Craft friends who use Etsy... I don't think I know very many of you (like, 2 are coming to my brain), but I'm posting a status anyway:
Have you seen the new Etsy card readers? I guess they came out today and I signed up right away. Apparently, the sale fee is the same as Square, BUT, if you're working a craft show, Etsy will automatically take whatever you sell out of your shop's inventory, so there is no worry about selling more than you have. At this point I'm not selling a huge bunch of stuff no matter where I am, but I slightly worry about selling something I don't have since I do have OOAK pieces listed on Etsy. This sounds like it would eliminate me trying to remove items with my freakin' cell, rush home to do inventory, or put my shop into vacation mode when I have a show coming up. Woo!
Also, when it sends the customer a receipt it sends images from your shop, kind of like a little bit of promotion after the fact. And Etsy also doesn't charge the other fee it normally charges when you sell on their site. It seems like a pretty sweet deal and I haven't found a down-side yet. Is anyone else going to try it?
P. S. If you have a shop leave me a link so I can find you. ❤