by Curtis D. Tucker

The mission of Etsy.com is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. The Etsy community spans the globe with buyers and sellers coming from more than 150 countries. Etsy sellers number in the hundreds of thousands.

Etsy requires no HTML to sell online. Setting up shop on Etsy is easy and takes only a few minutes. You can customize your shop with a banner, profile, shop policies and more. It's all done automatically and you do not have to be a webmaster.

You get your own URL for your shop based on your username, http://username.etsy.com

You can sell handmade goods, vintage items and craft supplies on Etsy. Etsy is not eBay. You can reach the ideal customer for your products when you sell on Etsy.

Sign up for free. To start selling on Etsy, you'll first need to register for an Etsy account. To become a seller, you'll need a credit card for verification purposes.

It costs 20 cents to list an item for four months. When your item sells, you'll pay a 3.5% transaction fee.

What is being sold on Etsy?
Candles - Greeting Cards - Belts - Jewelry - Quilts - Stickers - Puzzles - Puppets - Vases - Candy - Pet Supplies - Pottery - Comics - Art - Wallets

What could you make to sell on Etsy?

Labels: Business Start-Ups, Ideas, Internet, Make Money