Etsy Labs München - DIY Adventskalender

Bastel Dir Deinen eigenen Adventskalender! Mach mit beim DIY-Adventskalender-Abend des Etsy Germany Street Team am Montag, den 21. November 2011 um 19:00 Uhr im Haus der Eigenarbeit.

Wir haben alle möglichen Bastelmaterialien wie Umschläge, Stempel, Washi-Tape, Etiketten und mehr. Wenn Du spezielle Materialien verarbeiten möchtest, bring sie einfach mit! An diesem Abend ist jeder willkommen, Du musst weder ein Etsy-Verkäufer noch ein Teammitglied sein.

Join the Etsy Germany Street Team for a DIY Advents calendar Etsy Lab in München at the Haus Der Eigenarbeit on Monday, 21. November at 19:00uhr. We will have all sorts of craft supplies like envelopes, stamps, washi tape, labels and more. If you have special materials you like to work with, feel free to bring them along! The evening is open to anyone, you don’t have to be an Etsy seller or a team member.

Bitte bei unsere Facebook Event hier anmelden, oder lass ein Kommentar unten!

Eintritt frei.
19:00 - 21:30 Uhr

Ort: Haus der Eigenarbeit
Wörthstraße 42
81667 München
www.hei-muenchen.de

Etsy Labs München - Strick und Häkelabend

Das Etsy Germany Street Team lädt dich zu einem Strick- und Häkelabend ein. Um teilzunehmen, brauchst du keine Strick- oder Häckelerfahrung. Die Veranstaltung ist offen für jeden, der Lust hat; auch wer keinen Etsy-Shop hat oder kein Teammitglied ist, ist willkommen! Wenn du Strick- oder Häkelnadeln und Garn hast: Bring sie mit! Wir haben aber auch alles da. Wir
freuen uns auf euch!

Join the Etsy Germany Street team for an evening of knitting, crochet and yarn crafts. You don’t know how to knit or crochet? No problem, we're happy to help. The event is open to anyone; non-Etsy sellers and non-team members are welcome! If you have knitting needles, crochet hooks or yarn, bring them along, otherwise we’ll have supplies on hand. Looking forward to seeing you!

HEi Haus der Eigenarbeit

Wörthstraße 42 - Rückgebäude

München
Anmelden bei Facebook hier, oder lass ein Kommentar unten!

Debrief: Marketing Meet-up with Matt in München!

Matt joined about fifteen of us in Munich last week to share his thoughts on marketing. He riffed on topics as broad as creating a mission statement for your business and defining your brand to more tactical items like the importance of having a press page and using Google Analytics.

Afterward the group lingered a bit to chat and exchange information. I've started a marketing tips discussion thread on our Etsy Team page where we can list both what we heard at the meet-up and any other ideas to share with each other.

You can also see more pix of the event on our group Flickr pool here.

The next Hello Etsy sponsored meet-up in Munich will be on the evening of Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Glockenbach Werkstatt. I will be giving a 'sneak peak' presentation of the workshop I'll be giving on project management at the Hello Etsy conference in September. Stay tuned for a Facebook Event.

Etsy Labs München - Washi Tape, Spaß und Burda!

Das Washi Tape basteln hat uns in München richtig Spaß gemacht! Am Dienstag haben ca. 14 Etsians und ein paar neue Freunde ein Abend zusammen im HEI verbracht.

Wir hatten geplannt, ‘nur’ ein schönes Etsy Lab in München zu genießen, aber was für eine Überraschung! Etsy hat uns kurz davor uns informiert, dass eine Journalistin und eine Fotograf von Burda Style auch dabei sein würden! Sie haben Bilder gemacht und uns fragen gestellt für einen Artikel, der im August-Heft von Burda Easy sein soll! Am Ende konnten die Burda Leute nicht mehr widerstehen und haben auch was Schönes mit Washi Tape gebastelt!

Mehr Bilder könnt ihr in unsere Team Flickr Pool hier sehen.

Habt ihr auch lust, etwas mit Washi Tape zu basteln? Ihr könnt hier bei Nauli was kaufen!

Washi Tape Fun! Etsy Labs München

Seid ihr nächster Monat in München? Habt ihr lust, spaß bei einem Craft Night zu haben? Dann mach doch mit! Das Etsy Germany Street Team zusammen mit Etsy macht ‘Washi Tape Fun.’ Wir machen Papierartikeln aus Washi Tape, Papierfetzen, Briefumschläge und DIY Briefumschläge Vorlagen.

Washi Tape, Papier und Briefumschläge werden mitgebracht . Falls ihr Briefumschläge Vorlagen mitbringen will, könnt ihr hier eine runterladen. Falls ihr eure eigene Washi Tape mitbringen wollt, könnt ihr was von Nauli hier kaufen.

Wir freuen uns!

Wo: Haus der Eigen Arbeit, München

Wann: Dienstag, 21. Juni, 18:30 - 22:00

Anmelden: Facebook Event findet ihr hier, oder schreib einfach ein Kommentar unten.

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Are you in Munich next month? In the mood for a craft night? Than join us! The Etsy Germany Street Team and Etsy Labs will be hosting 'Washi Tape Fun'. We'll be making paper items, envelopes, stationery and whatever else you can think of out of paper scraps, washi tape, envelopes and envelope templates. Washi tape, envelopes and scrap paper will be provided, but you're welcome to bring your own. You can purchase Washi Tape here from Nauli, and download a free C6 sized printable envelope template from e.m.papers here.

Hope to See You!

Where: Haus der Eigen Arbeit, München

When: Tuesday, 21. June, 18:30 - 22:00

Sign Up: Facebook Event is here, or just leave a comment on this post.

Debrief: Finding The Right Price Meet-Up

[UPDATE] Jetzt findet ihr hier dieses Artikel auf Deutsch.

Last night 9 Munich Etsians had the first of (hopefully) many meet-ups where we gathered together to talk business! Using the Fragebogen put together by MissusD we had a fruitful and open discussion about pricing our work.

Some of our key takeaways:

• When determining your hourly rate, you need to not only factor in your hourly rate but also your costs such as insurance, marketing time, space rental, and taxes (Gewerbe, Einkommen, Mehrwert, usw.)

• Ignore what other people are charging on Etsy (or any other marketplace) and determine your price based on value and your costs
  
  
• Factors such as methods of payment may impact what people are willing to pay. For example, if you are selling your products at a fair, and only accept cash people may not be as willing to pay for an item that costs over €100, whereas if you accept EC cards, people are not limited to the amount of cash they have in their wallets
  
  
• We need to think about pricing on value, and educating customers not only about the costs of handmade, but the stories behind our products and the fact that many of our items are OOAK (one of a kind) or unique in ways that mass-produced items aren't. As one participant said: "People don't have to be rich to purchase something, they just have to fall in love with it"
  
  
• Sometimes items can be priced to cheaply, and raising the price can actually increase sales. At least two of the group participants had this experience

It was very hard to separate the discussion from other aspects of being a small business, especially marketing. We realized we definitely need more meet-ups soon around topics such as blogging, Google, social media, time management, productivity and basic business best practices. A lot of these themes are being tackled at the Hello Etsy conference in September, but we'd like to get a jump on them ahead of time!

A Nice Convo

I recently got a convo in my Etsy box from a guy looking for stores in Munich that sell handmade, specifically Etsy handmade products. Below is my answer. I posted it on my Blog about Munich, and also thought I'd post it here, since it is highly relevant, and many of you may recognize yourselves :-)

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Hello, Well you aren't bothering me at all, and as a matter of fact I do know of some shops in Munich that sell handmade goods, here a few that come to mind:

The Kreative in München Group
While this is not a shop per se, it is a group of very talented (mostly) Etsy sellers that put on craft fairs (often sponsored by Etsy) around the city relatively often. You can click on their website above or join their Facebook page to keep up to date with their latest sales.

Hands Gallery
This shop is run by a member of the Etsy Germany Team and just recently opened in Haidhausen and sells products from a variety of talented local makers.

Vier Werkstatten - Muenchen.de listing (in German)
This is a wonderful store on Frauenhoferstr. While not every single item in the store is handmade, most of the work is from talented local artisans including a paper lamp designer and ceramicist. There are also lots of handmade clothing items.

1260 Grad
This is a gorgeous pottery studio, also in Haidhausen. It is run by Petra Fischer, a very talented ceramicist. Most days she is in the store herself, and it's nice to go in and just admire the artful way she displays all her items. I wrote a little post about the store on my blog Wahlmüncherin (with pictures) I'm sure there are many more and I am slowly discovering new ones, but I hope this is enough to get you started!

Cheers, Eleanor

Image from Kreative in München

EGST Munich Meet-Up: The Right Price

Kämpfst Du auch damit die besten Preise für Deine Produkte zu finden? Denkst Du manchmal, dass niedrige Preise die einzige Möglichkeit sind um mehr Produkte zu verkaufen? Hast Du schon mal mit Preiseerhöhungen Eurer Produkten experimentiert?

Dieses Thema ist eines der schwierigsten für kleine Unternehmen. Um uns gegenseitig zu unterstützen und unsere gemeinsamen Erfahrungen und Kenntnisse auszutauschen, findet in München am Montag, den 2. Mai ein Meet-up statt. Das Meet-up ist eine Kooperation mit Hello Etsy, wird aber von uns gestaltet. Wir möchten uns treffen, und in einer kleinen Runde einander zu helfen und unsere Meinungen, Ideen und Tipps auszutauschen.

Das Meeting findet in oberen Zimmer von HEI, Wörthstraße 42 um 19:00-22:00 Uhr statt. Wir haben Platz für 16 Teilnehmer. Wenn Du Lust hast, melde Dich bitte auf unserer Facebook Event Page an oder hinterlasse hier ein Kommentar.

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Do you struggle to figure out how to best price your products? Do you sometimes think that lowering your prices is the only or best way to sell more products? Have you already experimented with raising your prices?

This is one of the trickiest parts of having a small or indie-business. In order to support each other and share our collective experience, ideas, tips and know-how we've scheduled a meet-up in Munich on Monday, May 2. The meet-up is in cooperation with Hello Etsy, but we'll be running it ourselves, breaking up into small groups to share our findings and report them back to the group.

The meeting is at HEI, Worthstraße 42 in the upstairs room from 19:00-22:00. We have spots for 16 participants. If you'd like to participate please accept on our Facebook Event Page or leave a comment here indicating that you'd like to come.

Etsy Lab in Muenchen - Montag, 21. März

Etsy Lab München!
Wann: Montag, 21. März, 18 -22 uhr
Wo: Haus der Eigenarbeit, Wörthstrasse 42 München 81667
Zusagen: Facebook oder email: deutsch[at]etsy.com