The Metal Spot

Perhaps the biggest misconception is working hard will get you ahead when the truth is working smart is the only option for success. Whether you work a 9 to 5 job in an office or run your own business, the cards are generally stacked against you. Working smart is learning to do more with less […]

Feeling invigorated by wholesale and corporate opportunities at NAMM, Nici’s Picks applied to Etsy Wholesale and will hopefully hear back in time for Etsy Open Call. Ironically, Nici’s Picks evolved out of a dissatisfaction with Etsy’s de-clumping, the drive to have market domination in the custom metal guitar pick market, and gain exposure in Google […]

Exceeding our wildest dreams, Nici’s Picks was in full swing for Father’s Day delivering a good mix of custom and stock orders. As the dust settles, we turn our attention to the NAMM Tradeshow in Nashville, TN. Unfortunately, having been broadsided with tsunamis of orders on all of our sites, the shining star of show, […]

I make jewelry mostly and metal guitar picks . Today I decided to make something that I have no experience in making – a hair fork please excuse my english – its not my mother tongue 😉 I think it came out pretty good for the first one Of course there are a lot of […]

I just posted this in the Etsy forums and thought it blog worthy here as well. Revisiting a multi-platform approach to selling is definitely worth a short discussion in light of Devin Wenig’s current statements: “eBay was pivoting away from “big retail” and said he would rather have a million small businesses than three more […]

Today, I came across an article in Seeking Alpha entitled Etsy Sellers Weigh The Pros And Cons Of An Amazon Buyout,which left a rather spacious or perhaps vacuous void of why so many people are clutching at the straws when it comes to speculation regarding Etsy’s future. As a point of reference for most conclusions […]

[shopify product=http://metalopiajewelry.com/products/14k-yellow-solid-gold-dainty-bypass-ring]   just made this one as I still had some gold left over