luck
Cute Heron Jeanie, hope youāre having a good day.
Brenda is it an aceo exhibition? Thatās awesome. Love the colours in your golden woodland.
Lowri your girlie is very sweet.
Fab colours Kelly.
Waving Margaret is it a gardening day? Hubs says everything is very slow this year.
Hello Yvonne, welcome! I love your style, itās refreshing to find new artists. As Hazel says Iām very happy with my plus account - it has paid for itself many times over and I donāt need to worry about what I list. And as Brenda says, customers heading over from fb often buy more than one when they get here.
Max that garden overhaul will keep you entertained for some time!
I didnāt do any painting at the lake, it was SO cold and the cafe was full of kids who had just done a charity seaside walk, so we went to Costa instead. Got my bird commission done (canāt show you til the end of May sadly) and started on a peacock on handmade paper. Doesntā he look evil without an eye?!
It does sound like the plus account is working really well for you. Iāll maybe give the daily listing club a shot next month too if Iām sure Iāll be able to fulfil it - that sounds a good idea and fun. I love that with the plus account you can relist items frequently for free, thatās a big bonus Thanks for your help and advice.
Thanks for the warm welcome and the compliments on my style It does sound like the plus account is working really well for you too, thatās great to hear. I think Iāll focus on really trying to get my shop stocked up and see how things go.
Your peacock is looking beautiful, lovely colour palette.
Hi Yvonne, welcome to the Art Chat thread, love your style and the kingfisher ACEO in particular, thatās my favourite
Stephie, your peacock is coming along nicely. No I havenāt been gardening today but went for a longish walk along our local river. Itās been too blustery to do much gardening this weekend.
Great to see everyone chatting againā¦Yvonne, there is no firm commitment on the daily listing clubā¦if you miss a few days, no one mindsā¦
Chat tomorrowā¦
thanks for the blue flower love, I rather like this new medium.
I canāt work out why but I just donāt seem to be selling here, as I said, the early part of last year I was doing well here but things changed, the site has had a lot of changes, I donāt know if that has affected my shop or not but I donāt seem to sell much here at all !!! that said as you will read here Brenda and Max are both doing well here, and as Stephie says she is pleased with her shop and they all have plus accounts ā¦ I think donāt you guys 
is it a gardening day? Hubs says everything is very slow this year.
It does sound like the plus account is working really well for you too, thatās great to hear. I think Iāll focus on really trying to get my shop stocked up and see how things go.