David Marcus

Valentine’s Day is coming up, so we gathered a variety of lovely products from Goodsie-powered stores. Delight your one and only with a unique and charming gift this holiday!

Mercier Beaucoup has a great collection of Valentines’s Day cards. Give the Anatomy of Love card to your biology babe!

The shop is also offering one-of-a-kind gold heart necklaces by Brita Olsen Jewelry, fit for any jewelry-loving trendsetter.

The handmade Red Heart Hoops from Thriftlover offer a bold, yet simple statement of affection.

“Be My Valentine, Please!” card from Spark And Pepper almost guarantees a “yes” reply!

Planning on sending love letters this year? The XOXO Pocket Journal from Stuff Kara Made is a great way to keep your precious pages safe.

Instead of giving regular chocolates, try a Bracelet Box of raw chocolates from Tory Marsh. These delicious treats come in both vanilla salt and coconut cayenne varieties!

The Loving Rabbit postcard from MimimiCards is perfect for any animal lover you admire.

We think the giving the Sweet Mint Heart-shaped Mini Soaps from Dreyma Studio is a great way to let your sweetheart feel fresh and smell lovely!

Last year Diana Bradbury started a thrift-blog called Thiftlover to chronicle her thrift store adventures and to connect with fellow vintage shoppers. This year she opened a Thriftlover store to sell her amazing finds and beautiful handmade jewelry. We were excited to learn that Diana hopes to grow Thriftlover into her own fully-stocked thrift store down the road!

Most of the products in Thriftlover are from Diana’s current location of San Francisco, and her hometown of Reno, Nevada. A few featured items include the beautiful Green Speckles earrings, handmade with vintage beads, the $20 tan Stamped Leather Purse, and the Grey Suede-ish Ankle Boot Heels. 

If you share a love of thrift shop goods, head over to the Thriftlover Tumblr and submit a photo, review, or story about your own thrifting feats!

Visual artist Nick Fyhrie has opened a store on Goodsie to offer his smaller artwork under alter ego Niky Fury. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nick moved to New York in 2008 to complete residency programs at the School of Visual Arts, where he developed a unique gestural style of painting. 

Niky Fury is currently stocked with the Disco Draw series. These hand painted works feature fun, monochromatic abstracts in acrylic on paper. All pieces are sized at 18”x24” and are priced at $85.

Product and Order Data Exports

We know that keeping track of inventory, orders and shipments can be a tricky and not-so-glamorous process. To help keep your store management experience as hassle-free as possible, we now offer a CSV export option for both order history and product data. Shipping and product details can be viewed in a single document and used with third-party systems for accounting, fulfillment and more.

To get started, go to the Orders and Products section of your admin dashboard and click on the new Export buttons in the upper right. Learn more in our Knowledge Base and feel free to write to support@goodsie.com with your feedback and share how you’re using your exports!

SEO Improvements

We’ve also recently made improvements to Search Engine Optimization across the platform to help improve the ranking of Goodsie-hosted stores in search results. This set of improvements included a number of changes behind the scenes, including changes to the errors returned for disabled stores and invalid pages, using canonical links to avoid duplicate content issues, using a product’s title and description for the product page’s meta description, and supporting Rich Snippets.

Goodsie-powered store BoomCase was recently featured in The Audiophiliac, part of the CNET Blog Network.

Each BoomCase is a unique creation, so if you see one on [creator Dominic] Odbert’s Web site that catches your fancy, don’t think about it too long, because once it’s sold, there’s never going to be another one exactly like it.

Check out these one-of-a-kind pieces of stereophonic goodness at store.theboomcase.com

Sarah Seilbach Brasher is the talented designer behind contemporary, ready-to-wear clothing line Edelweiss By Sarah. Based in New York City, Sarah uses high quality fabrics and construction to produce beautiful, timeless pieces for women.

Sarah finds inspiration for her pieces in classic movies and antique photography. The old time glamour really stands out in her gorgeous 1940s-style silk dresses. We love the black, long-sleeved B-2 Bomber dress that works as a minidress or a tunic-length top with tights. The loose fit of the Willow dress adds great versatility to its beautiful silk charmeuse fabric. 

See these beautiful pieces in action in the fun Best of Edelweiss video below!

You can find more from Edelweiss by Sarah on Tumblr, Facebook, and on the shop’s blog.

Flock&Farm is a small, family-run operation based in the foothills of Northern California. They naturally feed and care for the special flock that provides wool for their products. The family has recently expanded their product line by opening an online store and told us, “Our goal was to find a commerce service that took minimal time to set up and maintain, and one that was really well-designed visually, and for admin and visitor usability.”

Flock&Farm’s beautiful wool blankets are washable, naturally flame-resistant, and guaranteed to last! We love the shop’s Light Gray Tweed and White Lap Blanket that measures four by five feet. It’s soft and perfect to cuddle up with on the couch. Also featured is the warm and durable Pink and White Wool Blanket that fits a queen-size bed or your picnic lunch!

You can find more from Flock&Farm on their Tumblr and Facebook.

Created by a mother of two and based in Australia, Cheeky Tales offers “modern, eco friendly baby wear and accessories for the modern mum and the eco conscious.” Storeowner Kathleen started using modern cloth nappies for her baby daughter’s sensitive skin and states, “I then wanted to share the products that I discovered with family and friends, within the local community, with and other families.”

Cheeky Tales focuses on local brands and is stocked with Australian-made products from Nature’s Child, Mother-ease, and Green Kids. A few featured items include the reusable Little Swimming Britches for $24.95, Tumblemonkey Dryer Balls to help reduce your clothing’s drying time, and the Hug-a-bub Pocketless Wrap Carrier that keeps your baby safe and comfortable. And of course be sure to check out the cute prints on the shop’s nappies!

Shop Cheeky Tales on their Facebook store too, and be sure to follow @cheekytalesbaby for shop specials!

Today we are pleased to release an embed system for Goodsie that makes it easy to integrate a Goodsie storefront into almost any external site, like a Tumblr blog or WordPress site!

Embed dimensions, product sizes, colors and backgrounds can all be customized to ensure a seamless fit and natural feel.

With full commerce functionality, shoppers can browse, filter and checkout without ever leaving the embed.

To get started, visit the External section of the Goodsie admin. As always, we welcome your feedback.

Meg Frampton of alt rock band Meg & Dia recently ventured into the jewelry making business, and quickly developed a beautiful craft. “I spent a few months working out the kinks and developing my Robot Jewelry designs, and then created more designs to fill up my shop,” Meg told us.

She named her shop Chandler the Robot after the first piece she designed. The adorable Chandler pendant with copper booties hangs from a 27” chain and is available for $25. 

The shop releases a special “First Thursday Limited Edition” product the first Thursday of every month, with designs ranging from Cowboy Robots to Punk Rock Robots. Be sure to check out February’s special, the Tiny Dancer Bot! Pre-order for the cute dancer necklace begins today, so don’t wait too long to claim yours!

Chandler the Robot is currently offering free shipping on all jewelry orders! Enter coupon code “eltonjohn” upon checkout to redeem this special.

Meg and Dia are currently on tour with country music artist Blake Shelton, but be on the lookout for new products! You can follow Meg’s adventures in jewelry and music on her blog, where she also posts store updates.

PaperFlops is a creative workshop that aims to improve the lives of underprivileged people throughout Indonesia. By employing single mothers, those struggling with health issues, or people who have suffered domestic abuse, the workshop empowers its team to be entirely self-sufficient. PaperFlops employees learn arts and crafts and receive practical training to create amazing handmade products.

The workshop’s most popular item is the PaperFlops Flip Flops. Each pair of Flip Flops is made up of about one kilogram of recycled newspaper. Other materials for PaperFlop products include roots from old palm tress, coconut shells, and 100% natural rubber, making them waterproof and durable.

You can find more from PaperFlops on Facebook and follow workshop updates from @ThePaperFlops too!

The Church of Merch specializes in producing merchandise and designing web presences for an array of clients, including designers, artists, record labels and more.

The team began using Goodsie as a storefront solution for Grammy-nominated electronic musician Skrillex early on in our development, and the Skrillex shop is among the most popular Goodsie-hosted stores to date, hosting tees, posters, vinyl and more.

The group has since gone on to launch a handful of other Goodsie-powered shops, with more on the way, making The Church of Merch a standout example of how easy it is for a venture to scale on Goodsie. Grab stickers, tees, hoodies, art, and more from these brands and bands:

Skrillex’s OWSLA record label

Electro house musician Zedd

DJ and producer 12th Planet

Dubstep record label, development hub, and lifestyle brand SMOG

SKULLS was founded by Ivan Jimenez as an independent brand in December 2010. The brand launched its first collection of hats and t-shirts in Barcelona where it received great reviews. Ivan has since moved to New York where he “took the brand to the next level with more design, more tees,” and made the decision “to update the webstore with a more professional approach.”

A few of our favorites from the shop include the timeless Polka Red hat, the five panel Sushi hat, and the black and turquoise checkered Old School hat, inspired by 1980s skate wear. All hats start around $30.

Cara Lynne is the talented woman behind Sew Indie. With a background in illustration and photography, Cara creates unique, vintage-feeling paper goods, wall art, and helpful items for around the kitchen. She told us that, “Everything in my shop was originally made for me, and I refined each of them to the point where I think others would want them, too.” 

Cara also runs Chickpea Magazine, a quarterly vegan publication originally funded by Kickstarter. Be sure to check out the subscription available in her shop! Because a lot of cooking is required for the magazine, Cara dedicated a special section of Sew Indie to help in the kitchen. We love the stencil Recipe Cards set, listed at $5. 

A couple featured items of Sew Indie include the Perpetual Abstract Calendar with lovely hand-drawn types and season-inspired abstract patterns. And the little Vintage Air Mail travel Notebook which comes with a unique, time-tested postcard inside for $10. It’s perfect for students studying abroad and penpals!

Cara also created an incredible promo video for her new shop! Head over to her website to watch it.

No marketing is more powerful than a positive endorsement from a satisfied customer. To show our sincere appreciation for our customers’ help promoting Goodsie, we are introducing a referral program that allows existing customers to use Goodsie for FREE in return for recommending new store owners to us.

When an existing Goodsie store owner refers a new store owner to Goodsie, both benefit. New store owners who sign up with a referral code get an extra 30 free trial days (60 days total), and when they start paying for their Goodsie subscription, the referring customer gets a free month of Goodsie! Best of all, there’s no limit to the number of free months that can be earned — for every new paid user that is referred, another free month can be earned!

To get started, visit the Account > Referrals section in the Goodsie admin. Invitations with tracking information can be emailed directly from within Goodsie. Referral links and codes can be posted anywhere online - a website, blog, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest too.

D.U.R.A. is an independent designer and fashion illustrator based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her chic creations range from prints and paintings to accessories and hand painted t-shirts. You can find D.U.R.A.’s unique, handmade products locally and online in her lovely shop Hello Art Lover. 

A special feature of the shop is D.U.R.A.’s line of fashionable animal characters called Fashion-na-nimal Darlings. You can purchase the cute, stylish creations in illustration-form or on t-shirt and totes. Be sure to check out the detailed watercolors on Fashion-na-nimal Darlings in Carolina Herrera 2012.

Hello Art Lover also offers original abstract paintings that are ready to hang. We love It Will Rain in acrylic on canvas for $96 and Oh Magic, Will You Come Again, listed at $85.

You can see more from D.U.R.A. on Facebook and on her blog!

Sarah West collects vintage pieces for her store Shop Meiko from a number of different places including New York City, Detroit, and internationally in Asia. Looking for unique and fashionable apparel, Sarah stocks her shop with high fashion designer names like Christian Dior, Armani, and Michael Kors. Prices start at around $15.

Shop Meiko also carries great jewelry, shoes, and accessories like the tan leather Ruth Saltz clutch. We especially love the grey Christian Dior sweater with black polka dots, listed for $30, and encourage you to check out the shop’s vintage designer tie collection!

Based out of Long Beach, California, Dreyma Studio is a handmade soap line run by Oni Johnson. “‘Dreyma’ means to dream in Icelandic, and being able to make and share my products with people is my dream,” Oni told us. She manages every aspect of the shop, from formulating scents to color mixing and packaging. 

Dreyma Studio offers scrubs, soaps, and bath salts made from all natural ingredients like beeswax, Epsom salt, and sweet almond oil. You can find the complete list of soap ingredients in the shop. All products are available individually or wholesale and can be shipped internationally.

We love the shop’s moisturizing and exfoliating Dreyma Glow Scrub in Bloom that comes in a five ounce Mason jar with a cute vintage spoon for $12. The Heart Shaped Mini Soaps make for cute (and useful) Valentine’s gifts! They currently come in Sweet Mint with yummy hints of vanilla, Bloom, a soft blend of apricot and floral, and Passion Tea scents.

Nicole Blauw is the multi-talented artist behind Nice Goods Shop on Goodsie. As a long-time gig poster illustrator and t-shirt designer, Nicole opened Nice Goods Shop to sell her original tiny designs on buttons, magnets, and other small accessories. The shop has recently added an apparel line, and will branch out into limited-edition art prints later this year.

Nice Shop is currently offering Nice Tee Gift Sets for $24, which include a printed t-shirt, a custom zipper pull, and a button set. The No Coast Gift Set is a perfect for any landlocked buddy!

Pop culture icons are currently the shop’s hottest items. Be sure to check out the $3.50 button sets, which double as magnets for an additional $1.50. A couple of our favorites include the Harold and Maude Original Faces and the Severus Snape Harry Potter Inspired Set!

You can learn more about Nice Goods Shop on the store’s Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter at @how_nice!