Is It Hard Selling Vintage and One Of A Kind On Etsy? - With Kara Buntin!

[@KaraBuntin]

If you make that wedding dress into a glamourous gown for Tesy I'll buy it. She needs a wardrobe update.

[@KimBliss]

If I dream of Tesy in a wedding dress tonight, I'm blaming you 😄

[@KaraBuntin]

@@KimBliss Don't you dream about that every night, though?

[@KimBliss]

I will now!!

[@julieberg8820]

Great! my 2 favourite no-nonsense-etsy-ladies at once!

[@KimBliss]

"...no-nonsense.." as I enter the room in a wedding dress that I can't zip up. 😆But thank you so much. 😁

[@OldtoNewRestorations]

Excellent video, it's great to see the collab! One thing I'll add to this: don't be afraid to go for the higher prices, as long as you don't mind waiting for them to sell. Several times now I've priced items above what I thought they were really worth. They still sold and the buyers left good feedback. Buyers will often put more value in an item than you'd think!

[@KimBliss]

Excellent point. I think the way Etsy evolved over the past couple of years has made people feel that you have to price low or, as Kara mentioned, undercut on price in order to get sales. Thankfully it seems that the tide is turning and the conversation is again moving back towards pricing an item what it's truly worth. And I'm all here for it! 😁

[@OldtoNewRestorations]

@@KimBliss A case in point: I had an old tool listed for £20, which was about what I thought it was worth. Someone in the US bought it and paid the £50(!) postage on top of that - so for them, my item was worth nearly 4 times what I'd priced it at! With OOAK, 'it's worth what someone is willing to pay for it' goes both ways.

[@SheeaunMusic]

I also apply this to my handmade crochet baby things. It works, I'm just a lot more patient for sales.

[@suesmith110]

I love this, please do more with Kara!

[@KimBliss]

So glad you enjoyed it. I was nervous seeing as I'd never done anything like this before, but Kara was such a legend. If she'll ever have me on her channel again, I'd be there with bells on. 😁

[@KaraBuntin]

@@KimBliss Any time, I'm up for it!

[@JohnLee-mk1tj]

Like how you two ladies presented this! Good points to be considered and you two gel well together 👍 What can I say "the dress" loved it. 😁

[@KimBliss]

Thanks John! It was a lot of fun. I was worried about how it would go, but Kara made it so blimmin' easy. So much so that I had room to play and find an excuse to be silly. Like I need an excuse! 😁

[@JohnLee-mk1tj]

@@KimBliss Silly is awesome!!! Keep it coming!!!!❤

[@sugarsnap7615]

This was great!! Lots of good points and my two favourite Etsy ladies together, made my morning 💕😃 Thanks

[@KimBliss]

You're welcome! 😁

[@MargaretUK]

I just loved this collab, my two favourite Etsy ladies at the same time! Great advice too. I spotted your logo again, I'll see it every time now 😁

[@KimBliss]

Me too! We've zoned in on it now. 😄

[@mrs.quills7061]

I really loved this collab, I don’t sell vintage (although, my husband and I wanted to open an eBay shop to sell my vintage Pokémon cards and his old nascar stuff from our childhood, the 90s is back and we want to take advantage of that!). I make art and sell handmade stuff on Etsy, but both were helpful and I love yours and Kara’s channels. They’ve helped me grow, and I’d love more collabs in the future!

[@KimBliss]

Really chuffed you enjoyed them! 😁 I still find it nuts that the 90s are now vintage. In my mind they only happened the other week and never went anywhere! 😆

[@NicolaHumphreys]

Hi Kim, the best thing about finding your channel last week is that I can binge watch all of your videos! You’re a natural on camera and it’s just feels like you’re chatting to a friend. I buy vintage books and then take a craft knife to them. A book I worked on yesterday had a Sunday School prize label in it from 1897. I’m sure microbiologists would have a field day testing the page foxing! Librarians look away. I am secretpocketbooks on Etsy. I’m making do and mending. Upcycling. Not hoarding! I’m sure that people collect vintage books simply for the aesthetic, and so do I.

[@KimBliss]

Aw thanks so much Nicola! And we're with you on the collecting vintage books. My husband has a very old recipe book in his den and the recipes in that are... interesting. So glad to meet a fellow upcycler! 😁

[@LivingInTheShade]

Great collaboration, enjoyed both vids.

[@KimBliss]

Thanks so much for watching. It was a lot of fun and I *just* about managed to keep my inner fangirl in check. Mostly. 😄

[@tinaindina7032]

Just got yourself a new follower. I really like that you are fun AND no nonsense like Kara (have followed her for a long time). Now I have lot of your videos to look through, yay.

[@KimBliss]

Hey! 👋 Welcome aboard! 😁

[@debbietalbert959]

Weird stuff… Love it!

[@annb4013]

You are hysterically funny !

[@thebraveturtle]

Kim, so happy you collabed with Kara. As I commented on her video, you are both such lovely, sincere people. Not to mention, your content is very helpful and encouraging for us fellow Etsy sellers! Thank you!

[@KimBliss]

You're so welcome. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. 😁💚

[@pumpjackpiddlewick]

Watched both as I am subscribed to both. Win win for me 🙂 and fun fun fun! As a vintage seller, I did love the weird keyword comments. After all what have to you go to lose? But it made me think, this isn't limited to just vintage. I think at least one weird keyword phrase should be included per item (especially if your keywords mirror your title or description [now that that is counted]) for handmade as well. And oh my yes! on the vintage as craft item. I have an archeological dig garden. (Doesn't everyone?) and found this glass bottle stopper. Sold it from my Etsy shop. Lovely review showed me that the person who bought it used as a piece needed in her chandelier. Go figure!! Just shows you never know what someone might use something for.

[@KimBliss]

Yeah the "weird stuff" comment cracked me up. It illustrated perfectly how we tend to approach our keywords with the algorithm on mind and not always the buyer. And buyers are people and as we all know, people are weird. At least, the best ones are any way. 😁

[@thriftygalcollectibles]

I've Enjoyed both videos! i hope you two will collab again! The point that caramede about vintage being used for other things then “collecting “is a game changer. Thank you Ladies!

[@KimBliss]

You're very welcome. I'm not sure how long I have left on this earth after insulting Tesy in Kara's video though. If all goes suddenly quiet from me, you know why. 😄

[@lucialopez-maya6581]

Great both videos ! Love the collab

[@KimBliss]

Cheers Lucia! 💚💚💚

[@rachelmoffat9650]

Love it! The ideal collaboration - great advice from the both of you - plenty to go back and think over, plus hilarious 😂

[@KimBliss]

I'm so chuffed you enjoyed it Rachel! 😁

[@carolclarke1631]

Loved this Kim, you crack me up 😂

[@KimBliss]

Cheers! 😁💚💚

[@kathleenconway9013]

Thank you, Kim, great info and you make me smile! I sell OOAK handmade children's clothing from upcycled denims. You're right handmade OOAK is a challenge. Thanks again

[@KimBliss]

You're welcome Kathleen! 😊

[@SalunyaKayell]

Well this was fun Kim. Love getting to see more of your personality shine through. Great collab with Kara. xx 🧡

[@KimBliss]

Cheers Sal, that's so lovely of you to say! 💚💚💚

[@shannonwhitwick3443]

Absolutely, I search for vintage items to use in mixed media, altered book and other projects!

[@KimBliss]

It's a way of giving forgotten vintage items a new life isn't it? 😁

[@nabi5864]

Went to my local flea market and there were many tables trying to sell random nasty broken old junk from garage sales as "valuable" vintage items

[@SheeaunMusic]

This is the strangest coincidence... I also follow Kara Buntin, and when I started watching this (which I had quickly selected from your video library to watch with my coffee as I needed a break from pattern designing), and then Kara appeared on screen, I thought I had selected a wrong video !!! Oh and also when you re-appeared in that dress I choked and spat my coffee across my keyboard and onto my screen... another coincidence, last night I had ordered a new keyboard lol

[@KimBliss]

This video was a lot of fun to make and Kara was awesome. Glad you enjoyed the video, she has one on her channel too. 😊

[@kdthornton2001]

Love the collaboration! And everything is on point! 👆🏻

[@KimBliss]

Thank you! 💚

[@SketchincBecky]

The collab I was hoping for yay 🎉🙌 so good

[@KimBliss]

You called it from the start! 👏

[@SketchincBecky]

@@KimBliss I'm so rarely right about anything😆 hope you do more collabs in the future

[@corrinejeynes4280]

It was so good to see you guys together ❤️ Amazing content with lots of laughs❣️☺️ Which is the only way to hear it🥰 Thankyou for another great video 🤗 Hope you are having a great day🌞🌈

[@KimBliss]

Glad you enjoyed it Corrine. 😊 💚

[@elainet5870]

This was so fun! I came over from Kara’s channel and just subscribed! I am also a OOAK handmade seller. I enjoyed listening to your comments about handmade items. Thanks. 😃

[@KimBliss]

You're welcome Elaine and thanks for joining the chaos over here, hope you enjoy it! 😁💚

[@Stinky_Frog_Games]

Oh my goodness!! I see the little bee hoop in your background!!!! Also, I totally am the person to buy something vintage and completely mess with it to make it parts of a craft project

[@KimBliss]

I love that hoop so much! It's actually getting me through my current editing funk. Must remember, done is better than perfect and you can't be good at something without being willing to suck in the beginning. Onwards! 😁🐝

[@julsknapp7192]

My etsy shop consists of 8 banana boxes and a notebook. Everything I sell is put away safely and inventoried in notebook and google doc.

[@KimBliss]

It all helps. 😊👍

[@myiridescentlovecandleco.5399]

I agree with a previous comment- my 2 fav non nonsense ladies in one place 🥳 You made me giggle putting the wedding dress on 🥰🥰🥰 Funny and BRAVE 🤣🤣🤣 xxx

[@KimBliss]

Oh my gosh I had instant regrets. It was TIGHT! 😄

[@sunriseleatherco.6587]

At 6:25 LMAO - one reason why I watch you :) (your youtube videos I mean lol)

[@KimBliss]

Honestly, things often sounds fine in my head but then when I say them out loud it's just.. instant regret. 😄

[@esperanzamartinez9096]

Loved it!! 🥰😊❤

[@KimBliss]

I'm glad! 😁

[@Sacred.Wisdom]

I nice yellow jumper 💛 ☺ 😍

[@KimBliss]

It's my favourite colour next to green and I have way too many yellow jumpers. 😄

[@frommybluedesk]

Haha great dress and great video

[@KimBliss]

The dress is EPIC as my daughter would say. Unfortunately I couldn't zip it up properly and it was so very, very tight. I actually ended up ripping it, but that didn't make the video. 😆

[@frommybluedesk]

@@KimBliss 🤣probably for the best although I’d love to see what you end up making with it. I love the up-cycling videos!

[@KimBliss]

The plan is to make bridal bags with it and I was going to dye some of the fabric using some of the plants I grow in my garden. I just never start them in time for wedding season! Maybe next year... 🤞

[@frommybluedesk]

@@KimBliss that’s a brilliant idea, love the idea of the botanical eco dyes too. Good luck, it will be great to have that time to plan and get them in your shop nice and early next year, plenty of marketing time.

[@harryvangrieken6950]

How do you get around the "production partner" requirement when listing a vintage piece?

[@FelixTheCatLover36]

What's with the old lady phone Kara?