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Feb. 14th, 2010 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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mahariel hit the nail on the head in part, but I'm also going to answer the question myself, since it's been bugging me all day: Why don't I put my stuff up on Etsy? There's a few reasons, and I really do not want to turn this post into a hate-stomp on Etsy. I like the site, and it's got great uses, but it's not for me, on a few different levels-
For one, I've had my own site since long before Etsy was The Hot Place to Sell At. I like it. I can utterly tear it apart and revamp it at will (which is probably due to happen soon, anyways) if I want, not to mention, advantages like email domains, and other bits. When it comes to cost, keeping the site up isn't any worse than constantly re-upping the same number of Etsy items every four months.
And to me, Etsy always still seems like, I don't want to say, "amateur hour," but it's what comes to mind- not that the people who're doing it are amateur level, but that they're not dedicated enough to their art and their business to take direct control of their entire business including running and promoting their own site. Which, if you're doing this on top of holding a day job, or twenty different other things, I can totally understand.
That's not me, though- I don't have another job or calling, aside from as a dad- Tormented Artifacts is what I do, and I certainly think its worth my time and effort to dedicate a bit extra to building and maintaining my own little chunk of the internet. Partly just because I can, and because it's fun to learn how to build websites, (or at least, it's fun once the damn thing's up and running) and because I see no reason to give someone else my money to showcase my stuff when I can do it just as easily. Yes there's the "etsy teamwork" factor or whatever you want to call it, but well, while I can agree with that, I'd rather be able to promote friends and work from all over the net, rather than just one rather limited place. If it's on Etsy, it's mostly about Etsy- I'm not, therefore I can be about whatever I feel like.
That said, I'm now expecting the full-on flames from Etsy supporters, but like I said- it's not about your work or the quality of it, and I can totally understand your reasons for using it- they're just not my reasons. And I don't see doubling Etsy and my own site as constructive- it's too much work to maintain, especially when I've got as much on my plate as I do right now.
mahariel hit the nail on the head in part, but I'm also going to answer the question myself, since it's been bugging me all day: Why don't I put my stuff up on Etsy? There's a few reasons, and I really do not want to turn this post into a hate-stomp on Etsy. I like the site, and it's got great uses, but it's not for me, on a few different levels-For one, I've had my own site since long before Etsy was The Hot Place to Sell At. I like it. I can utterly tear it apart and revamp it at will (which is probably due to happen soon, anyways) if I want, not to mention, advantages like email domains, and other bits. When it comes to cost, keeping the site up isn't any worse than constantly re-upping the same number of Etsy items every four months.
And to me, Etsy always still seems like, I don't want to say, "amateur hour," but it's what comes to mind- not that the people who're doing it are amateur level, but that they're not dedicated enough to their art and their business to take direct control of their entire business including running and promoting their own site. Which, if you're doing this on top of holding a day job, or twenty different other things, I can totally understand.
That's not me, though- I don't have another job or calling, aside from as a dad- Tormented Artifacts is what I do, and I certainly think its worth my time and effort to dedicate a bit extra to building and maintaining my own little chunk of the internet. Partly just because I can, and because it's fun to learn how to build websites, (or at least, it's fun once the damn thing's up and running) and because I see no reason to give someone else my money to showcase my stuff when I can do it just as easily. Yes there's the "etsy teamwork" factor or whatever you want to call it, but well, while I can agree with that, I'd rather be able to promote friends and work from all over the net, rather than just one rather limited place. If it's on Etsy, it's mostly about Etsy- I'm not, therefore I can be about whatever I feel like.
That said, I'm now expecting the full-on flames from Etsy supporters, but like I said- it's not about your work or the quality of it, and I can totally understand your reasons for using it- they're just not my reasons. And I don't see doubling Etsy and my own site as constructive- it's too much work to maintain, especially when I've got as much on my plate as I do right now.