Last week I discussed the importance of including links in posts that feature items from your shop so that buyers can easily find those items. I also included a tutorial on how to embed a link in both photos and text for these posts in discussions on Zibbet’s Community Hub. Today I want to follow up with a quick explanation of how to edit a ZCH reply. Replies can be edited within 15 minutes of posting as long as you remain logged in to (more…)

I’ve said it before, but it’s time to say it again: When you post a photo of an item that’s for sale in our shop, include a link to the listing! Whether you’re posting in the monthly new listings discussion over on Zibbet’s Community Hub, your own page there, on Facebook–wherever it may be, include a link back to the listing in your shop. Make it easy for potential customers to go directly to the listing so that they can quickly and (more…)

If you’ve not gotten involved at Zibbet’s Community Hub yet, there’s no time like the present to introduce yourself and your shop so that you can begin to enjoy the benefits of participation in Zibbet’s own social networking site. While you can read ZCH posts without logging in, in order to add comments you’ll need to open an account. Please refer to the SOZ article, Zibbet’s Community Hub, for ‘how to’ instructions for opening your (more…)

Congratulations to Zibbet for being voted the Best Handmade Marketplace in About.com’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards competition! Being selected as the 2013 Best Handmade Marketplace is a testimony to the dedication of our sellers, letting the world know that you believe that Zibbet is THE BEST by casting your vote for your favorite handmade marketplace! And what’s really exciting is that there’s so much more to come from (more…)

Wouldn’t it be great if you could list a new item in your shop and have it automatically posted on your blog, your Community page, your Facebook page and Twitter? It just so happens that Zibbet offers all sellers a tool called an RSS feed that allows you to do just that. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s programming that allows dynamic data from one site to be “fed” to (more…)