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Post by Karin on May 11, 2015 9:23:54 GMT -6
Facebook is advertising its sales through Shopify. It sounds intriguing. I just can't seem to find any relevant information on how to ship. I guess I am spoiled with Etsy on that. Whenever I inquire about shipping through Shopify I get what seems to be rather generic answers. Shipping has always been a bit of a nerve wracking element. Is anyone here selling through Shopify and what can you tell me about it?
Karin
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Post by Michele on May 11, 2015 17:23:08 GMT -6
I don't know anything about Shopify, but if you have a paypal account, you can ship using them. Payment doesn't have to be through paypal to use their shipping. I send stuff to my mother all the time using paypal shipping. This is the link I use: paypal shipping |
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Post by Karin on May 11, 2015 19:27:02 GMT -6
Well, color me stupid. I didn't even know You could ship stuff through paypal! Thanks for the tip Michele! I will check into that right away!
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Post by DawninCal on May 12, 2015 10:58:21 GMT -6
I don't know anything about Shopify either, but that's a great tip about Paypal. Thanks, Michele! Karin, if you end up using Shopify, let us know how it goes for you.  Dawn |
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Post by Karin on May 13, 2015 10:59:53 GMT -6
I just found out that you have to be very careful about the shipping options on PayPal! The rates are the same as Etsy shipping rates, so if you get a price that is much higher, change things (like priority vs standard etc) around until you get the same as the Etsy price. The difference can be something like Etsy = $ 1.93 PayPal(with wrong option) = $ 6.91. Quite the difference! I had to use the PayPal shipping for a repair. My niece who had visited us in November here in Ohio bought a bracelet and a wire on it broke. She sent it to me from San Diego, I fixed it and had t ship it back. I wish I could say I chose the cheaper option:( Lesson learned - the hard way.
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Post by Michele on May 13, 2015 15:54:36 GMT -6
Karin, I've used paypal shipping for years. They don't have first class as the default setting like etsy. You have to choose which option you want to use. I think priority mail is the first option on paypal. That's probably what you chose.
Although I've recently started using etsy shipping, I actually prefer paypal. The main reason I changed, is so the tracking number appears with the order on etsy and are automatically marked as shipped. I used to have to copy and paste the tracking number from paypal and mark etsy orders shipped.
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Post by Karin on May 13, 2015 18:22:16 GMT -6
With the few orders I get it's not hard to do the shipping. Actually I am so happy to have an order trough Etsy, I would probably jump through a fiery hoop if that's what they wanted me to do!
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Post by Karin on May 13, 2015 18:22:40 GMT -6
*through*
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Post by caeterle on May 14, 2015 0:29:11 GMT -6
With the few orders I get it's not hard to do the shipping. Actually I am so happy to have an order trough Etsy, I would probably jump through a fiery hoop if that's what they wanted me to do! You made me laugh, Karin! I'm not on Etsy myself, but I only have few orders, too. I imagined having to jump through a fiery hoop and the image was not a nice one  |
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Post by Karin on May 14, 2015 10:56:24 GMT -6
Thanks Cat! Glad I could make you laugh! Selling my pieces has been a bit of a struggle! But I think the universe is trying to tell me to get my business stuff together...  |
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Post by violetmoonnl on May 15, 2015 3:17:12 GMT -6
I looked into shopify before, the fact that you have to pay a monthly fee after 2 weeks stopped me. I used something similar before and they allowed only 50 products or else you had to pay. You could, if you have a website or sell through Etsy, use a "call to action" button that links to your store. You need a Facebook page for it though. You can see the "call to action" button on my page in the link below, on my pagecover image My Facebook Page |
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Post by caeterle on May 15, 2015 4:24:17 GMT -6
Carina, do you mean Storeya with the 50 products? I have it on my page, sadly neglected and not updated.
I do have the call to action button, too.
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Post by violetmoonnl on May 15, 2015 4:37:38 GMT -6
Carina, do you mean Storeya with the 50 products? I have it on my page, sadly neglected and not updated. I do have the call to action button, too. hahahaha, that was the one! I couldn't come up with the name.  |
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Post by Karin on May 15, 2015 11:37:12 GMT -6
I have a FaceBook page, instagram, twitter, pinterest, you name it. I could do that stuff all day, but then I wouldn't be able to make any jewelry. It's just that I really need to sell it and I feel incredibly stuck on that end right now.
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~*~ Carina ~*~