Membership Détails
Link To Your Existing Site!
We'll link to your Ebay shop, Etsy shop, Lollishop, selling blog, website, or any selling site of your choice. If you don't have a site, we can help you set up a free website (see example)
Put Your items on our main page ~ As many as you want!
All Cupboard Members Receive The Same Benefits!
Take a look at what our current members are saying - click here
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.
Boutique Page:
Your Profile photo and 4 of your items in a mosiac will be on the Les Boutiques page. The Profile photo will link to your Ning "my page" and the mosiac photo will link to your selling site. Every Monday the top 5 boutiques are moved to the bottom of the list and the everyone slides up 5 slots. This weekly rotation promotes maximum exposure for everyone.
We also have a Member Index attached to our Search Page.
Featured Boutique:
All 6 and 12 month members get a free week in one of the two Featured Boutique spots - rotating weekly. You have additional options to purchase
sidebar space on the French Cupboard website ~ Sidebar ads appear on every page of the website.
Slideshow:
You can add unlimited photos of your choice to the front page slideshow. All images are clickable and will link to your profile page. Our slideshow is placed in many networks and blog posts on many sites. Get your items noticed by using our slideshow!
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!
Five & Dime
A special collection of items that are all under $10! French Cupboard members are entitled to a free Five & Dime listing.
See the details here.
Networking:
Ning – our main social network
This is an incredible promotional tool that is free to our members! Your profile photo will link to your Ning page. 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 on our website mainpage, 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 accounts for our members at the following online networks:
Plumdrop – secondary social network
Flickr – feel free to post your photos here
Twitter – New items added to the Ning slideshow send a Twitter update
Facebook
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 12 authors and participates regularly in three group forums (White Wednesday, Vintage Black Friday & Pink Saturday).
It is an intregal part of our networking. Each of our blog authors brings a fresh outlook and wonderful new stories! The Cupboard is also a member of
BlogHer and often contributes to the Member Junk on Junk Market.
If you would like to be considered as a French Cupboard blog author, feel free to email Polly at frenchcupboard@gmail.com
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 monthly 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 (see example). For those who want a more customized look, we have affordable premade web templates available for hosting with pappshop. (see templates).
Non-Member Advertising
