Back in September of 2009 when I was disenchanted with Etsy.com I was solicited to open a shoppe at Zibbet.com. At the time there were no monthly fees, no annual fees, no lifetime fees, and no per sale fees.
Plus, at the time they were offering lifetime premium accounts if you were able to attract other small business crafters to their website. So, of course, I did and, as a result, have a lifetime Linda Walsh Originals Patterns & Handmade Dolls shoppe at Zibbet.com now.
Well, since then they have grown and grown and grown. And, as a result, things have changed. They still have a free account where you can list up to 50 items with a limited amount of features, which are shown below:
FREE Account
NO listing feesNo listing fees = more $$ in your pocket. Listing and re-listing can really add up!
NO commission/sales fees
NO commission/sales fees = more $$ in your pocket. You get to keep all your profits when selling with Zibbet - we don't take a cent!
Unlimited listings
Basic sellers can have up to 50 active items listed in their shop at a time. Premium sellers have no limits on the amount of items that can be listed.
Quick list
Streamlined listing process. Upload multiple images at once, saving you time!
Listed in Google Product Search & TheFind.com
We automatically list your Zibbet items into these top 2 shopping sites in the world, putting your items in front of nearly 40 Million shoppers per month!
Shop management tools
We provide you with the tools to easily manage your inventory, create unlimited shop sections, shipping profiles etc.
Search Engine Optimized shop & listings
Our Zibbet shops are highly optimized to help you rank well in Google and other search engines, bringing you more traffic to your shop!
Shareability
Shoppers can take your shop viral with easy 1 click sharing to Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon etc, with our Shareability feature!
Shop performance stats
Track your shop and item visits! An advanced analytics system is currently in the works!
Link to your other sites
We have no link out restrictions on Zibbet!
NO third-party advertising in your shop
Advertisements distract people and will take your customers away from your shop - that's why we don't have them!
Etsy importer
If you happen to sell on Etsy, you can easily import your items over to your Zibbet shop and be up and running in just a few minutes from now. Expand your online presence and experience The Zibbet Difference today!
Artfire importer
If you happen to sell on Artfire, you can easily import your items over to your Zibbet shop and be up and running in just a few minutes from now. Expand your online presence and experience The Zibbet Difference today!
Free Business Cards
The premium account (which can be monthly or yearly) has many, many more features. You get all of the above plus the following:
Premium Account
Total customization
Fully customize your Premium Zibbet shop and make it your own! Changing your shops colors, uploading larger banners, and making your item thumbnails bigger are just some of the many shop customization options we offer!
Feedback display
As a Premium seller you can choose your favorite feedback to display proudly in your shop!
Widgetize
As a Premium seller you can add widgets to the bottom and side column of your shop. Some popular widgets people like to add include their Facebook Fanpage, Twitter feed, newsletter subscription, currency converters etc. Help guides are available if 'widgets' are new to you.
Add video & images on Profile page
As a Premium seller you can customize your Profile page with your own selection of photos and even add a YouTube video if you wish!
8 images per item
Being able to see an item from every angle is really important to online shoppers. As a Premium seller you can upload up to 8 images per item, whilst Basic sellers are limited to 4.
Rearrange your shop items
As a Premium seller you have total control over which items your shoppers will see first. Arrange by theme, color, style or category - it's totally up to you! The order of your shop sections can also be rearranged. All done via a simple drag-and-drop!
List multiples of an item
As a Premium seller you can list multiple quantities of an item for your shoppers to purchase.
Copy an existing item
As a Premium seller you will save yourself a heap of time when listing similar items with our copy a listing feature!
Sales Mode
Shoppers love a sale! As a Premium seller you can easily put all or some of your items on sale with the click of a button! Your items will be clearly marked that they're on sale and will feature in our 'Sale Items' section of Zibbet.
Coupons
As a Premium seller you can create your own fully customized coupon codes to help you promote your items to new customers, encourage repeat buyers etc, which are easily redeemed at checkout. No more refunding after a sale has been made!
Gift Certificates
As a Premium seller you can create your own custom Gift Certificates, which can be sold in your shop, gifted to loved ones, sent with a purchase to encourage repeat buyers etc. They are easily redeemed by the customer at checkout.
Gift Guides exposure
As a Premium seller you can add your items to our Gift Guides, giving your items even more exposure to shoppers!
Sale Items exposure
As a Premium seller you can put your items into 'Sales Mode'. These items will then appear in our 'Sale Items' section, which is a very popular destination for shoppers, giving you even more exposure!
Homepage & Buy page exposure
As a Premium seller your items will be randomly rotated on the homepage, the most visited page on the site, giving you even more exposure to shoppers. Our new Buy page is in the works and will randomly feature Premium sellers items also.
Relevance Boost for more exposure
As a Premium Seller you will receive preferred placement in our search engine over Basic sellers giving you even more exposure!
Facebook Application
Coming soon is the ability for Premium sellers to sell your items directly from Facebook! Stay tuned!
Echo
Coming soon is the ability for Premium sellers to create a mini version of your Zibbet shop to put on your blog, website etc. Shoppers will even be able to buy your items directly from the Echo, without even needing to come to Zibbet! Stay tuned!
What I LOVE about Zibbet is that they allow HTML coding within your shop, your profile, and all the sidebar widgets. Since I have so many other websites and blogs I have my widgets linked to my other websites and blogs in the sidebar of my Linda Walsh Originals Zibbet Shoppe.
I also have my Linda Walsh Facebook profile badge and Linda Walsh Originals Facebook page widget on the main page of my shoppe.
Plus, I have my Linda Walsh Originals YouTube video running on my profile page.
Adding products to your shoppe, editing products, and customizing your shop is very, very easy to do with Zibbet.com. They are extremely user friendly and always trying to find ways to improve things for their small business sellers and customers.
I just added a bunch of holiday dolls to my Zibbet.com shoppe and it only took me a few minutes. It's that easy to do.
If you're a small business crafter on the web looking for a vehicle to sell your handmade goods you might want to consider Zibbet.com.
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