I have a new addition in my studio. I found this big laminated sheet of The United States framed with old barn board in South Berwick yesterday. I've been looking for one of this size, because I already have a map of the world, but the United States is too small for the plans I had.
See, I wanted to take a Sharpie and mark my Etsy sales. It's kind of fun seeing where my all of my stuff is now residing. And I was also curious to see if there is a trend forming. Some towns were too small to pinpoint them exactly on the map, (Wauconda, IL, for one) but I tried to mark a spot in the general area.
I started with last year's invoices. I finished 2011, but haven't started this year yet. But I did notice some interesting facts.
Last year, I had twenty-two orders. Four in sunny California. Two in the southern half of the state, and two a little more than half way up. One was in a town near Lake Tahoe, and the other three on the coast: San Francisco, Pasadena and Long Beach. I also had a sale in Seattle and Jacksonville, Oregon.
Canada was also good to me. I had sales in Oshawa, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Coquitlam, British Columbia. Two sales were from Brazil and Australia. This was exciting and a little daunting since I have never mailed anything out of country before, and I was worried that: 1. the item would never get there, and 2. I'd have to pay a weeks wages for postage. Turns out, I didn't have to worry.
I also sold close to home.
South Berwick, Portsmouth, and Boston. were local sales. Since I live in Portsmouth, I've been scoping out that little, yellow bag. But so far, no sightings.
With seven sales in California, Oregon, Washington and BC, a little over 30% of my Etsy business for 2011 was on the west coast. In January, I'll be taking that Sharpie out again and seeing how 2012 stacks up.
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