Looking on my PC, from Michaels regular site, there is a small section announcing the official launch.
I havenāt been on MakerPlace landing page laterly, so canāt really say how much have been updated/changed now.
I wish the āEditorās Pickā and couple other curated sections on MakerPlace landing page have more than just 4-6 items, but I do remember reading their info page that said to be āFeaturedā, you have to be on the Professional Plan. so maybe they wonāt show any items from Basic Plan sellers?
I think the gift guides are just auto propagated, I donāt think someone manually made them, simply because now that I am on my desktop and looking at the āpetā gift guideā¦so many non pet itemsā¦ baby bibs, jewelry etc LOL.
Iām starting to see commercials on TV for MakerPlace. Only 20-30 seconds. However, these commercials really donāt explain what MakerPlace is about. You see a small michaels dot com posted in the bottom corner of the screen and a large MakerPlace logo on the big screen.
Iāve had 16 orders now, 2 this week and I am glad to see some more promotion. The site is still cumbersome but with Amazon and Etsy slowing down, Iāll take what I can get. Iāve seen some promotions on my YouTubeTV subscription (along with the non stop ever annoying Medicare insurance commercials).
I have received an email that was promoting MakerPlace, instead of the usual advertising for the regular Michaels.
Donāt know how much impact Michaelsā promotion really have, so far for me besides that one sale at the very beginning, nothing else for 3 months now. According to the Stats showing on the Dashboard, the ālisting viewsā are still as low (almost non-existent) as during Beta.
I have holiday light switch covers. I havenāt sold any on makerplace and they actually have never historically been good sellers on Etsy or Amazon Handmade, so I typically donāt offer a lot.
However it does seem to be what is getting people into my shop. Here are my stats for last 7 days:
I didnāt even catch that home decor was on there twice. I know something is not quite right and accurate with the stats/search because sometimes I can search something and only like 20 items come up but then other times I can search the same thing and hundreds of items come up. So yeah
Thatās stupid. If someone buys something on MakerPlace, they should be able to spend it there, not for craft purchases which they may not even have a use for.
same here. 246 items listed, eclectic selection including holiday, and zzzzz
Just cancelled my professional plan today. Got an email that said I will no longer be billed but my benefits will continue until the end of the free trial: June 8, 2024. Wow. I didnāt know the trial lasted that long.
I think I started in June or July with the professional plan and have not been charged yet and my account says my free trial is over May 26, 2024 ???
So far Iāve had 19 orders since beginning of August so Iāll at least stay until my trial runs out. So far there is a lot of cheesy stuff, (mine included to some) and price points in jewelry are mostly very low. Iām hoping some more nice stuff comes in. Watching the forums, there appear to be a lot of e-commerce newbies and sellers who would never think of venturing into Amazon. Many think they should be paid as soon as they ship the order so a lot say they are leaving for that reason as well.
Who all has holiday-type items listed on MP? Not ready-made gift items, but holiday-themed decor, or DIY gift materials, or tablescape/hosting items?
