New Limited Edition Summer Scents for 2015 thru May

You already know our Fall and Winter Limited editions and we have decided to make Summer exciting as well with new Summer Limited edition scents! Our Pink Watermelon Scrub and Sea and Sunshine Body Cream perfectly capture the scents of summer! On Sale the whole month of May!

 Limited Edition Pink Watermelon Whipped Soap Sugar Scrub

{SUMMER} Limited Edition - Pink Watermelon: Sweet and Juicy pink watermelon with a hint of sugar and warm summer blossoms. On Sale for Just $12 per 10 oz jar!

Limited Edition Sea & Sunshine Body Cream

Sea and Sunshine: Coconut, Lemongrass, a hint of sweet mango and fresh salt air! You'll be smelling like you were at the beach all day! Just $14 for a 4 oz jar!
Blends well with:
Island Gardenia Sugar Scrub: http://www.naiadsoap.com/sugar-scrubs/island-gardenia-sugar-whipped-soap

Holiday Mini's On Sale!

Post by Naiad Soap Arts.

Free shipping all weekend!

(domestic only)

On Open Sky (not a member yet? Join here:  https://www.opensky.com/naiad-soap-arts

On Etsy or Naiad Soap Arts - use coupon code FREESHIPAUG

Happy 4th of July! Here is a coupon!

HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY!

Use Coupon Code 4th2013 at naiadsoaparts.com or naiad.etsy.com

International shipping goes Way Way Way up in 2013!

Paper Plane Air Mail Hand Carved Stamp from Canadian Etsy seller extase

So it is a new year and that means new postal rates! International shipping rates skyrocketed this year so before I deliver the bad news, I want to start off with a nice comment about the shipping from a customer in Sweden.

Me:

"...Sorry the shipping is so expensive!..."

Customer in Sweden who just paid $23.95 to ship for 6 bars of soap:

"Hi Erin! Thanks for setting this up for me :) Don't worry about the shipping, your products are so worth the money even with increased shipping prices! And it feels great to buy things from a real person :) it's not very easy to find great handmade products that lives up to my expectations here in Sweden, so I'm very happy that I found Naiad to make my showering so much more enjoyable <3>

drum roll please:

New International rates:
First Class 2 oz) Canada $6.55, all other countries $6.55
(One lip balm)

First Class (5 oz) Canada $8.55, all other countries $12.75
(One bar of Soap or three lip balms)

Flat Rate Envelope : Canada $19.95,  all other countries $23.95

(Fits flat items only, soap bars, bath teas, lip balms. Fit up to 6 bars of soap.)

Flat Rate Box Medium: Canada $40.95, all other countries $59.95

(Fits 6 scrubs plus 6 bars of soap or sprays and lip balms)

Flat Rate Box Large: Canada $64.95, all other countries $79.95

(Fits 9 scrubs plus 9 bars of soap or sprays and lip balms)

You're going to vote anyway so...

If you think you have seen this before it is because I just sent a newsletter with this exact text. I am lazy BUT I did add commentary below! :)

Post a Picture of you and your "I Voted" sticker on our Facebook Page for a chance to win a $25 shopping spree! (and free shipping) Be sure to "LIKE" us while you are there! If you are shy you can just post your sticker, and maybe your voter pamphlet or your hand or something! BE HONEST - it promotes good Kharma! :)

Post until Friday, November 9th at 6pm EST. I guess, considering the circumstances, this is for our USA Subscribers only. Sorry my friends afar!

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Just a side note - being an informed citizen is HARD sometimes! Especially when it comes to state issues and local candidates. I personally try and block out the TV ads and mailer bombardment, and do a little independent research to find the truth behind scare tactics and bent truths. I got my mail in ballot weeks ago, thinking I would just go a head and fill it out, mail it in, easy peezy, but I was in for it. It took 3 full days to research all of the propositions in California. I felt like I was researching a term paper! It was hard to get a straight line on any of them and what I found interesting was seeing who paid to get the props on the ballot and how the beliefs of those people fit mine. I'll just say it - I am pretty liberal but have been a registered Republican, Democrat and now Independent. I know that as life and experience press on, beliefs may change but the important thing is that you go out and exercise your right to have your beliefs represented! Happy Election Day everyone!

hugs,
-erin

Etsy new Search by Relevance - an experiment!

Looking but not finding? We try to get more proactive about who is finding us on the web!

I have noticed a sharp drop in Sales on Etsy in the past couple of months so I did a search for my items and they were pages deep. Ok, I just did a search for soap and expected to see my items, ones I just listed come up right away, but they were buried! My item "Blood Orange & Rose Artisan Soap" was 3 pages deep in the search but you know who had multiple soap on the first page? The guy who calls his soaps this "Bamboo Soap, Vegan Soap, Unscented Soap, All Natural Soap, Handmade Soap".  Those same words were in the first line of the product description as well!
In August Etsy switched from a "by most recently listed" search to a SEO based relevancy search and I am thinking my listings are just not "relevant" enough!

Yesterday I listed about 8 items on Etsy and noticed they were not getting any hits! With the recently listed search my items would have been in double digit looks within minutes but after 3 hours my numbers were 0-3 looks per item. Yikes!

I started looking around and found a GREAT blog post on the issue on the papernstitch blog, so I have used the guidance in this post to change my Etsy listings. I have to admit I never really knew how SEO worked and this post on How Stuff Works makes it easy!

I have changed all of my product descriptions and titles to include one or more of the following:

Shea Butter Soap, Olive Oil Soap, Clay Soap, Vegan Soap, Moisturizing Soap, Natural Soap, Scented Soap, Herbal Soap, Exfoliating Soap.

I hope it works and will follow up if I see an uptick in views to my items!

? Have you had the same issue with the new way Etsy allows buyers to search items? Have you found a successful method for getting seen?