Boutique Page Membership
1 month~$60
6 months~$300 (can be paid in 2 two installments)
12 months~$540 (can be paid in 2 two installments)
Your Profile photo and 4 of your items in a mosiac will be on our home page (also referred to sometimes as the Boutiques Page), linked directly to your website or other selling shop. Every week the top 6 boutiques are moved to the bottom of the list and the everyone slides up 6 slots. This weekly rotation promotes maximum exposure for everyone.
Our Boutiques Page members have the flexibility of a 1 month, 6 month or 12 month membership. Though most Boutique Page members have all the benefits available to them, there are a few exceptions regarding 1 month memberships. Below is a listing of Boutique Page Membership Benefits:
-Link directly to your website, Etsy shop or other selling shop (if you do not have a website but would like to be on the Boutiques page, we can help you set up a free website
-Add your Etsy items to our Etsy area free of charge for the entire term of your 6 or 12 month membership. (available only with 6 or 12 month memberships)
-Add your Etsy Mini to your profile page.
-Online advertising spots that do not use the slideshow are always linked directly to the Boutiques Page.
-All 6 and 12 month members get a free week in one of the two Featured Items spots, rotating weekly.
-Free or special discounted rate mosaic ad in a national magazine (Romantic Homes, Romantic Country, Country Victorian or Stampington). These are high profile spots within a quarter or half page layout created by our graphics designer! (available with 6 or 12 month memberships only). see example
-First Choice to participate in our co-operative ads in several national magazines (Romantic Homes, Romantic Country, Somerset Life, etc.). Available to all Boutiques Page Members.
-Free ads in every issue of our affilliate PORCH magazine during your membership term.
-Discounted Print Signage (brick & mortar signs, auto magnets, window decals, yard signs, posters, etc). See HERE for more info.
-The French Cupboard blog posts also rotate in a Widgetbox that we place on several blogs for additional exposure.
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Additional Boutique Page membership info
Advertising
Magazine Ads:
-We contract with several national magazines to bring you discounted co-operative rates.
-We have Full Page ads in every issue of Porch magazine, included in all memberships.
-Member ads rotated in our Porch advertising space (selected at random)
-Options to purchase your personal ad space in magazines we advertise with.
Online Ads:
We research to find the spots that will bring traffic to our member sites and purchase online ads on a regular basis. These ads are announced in our monthly newsletter to the members. We also have a great networking team including a multitude of websites, blogs & cross-promoting partners. See our slideshow information below too.
Seasonal Markets
We host several seasonal marketplaces for additional advertising opportunities.
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Supply Cupboard:
Members who sell supplies (crafting supplies, jewelry making, ephemera, etc) are entitled to have their text link in two categories of the
Supply Cupboard!
Networking:
Ning – our main social network
This is an incredible promotional tool that is free to our members! Non-members can browse around, see any announcements that you may have, get to know you... email you via your contact information, etc. You have a free blog available within Ning if you want to use it. This is also where we have a members-only forum for member discussion and helps. You can add photos to the general photo pool and they automatically go into a slideshow that appears in our online ads, the Ning mainpage and our blog mainpage. The photos in the slideshow are clickable too.
Go over and take a look around.
~We also maintain a
Facebook account - All latest news here!
Members Only Forum:
We have created a Members-Only forum right within our Ning network so that you can continue to add photos & respond to customer questions without having to leave the network.
Blog
The
Cupboard blog has 18 authors and participates regularly in three group forums (White Wednesday, Vintage Black Friday & Silver Sunday) and occassionally in Pink Saturday.
It is also host of the UnCommonplace monthly theme parties (see upcoming theme dates here). Our blog is an intregal part of our networking. Each of our blog authors brings a fresh outlook and wonderful new stories!
Referral Program
We love to reward our friends with gifts that are catch-your-breath wonderful! We'd like to think that our referral program is unlike any other. -
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Newsletter
The Cupboard maintains a newsletter to keep you updated.
Web Design
We have a couple options available. If you do not have a selling site, we can help you create a free website. Click HERE for more information about website options.
