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I've found that a lot of products appearing on Kickstarter overlap with the types of products appearing on Etsy. Has anyone else noticed that?

I feel like a lot of the skills new Etsy sellers must acquire to spread awareness for their products is likely transferrable to marketing a Kickstarter campaign.

Examples:

Top 10 Tips for Starting an Etsy Business - https://blog.etsy.com/en/2013/top-10-ti ... -business/

Top 10 Marketing Tips From Full-Time Etsy Sellers - https://blog.etsy.com/en/2013/top-10-ma ... p-sellers/

The Four Keys to Success for New Sellers - https://blog.etsy.com/en/2012/the-four- ... w-sellers/

That makes a lot of sense. I think it's great that the surface of crowdfunding sites have given sites that have been around much longer a new wave of professionalism. It gives small business owners the ability to "step it up" and learn valuable skills to eventually create a larger business.

Agreed. No excuses any more to not start your own business!

Thats a good observation indeed.

Interesting observation . A little gimmicky but something worth looking into

I agree with that and feel the same way. More and more etsy sellers are emerging now actually.

sbriggman, thanks for this post. I have never looked into Etsy other than just being a customer. This is a very insightful.