Pounce on New Etsy Shops

You all probably know that I love discovering new shops on Etsy and helping newbies get a bit of publicity. We were all there once! Right?

So I've updated this page as part of my Etsy Widgets: Pounce

Every time you load this page up it'll show you some shops that just opened in the past few weeks, with their three newest listings:

Fun!

I'm using it to collect shops for a list in my favorites collection: Pounce: The Best New Etsy Shops.

The other thing to do if you love new shops is go check out EtsyContest.com every Wednesday for our Welcome Wednesday Contest. We vote on favorite items from new shops every week and find some great ones. Here's some items that were featured last week, I love these and they're all from shops that are less than a month old! Go show them some love, we were all new once!

15th place October 8th, 2014
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Glazed ceramic necklace - Geo Set
by GAMADRAMA

14th place October 8th, 2014
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Hippie Pants Elephant - gypsy clothing harem pant design one size fits all elastic waist ankle in Black White unisex
by ClothingThailand

Featured October 8th, 2014
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Hand Painted Stones, Five Different Flowers(collection of 5)
by TripInTheWoods

New contest: Welcome Wednesdays for new Etsy shops!

So remember when Etsy had that "pounce" feature that helped you find NEW shops? I miss that feature. Heck, reading the community forums, everybody missed that feature.

Well I decided to do something about it and dedicate one contest day every week for us to vote on items by NEW shops! I'm calling it "Welcome Wednesday" and we had our first contest this week. If your shop has been opened less than two months, you can sign yourself up just like any regular day.

Anyway we had some great finds today from all sorts of new shops!

This adorable birdhouse is from a shop that opened April 23rd and hasn't had any sales, I think it's a great deal:

May 2nd, 2012 - 46th place
Wren/Chickadee House
by HandmadeByRob

These pecans are from a shop that opened two weeks ago, they've had three sales (easy to see why, these look delicious):

May 2nd, 2012 - 5th place
Praline Pecans - From our Farm to You
by Mollyandmepecans

This shop opened April 11th, no sales yet:

May 2nd, 2012 - 3rd place
Green Pet-cap desgin ring
by solyacrafts

Finally, this shop opened in late March and only has one admirer - personalized slippers? Lovely!

May 2nd, 2012 - 6th place
Felted personalized wool slippers with initials. Gift under 50. Made to order. Custom.
by feltinga

All today's winners are here.

Be sure to stop in on future Wednesdays to support new shops and find new talent, I am really excited about this theme!