It is almost Thanksgiving and not only does that mean amazing food and turkey comas, but it also means the start (or for some end) of the holiday shopping season!  Etsy is doing a lot of promotion of the upcoming weekend.  Here are a few hints if you haven’t seen the forum posts from the admins.

• Etsyfreeshipping – tons of Etsy sellers are offering free worldwide shipping from Black Friday through Cyber Monday.  The Etsy admins are scouring to find items with the tag “etsyfreeshipping”.  They’ll be doing some gift guides and Etsy Finds emails throughout the weekend for those that are tagged.  Get them tagged now as they are looking now!  They’ll also be looking at tweets with the hashtags #Etsyfreeshipping.  So make sure to promote your items this weekend through Twitter!
• Etsyholidaysale – along the same lines, the admins will also be looking at items with this tag.  Could be a discount or free items, added bonuses, etc.  Make sure you tag your items and use your hashtags! #Etsyholidaysale
• I happen to belong to the CCCOE Street Team.  They have their own sale and promos going – so I have all of my items tagged with “CCCOE Black Friday” as well.  Members are planning to promote and create treasuries based on this tag.

For sellers this is a chance to try and gain some sales through slow times.  For myself, I’m trying to get ANY sales.  I haven’t had a lot of sales since I started so I’m trying to push to get some new customers, or at least some interest.   Here is what I have going on in my shop right now:

• Free Worldwide Shipping
• 10% off EVERYTHING in the store
• 6 FREE ROSES with purchase of any dozen rose bouquet
• Additional 10% off if you are a twitter follower and mention it in your buyer comments.

Right now my prices are listed at normal price.   If you make a purchase I can either refund you through paypal or you can let me know what you want ahead of time and I can create a listing with your discount before you buy it.  Buy some flowers for your home or for someone you love this holiday season!