Where do you buy patterns online?

[coachellacanuck]

I have designed a series of beginner level cross stitch patterns featuring quotes by strong and sassy women. I am listing them for sale as digital downloads on Amazon, Craftsy, Etsy and developing my own online store. I have also put 6 together in an ebook, each with a different theme.

Can I ask this forum for an opinion on the best place to buy cross stitch patterns online? I seem to be getting few results from Amazon (and lowest revenue per sale) and my best results on Etsy.

Thanks for any feedback you can send my way!

[annamarie23]

Hi! I must be honest, I didn't realise cross stitch patterns were available on Etsy but after discovering them by accident (more my fault than anything, I've just not used Etsy until recently), I've now bought a few from different sellers as pdf downloads and it's great! I'm sure your own online store will work well too.

Hope the feedback helps. I wish you lots of luck with selling your patterns.

Anna-Marie x

[kandifloss]

I've bought several charts from Etsy, also a few from Sewandso & Leisure Arts. Think Etsy has the most to chose from though & I like looking through their designs. Don't think I've ever bought a chart from Amazon, just kits from them.

Kandi

[richardandtracy]

In Jan 2011 I had just decided to take up a hobby that would allow myself to be with the family when doing it. Not having any further idea, as a beginner, my first thought was E-Bay.
Not knowing anything, I wanted a kit that would include most things I needed, so I got a cheap kit. Everything was written in Chinese and I kludged may way through. Must admit I had no idea of the significance of 350 x 240 stitches when I bought the kit. It was only 3 months in that it began to dawn on me.

As a total beginner, having had a 40 year break from when I was taught cross stitch as a 6 yo at school, I wanted a kit, not a chart.
Having had that 59,000 stitch kit, I was then ready to do my own pictures and haven't bought a chart or kit since - just writing my own charting software and converting photos I have taken (I'm a bit into DIY you see).

Just my thoughts,

Richard.

[AngieR]

I buy my kits from Amazon.

[lcamp]

I get free patterns from Daily Cross Stitch or Pinterest, then I buy the fabric and floss to do the work.


Linda

[Brekkana]

Googling how to do a cross stitch type stitch lead me to you tube. You tube lead me to HAED, upon which I am addicted to. I also buy charts from other people who sell on Facebook (Tilton Crafts, for one). I never looked for it on Ebay, and I never felt the need to look on Etsy because I assumed it was like Pinterest, another website I avoid at all costs. So for people like me, You tube and Facebook ... Good luck!!


~Heather

[RedStitcher108]

I have previously purchased several patterns from various sellers on Etsy as I have found that there is a large variety compared to other places like Amazon and it's like purchasing at a local store instead of a chain which makes me feel better that I'm supporting an independent rather than a mass producer. Not as well known(or popular) is tumblr. There is a budding community of stitchers on there that know of even more sites and people to buy patterns from although sometimes the website isn't necessarily the easiest to navigate.