Some Floral Bookmarks

I made up some new floral bookmarks

to put in my CMZ Art Zibbet Shop...

I'm hoping to have them listed by the middle of the week.

I've been so very busy that I haven't

had a chance to list them yet...but they are 

"coming soon".

Do you 'Zibbet'?

Ha....I thought that was a clever title...

Recently there were some 'problems' at Etsy that led to a

massive influx to Zibbet...

it actually 'crashed' (or at least...slowed to a crawl)

the Zibbet servers.

Most of Friday the Zibbet site was down

while they installed brand new servers.

This was actually pretty good news for Zibbet...as they

sold over 200 premium memberships in 2 days...maybe even less time than that.

I don't think there were many people that actually 'left' Etsy

completely...but a huge number who decided they didn't

want to place all their 'eggs' in one Etsy Basket.

I remember when I did that at eBay...wow...I'm still

recovering from that mistake.

Anyway...Zibbet has a nifty site...I LOVE the looks of their

Premium accounts...

They have the Basic FREE accounts...which really are completely free.

You can list..up to 25 items...and everything you sell..you keep.

They're probably out of the $7 Monthly Premium Memberships by now...

but Premium Memberships are still available.

With the Premium Accounts you can...

have unlimited listings..

import listings from Etsy..

have a shop wide sale (with just one or two steps)

and so much more...

I spoke to the CEO of Zibbet...

(yes you REALLY can speak to him directly

and he REALLY does ANSWER you directly)

Jonathan Peacock..

and he tells me that when the $7 memberships are gone

the Premium memberships will go up to $8

(still a very good price)

for the next 500 accounts...

and then $1 increase for the next 500 accounts

and so forth.

I don't yet have a premium account..because I haven't 

conclusively decided what I want to do with CMZart...

(I've been so busy with Rustic Goth)

but..once I have it 'figured' out...I'm going to

hopefully

grab one of those $8 accounts.

Tuscan Florals

Digital downloads coming to my Zibbet shop.

As I go through my EBSQ Portfolio

I am choosing some

select pieces

to offer as 'digital downloads'

that others can use in the creation

of their own art.

Here are a few pieces I've decided

I am going to offer.

They will be soon listed in my

CMZ Art Zibbet Shop.

I'll write a post as soon as

I have several downloads available.

CMZ Art....What's New?

I have been asked by several

collectors

if I am going to reopen my

CMZ Art Etsy Shop.

Sadly...I am not.

Perhaps it was the turn of economy,

but I couldn't maintain both shops and Iopted

to keep the Rustic Goth Shop,

since it was doing better.

I still do business as CMZ Art

though...on Zibbet.

Presently I only have prints available

there, however....

I will be posting original tree paintings,

poppy paintings

and other 'nature-inspired' paintings

in my CMZ Art Zibbet Shop

as early as next week.

We only have one

art show left to do this year...

(getting ready for the shows have taken most

of my time the past few months)

and since I do like to keep myself busy,

I will be doing some original

paintings especially for CMZ Art.

Update on CMZ Art

I have finally made THE decision
to close my CMZ Art Etsy Shop.

My Rustic Goth Etsy Shop
will remain open
(after taking some vacation time)
and I will be putting a few
select pieces from my
CMZ Art Etsy Shop
into that shop.

Some of the original paintings have been
moved to my
CMZ Art Zibbet Shop
and prints and digital originals
will be added to my
CMZ Art Imagekind Shop.

See where I'm going here.....

I have a LOT of CMZ Art Shops and it
just is
'no longer prudent'
to continue to try to keep the Etsy Shop.

CMZ Art on Zibbet

I put a few things on Zibbet
back in February.
Truth is...I've been so busy with Etsy and
an online course...that I kind of 'forgot' about it.
Zibbet is a pretty good little site...and the
folks that are running it are trying
to make it great.
I've put a few items from my
Etsy shop into my Zibbet Shop..
and I'm considering making
the move permanent.
If you've never heard of Zibbet
I wrote a Squidoo lens
to explain it better.