Let Me Tell You about Heartsy

O.k. so here is the deal.

Many have asked,

"What is Heartsy?".

Heartsy is a promotion for Etsy

that works a lot like Groupon.

Actually, the seller gets a better deal 

than Groupon companies do though.

The seller applies to be accepted to 

offer a Heartsy deal.

The Heartsy members vote on

whether they would be interested in making

purchases from your shop.

If enough say they would then 

the Heartsy folks check out your shop and 

decide if they want to work with you.

Once it has been decided that your shop

is a good fit they suggest a good

voucher deal.

Now, this is where it got tricky for me.

They asked me to run a $9/$21 deal.

That sounded ok.

They would charge $10 and the "average"

Heartsy buyer

would come and choose $21 worth of 

merchandise from my Etsy shop.

Heartsy would keep $1 from each 

transaction netting me $9.

I was ok with this.

I mean, 

if you think about it 

the number of people that would become 

acquainted with my shop and the candles

I make were potentially staggering.

They went on to ask me to offer an additional

$10 in free merchandise to their VIP customers.

VIP customers pay an additional $10 per month

to receive an extra $10 off each Heartsy deal.

They suggested that just a few of my buyers 

would be VIP's.

Well, in reality, most of my 84 buyers were 

VIP's.  So...if I crack the initial numbers down

I have lost a significant amount on this 

deal....BUT....hold on .

Already one of my Heartsy buyers has 

come back for more.

Many of them did not spend their entire 

amounts available and so I am fairly 

certain they will be back.

Quite a few spent $3-$5 more

than their Heartsy vouchers.

So....the verdict is still out.

I will not pass judgement until 

another month or so has passed and 

I see if there is an uptick in sales generated 

from this.

I think there will be.....

At this point I am still glad I did it.

I just wish I had realized how many of the 

Voucher buyers would be 

VIP's.

I may have adjusted what 

was in my shop.

However, I am very glad for the opportunity

to meet new friends and make 

sales and get positive feedback.

It all helps the Etsy store grow.

Thank you, Heartsy.