One
day a month or so ago, one of the Vintage Jewelry Sellers on Etsy e-mailed me
to say I was in the Big Etsy Contest. I had no idea what that was so headed on
over to see what it was all about. Now, I’m a leader of the big Etsy Contest
Team and just have to tell you all about this Big Etsy contest idea and the
person behind the curtain….
Since
2008, Spacefem has been shopping on Etsy and in 2011 she decided to open her
own shop. She is a “30-something
electrical engineer, pilot, php programmer, Kansan, sewing nerd, and mom” and
the brains behind the Big Etsy Contest. And, she’s got one hell of a sense of
humor!
Now,
I have no idea how bots work or how to even start setting up a site like the
Big Etsy Contest. Evidently, Spacefem
does because this one is cool.
The
Big Etsy Contest pulls a few hundred items from the Etsy marketplace and puts
them head-to-head, two at a time, so you can pick your favorite. Items are
pulled by price, with the day of the month corresponding to the item prices.
Up
to 25% of the items are from people who've submitted their stores and want to
be in the contest, the rest are from random new listings from the marketplace.
The contest contains handmade and vintage items, but not supplies.
The contest contains handmade and vintage items, but not supplies.
If you have an Etsy shop,
you can sign up for free, pick a
day to compete, and join in the fun. Thousands of votes are submitted
every day so you're guaranteed a few views, and publicity from winning, or
even just placing, doesn't hurt either.
If you're a shopper looking for deals you can search for the best items by price, or browse coupon codes that signed up shops are offering contest voters.
To mix things up, there are often theme days:
If you're a shopper looking for deals you can search for the best items by price, or browse coupon codes that signed up shops are offering contest voters.
To mix things up, there are often theme days:
Hue Tuesday - items tagged with a specific primary color are grabbed.
Welcome
Wednesday – items are pulled from Etsy's newest shops.
Theme
Thursday – “Themes can be anything from animals (unicorns!) to materials
(yarn!) and aren't published anywhere in advance, because I can never make up
my mind what the darn theme should be until the last minute.”
