Handmade Ornament, Wood Miniature Birdhouse Christmas Tree Decoration 1115560685

 

Handmade Ornament, Wood Miniature Birdhouse Christmas Tree Decoration

 

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A handmade miniature birdhouse Christmas tree ornament I made from hardwood. Decorate your tree, or it makes a unique gift or stocking stuffer.

Approximate Size:
Height: 3.5 Inches
Width: 1.25 Inches
Depth: 1.25 Inches

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Handmade Wood Toy Car, 1927 T-Bucket Hot Rod, Race Car, Dragster, Baby Blue, Street Rod, Made To Order 503236875

 

Handmade Wood Toy Car, 1927 T-Bucket Hot Rod, Race Car, Dragster, Baby Blue, Street Rod

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I made this '27 T-Bucket Hot Rod in my Toymaker's shop using traditional woodworking tools. I hand-paint it with acrylic paint. The large wheels will let it roll well on almost any surface, even carpet. The toy is sturdy and is intended for play.

Approximate Size:
Length: 6 inches
Height: 3 inches
Width: 2.5 Inches

Custom colors, quantities, and materials are available via custom order.

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Handmade Wood Miniature Birdhouse Christmas Tree Ornament Compound (3D) Cut On A Scroll Saw 1114550303

Handmade Wood Miniature Birdhouse Christmas Tree Ornament

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Compound cut birdhouse ornaments are cut using a scroll saw in three dimensions (3D). Multiple cuts are made, and the pieces are taped or clamped back together and cut again from a different side. This cutting continues until finally, a 3D shape emerges. Compound cutting is not for beginners. It requires quite a bit of skill with a scroll saw to pull it off. Both the wood and the saw must be dead on square and straight. Patience and careful cutting are essential. Unlike flat cutouts made on a scroll saw, it is essential to follow the lines as close as possible. Wandering far of the pattern lines can completely ruin the piece.

A handmade miniature birdhouse Christmas tree ornament I made from hardwood. Decorate your tree, or it makes a unique gift or stocking stuffer.

Approximate Size:
Height: 2 Inches
Width: 1.25 Inches
Depth: 1.25 Inches

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Etsy Free Shipping Does Work - Not for me.

I don't have a noncopyrighted Etsy photo to add to this post, so here is a spider puzzle almost completed and will be added to my Etsy shop soon.

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Etsy free shipping does not work for my shop. I lost money and could not detect any measurable difference in views or sales. Since there is no way to know that the sales from the Etsy ads are not sales, I would have got it anyway. I see no benefit to turning it on.
Less than 28% of my shop views come from Etsy. 

I had the ads turned on for a while. I lost money. For example, customers would buy a $30 item and a $6 item. The $6 item was essentially free. But it gets worse. Most of my items ship USPS First Class Mail, If someone buys two items and the weight goes over 16 ounces, I have to ship USPS Priority Mail. Now the shipping cost that was $5 is $10. Doing a little math, I figure that once I subtract all the fees and shipping costs, my share is now around $20. I turned it off.

Does it help sales? 

I collected data in a spreadsheet for a year for this and other reasons. Now I have actual numbers to look at and turn free shipping back on. It had no measurable effect on page views or listing views. I had free shipping turned on for a couple of months, and the same thing started happening, and since I don't have an Etsy Shop to give things away, I turned it off.

I set up several listings where I included the shipping cost and added a shipping profile for free shipping. I tracked this for several months. Free shipping made no measurable difference, so I removed it. 

The only way I could get Etsy-style free shipping to work for me is to raise all my prices to greater than $35 and include the shipping cost in the price. I would also have to drop listings that I can't sell for these kinds of prices. Most of my best-sellers are in this category.

Less than 5% are from Etsy ads. I think it is less than this because I think Etsy takes credit for views that do not come for their ads. They take credit for all the hits from Google, for example. Turning on the free shipping option made no measurable change in this number.

At this point, I asked myself, do I want to deal with customers that believe shipping is free? My answer is no.