As 2011 comes to an end, I thought it would be helpful to review the major topics that were addressed this year in our Success on Zibbet column. Regardless of how experienced we are with shop keeping here on Zibbet, a good review can be just what we need to remind us of those things on our Zibbet shop “to do” lists. Whether you’re brand new to Zibbet or a seasoned veteran, now is a great time to catch up on your SOZ reading and (more…)

Learning your way around a new venue always involves a bit of a learning curve, especially if you’re brand new to online selling. At Zibbet, we’ve developed a listing procedure that is quick and easy with only two pages to fill in–one for product details and the other for uploading product images.

To list an item, log in to your shop and click the My Zibbet link in the upper right corner of the page. On (more…)

The most common reason for items not importing from Etsy is that the file exported from Etsy was not saved as a .csv file. If the file was originally saved as a .csv file and then opened in a spreadsheet application such as Excel, the file may have been resaved in a file format other than .csv. Zibbet’s import tool only recognizes files that end in .csv.

A second possible (more…)

The most common reason that photos won’t upload is that they are too large. Item photos must be less than 3MB. All images have a maximum width of 800px and maximum height of 600px. It’s important to keep all of these numbers in mind when you’re cropping and resizing your photos in preparation for uploading them to your Zibbet shop.

To determine the (more…)

I’d like to extend a warm welcome to all of the new Zibbeters who are coming to us from Etsy! You’ll find that setting up shop on Zibbet is a snap, especially if you import your data from a CSV file exported from your Etsy shop.

The first step is to log in to your Etsy shop and export your data. To do this,  go to Your Etsy then Shop Settings. Next select Options (more…)