Giant List of Helpful Links!

GraGra33 says:

Original post here - http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6496375 I've taken everyone's comments and suggestions and made a new single list... Treasuries: http://www.tools4etsy.com/tools/etsy-treasury-search.aspx Featured Items: http://www.tools4etsy.com/api/front_page.aspx Featured Sellers: http://www.tools4etsy.com/api/featured.aspx Heart Viewer: http://www.tools4etsy.com/api/favourites.aspx consolidated Feedback: http://www.tools4etsy.com/tools/feedback.aspx Detailed snapshot of a store: http://www.tools4etsy.com/api/listing.aspx Understanding Etsy Search and how it differs to Google:http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6487593 Find & Compare side-by-side Tag Relevancy, Average Views per Day, Popularity, or Probability with word clouds: http://www.tools4etsy.com/tagwars/Search here in the Etsy Forums for TagWars and you can see how Etsians are finding benefit using this tool... http://www.etsy.com/forums_search.php?search_query=tag+wars&search_type=forum_thread A PC screensaver for viewing selected filtering of Etsy listings with item click through for more detailed listings browsing:http://www.tools4etsy.com/screensaver.aspx There's also a version embedded in the page for MAC & PC users that can be viewed (in full screen mode) just like the PC Screen saver version. Free Advertising: http://www.tools4etsy.com/advertising.aspx Free Advertising http://projectwonderful.com Free press release: http://www.free-press-release.com/ Free Email List: http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/ Free Business Cards: http://www.vistaprint.com Create your personalized Business Cards: http://us.moo.com/en/partner/etsy-business-cards?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=placement&utm_campaign=etsy Photo editing: http://www.shrinkpictures.com , http://www.picresize.com ,www.picnik.com , http://picasa.google.com , http://www.gimp.org ,http://www.getpaint.net/download.html & www.pixlr.com (more advanced) Useful Toolbar with many links (from this thread):http://www.craftomaniatools.com/ Listing of tools: http://www.easyetsy.com/ Listing of Etsy 3rd-party applications: http://developer.etsy.com/applications Etsy Wiki: http://etsywiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Etsy Resources: http://team.etsy.com/links.html List of resources: http://www.easyetsy.com/ Buttons for your shop: http://team.etsy.com/downloads.html Free Banners: http://team.etsy.com/bannerdisplay.php Custom Made Etsy ADs http://esellerads.com Blog Advertising: http://www.blogads.com/ Promote: http://handmademarketer.com/promote/ Create a Newsletter: http://content.enewslettersonline.com/14475/11194.html Plug your sweepstakes/giveaways: www.online-sweepstakes.comwww.prizey.com Find out if you are in any Treasuries (excludes Treasury East):http://www.craftopolis.com/ Find out who hearts your store and more: www.craftcult.com Google Analytics, track stats: http://www.google.com/analytics/ Get notified if you're on the front page: http://statsy.org/featurator.php Social Media Sites Talking about your store: http://www.whostalkin.com/ Etsy Social Networks: http://www.doyouetsy.com/ and http://etsylove.ning.com/ Find more tags: http://www.craftweasel.com/TagToolQuery.do Keyword Optimization: http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ Places for stationary/business cards etc: www.tinyprints.com/ms ,www.minted.com , www.expressionary.com/MSLFEB (through april 30)www.moo.com (15% off 2RB2CK) Fees Calculator: http://www.rolbe.com/etsy.htm Software for Craft Businesses www.makeforbusiness.com Etsy Toolbar http://craftomania.ourtoolbar.com/ How to make your own twitter background:http://theclosetentrepreneur.com/create-a-twitter-background-using-powerpoint Free fonts: http://www.dafont.com/ Create your own poll: http://polldaddy.com/ Make a word cloud: http://www.wordle.net/ Get your products placed with famous people http://entreprenette.com/instantly-famous List your Business with MyWikiBiz http://www.mywikibiz.com/Main_Page And help with the formatting: http://www.mywikibiz.com/Help:Cheatsheet Free Word processing and spreadsheet applications: http://www.openoffice.org/ www.dictionary.com is a great tool! Great for spell checking, tag and word selection, plus much more... Here's some of what it offers: * Great for spell checking * Thesaurus * Synonyms * International variations * Nearby Words * Related Searches * Plus other words & phrases HUGE list of helpful Vintage and Antique Resource links:http://archiviavintage.blogspot.com/2009/06/useful-vintage-antiques-and.html Q&A for IDing your Vintage Finds: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6438403 Also, here are some important Storque articles of interest: * Your Shop 101: Hitting the Sweet Spot with Etsy's Most Relevant Search http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/your-shop-101-hitting-the-sweet-spot-with-etsys-most-relevan-4007/ * Guidelines & Tips: Tagging on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/guidelines-tips-tagging-on-etsy-281/ * Seller How-To: Tag-o-rama With Descriptive Keywords http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/seller-how-to-tag-o-rama-with-descriptive-keywords-5474/ * Seller Workshop Recap: Tags, Titles, Descriptions and Most Relevant Search http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/seller-workshop-recap-tags-titles-descriptions-and-most-rele-4090/ * Etsy and SEOMoz: Helping the Etsy Community with Search Engine Optimization http://www.etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/etsy-and-seomoz-helping-the-etsy-community-with-search-engin-4443/ And also Google's Keyword Tool: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal Other high traffic site to check out: * www.thelittleblackboxes.com * www.craigslist.org * www.webbcatalog.com * www.usfreeads.com * www.oodle.com * http://modish.typepad.com * www.theindiego.com * www.craftster.org/advertise * www.webclassifieds.us * www.linkrefferal.com * www.diyscene.com * www.stumblehere.com * http://lunacraft.com/help_promote * www.linkedin.com * www.bigtent.com * www.freecraftfair.com * www.mycraftcorner.com/ * www.indiepublic.com/ * www.plumdrop.com/ * www.bebo.com/ * www.deviantart.com/ * http://photobucket.com * http://fuzzb.com/ * www.craftjuice.com/ * http://craftstylish.com/ * www.myspace.com/etsy * www.kaboodle.com * www.craigslist.org * www.kijiji.com * www.dedicated.typepad.com/ * www.stumbleupon.com * http://craftzine.com/