INTERVIEW WITH ETSY SELLER FLASHWITHCLASS

When I first started on etsy I needed a banner and an avatar...I happened upon this store with really great ones. This store was FLASHWITHCLASS...Not only is Erzsebet an extremely talented graphic designer and jewelry designer, she is also a very kind and generous person. She has done ads for me, many extra avatars, and she and her husband were the people I hired to design and host my website and I could not be happier...so thanks Erzsebet for being such a lovely person to work with.

These are a few of the designs she has made for me!!!


So lets get started shall we.

Q: How would you describe yourself?

A: I am very visual, and study deeply whatever interests me. At high school I had A+ grade from History, Literature and Art. I won several awards in the field of ethnography. However, I hardly could pass my final math exam. That’s me!


Q: How long have you been selling on Etsy...do you have more than one store?

A: Since January of 2007, and I have one shop.


Q: Are you a fulltime crafter or do you have another job that pays the bills?

A: Yes, I have another job; I am in the web business: designing, developing etc.



Q: What other hobbies do you enjoy?

A: Apart from having a five-year old??? Jazz, going to bead shows, walking with my daughter and listening to her, having friends around, taking the newest Adobe classes –they always have something new!-, and traveling.


Q: What are your favorite types of jewelry/crafts to make?

A:Necklaces and I always check out your shop to buy those wonderful focal beads that you make to jazz up my creations.


Q: How much time do you spend making your crafts/jewelry a week/day/month (whatever applies)?.

A: Not as much as I would like: hard to say, because my “real life job” is very unpredictable.

Q: Do you remember the first thing you made?
A:I made a LONG necklace from apple seeds, and I eat apples days & nights to collect the seeds. No wonder that my family was relieved when I switched to melon seeds!

Q: Do you take custom orders and how would someone go about making a request?
A: I do take custom orders, they can reach me through the etsy conversation system store

Q: If you could improve or change anything about Etsy what would it be?

A: I would hire an outstanding company to run usability testing before any kind of major new features went live on their web site. This way many problems would be eliminated before the users run into the issues.

Q: How do you promote your Etsy store?

A: I haven’t done much promotion apart from the Forums, but I have excellent loyal customers, and they promote my shop.


Thanks so much Erzsbet for taking the time to talk to me today...you do wonderful work and I could not be happier with everything you have done for me in the past year!!!

Thank you,
Amanda!