Hello everyone, just thought to share my opinion too.
I think it depends on what you are selling and how many people you can reach through social media to get your shop known and “visible” to others.
My personal experience on Folksy is not great, sales wise. I use Twitter to promote my listings and about a month ago I’ve started using also Pinterest. I try to post a comment on Folksy Forum almost daily, I’ve started to do Folksy Fridays, but I don’t get many views per day. None from Twitter, in fact.
As people have said before in other posts and topics too, it is quite difficult for your shop items to get views unless you are “out there” promoting it constantly. So it’s up really to you, how much time you want to spend promoting.
I thought often to leave Folksy as it’s not taking me anywhere really, but I do like the community and I love it as a concept. It’s the true handmade, creative shopping website and I haven’t found one as friendly and as good as it yet. Mine is also a hobby, still improving and not a very expensive one either, so if I don’t sell a lot, I still enjoy creating and being part of this community.
My final and personal comment to you and everyone else is Give it a go. As you have seen and read, we all have different experiences, the fact that it doesn’t work for some doesn’t mean that it wouldn’t work for you, and the other way round. Try it for a few months, if it doesn’t get you anywhere well, at least you’ve tried. 