The Metal Spot

The Metal Ethos blog truly marks the end of an era at NiciArt. Selling on-line offers comfort to those who seek anonymity in cyberspace, but for a company like NiciArt that thrives on telephone support, interacting with customers and working in all three dimensions, cyberspace is a cold vast frontier. The first step in conquering […]

Black Friday 2016 is in full swing with sales trickling in through out the hour, however volume is definitely lower than expected heading into the midday hours. Much like being glue to the electoral maps on November 8th, we are filling orders while keeping another eye focused on the stats. We attribute election shock as […]

Seeing Etsy’s stock dip back to $12.86, we re-entered and will continue our long position. I could have also elected to hold through the little dip and add to the position, but I really don’t want to play big on Etsy. Not only do I see investing as a necessary evil to turn a little […]

After Monday’s resistance at $13.00, I decided to close out my long position on Etsy and take home 3.2%. My gut feeling is Etsy will retest, retake, but settle in somewhere in the low $13s. The reason to invest in Etsy is Etsy has a unique and almost unchallenged position in a niche market, however […]

Usually the holiday rush starts the Friday after Thanksgiving around midday and wave upon wave of orders leave us buried for those 4 weeks heading into Christmas and New Years. Much like trying to shovel snow in blizzard with a soup spoon, trying to get ahead is impossible, however we manage to keep up with […]

Getting in the holiday spirit, we started working on that Christmas shopping list which now includes opening a long position on Etsy Stock @ $12.59 with an intended exit at $13.75 by the close of the year. While our sentiments regarding Etsy as a selling venue for NiciArt and Nici’s Picks would be perform down […]

Had someone even suggested making money in our jewelry and guitar picks business would be easy 5 years ago when we embarked on this journey, I would have baulked and dismissed such a claim as being absolutely disconnected with the obstacles facing small business. Since 2012, we have seen revenue increases year over year making […]

To complete our new thumb pick collection, we are happy to list our sterling silver version of our latest thumb pick in Nici’s Picks : Unlike our classic guitar picks which are pressed one at a time from the various metals using a handmade custom pancake die, these new thumb picks take handmade to entirely […]

With our Nici’s Picks site ready to celebrate its first Birthday, we have decided to expand the line-up to include: more guitar pick jewelry, slides, and thumb picks. Our first thumb pick: You Rock My World Bronze Thumb Pick with Music Note rocks out in bronze and features both a music note and you rock […]