Growing On Etsy & Beyond
Kwadwo (pronounced Kway-Joe) started making handcrafted household furniture out of a personal need when he bought his first home. In our convo we talk about how he’s easing into a creative hustle and so much more…
He has since expanded into making jewelry and other household items all of which he dos sells in his Etsy shop Crafted Glory Design. Kwadwo started his Etsy shop in October 2017, two years after he first started building his own furniture.
Kwadwo of Crafted Glory Design
Topics Discussed:
- Juggling a busy full-time day job and an Etsy and running a busy Airbnb business out of his home
- Time management – with all he has on his plate, Kwadwo shares tips and strategies that work for him and keep him on track
- Working through seasons of discouragement and creative ruts
- How Kwadwo builds sustainability and environmental responsibility into his business
- Handling orders while traveling and how Kwadwo kept up with orders while traveling in Europe for 9 days
- Leveraging blogging and Pinterest for Etsy shop traffic
- Many more lessons that Kwadwo has learned along the way over the past two years of selling on Etsy, including tips for:
- Great product photography
- Providing top-notch customer service
- Etsy listing optimization
- And more…
Resources Mentioned:
- SquareSpace – platform for hosting a blog (great for non-techies)
- Jennifer Henson Photography – professional photographer who helped Kwadwo with some product photos as well as his About section photos
- Etsy Seller Handbook and Etsy blog
Connect With Kwadwo
- Etsy shop: Crafted Glory Design
- Website/blog: Crafted For Glory
- Email: CraftedForGlory [at] gmail [dot] com
- Instagram: @craftedglory
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