Getting Back to BNRs

What is a BNR?

Sandra, a PCF Team leader and owner of Photography by Sandra, offers the following definition:

BNR stands for Buy and Replace. It's a treasury that is active. Shops come by and rather than just stopping in and faving and leaving a comment, they come in and chat for a while and hopefully "buy in". The BNR is moderated by the curator and the idea is to get sales for the shops featured in the BNR. 

The BNR is open for a fixed amount of time, usually a day, maybe a week, maybe a few hours. When you "buy into" a BNR, your shop takes the spot of the shop that you bought from. Hopefully someone will come along and buy from you. 

BNRs have different rules, so make sure you read them all. They typically have a minimum buy in price that's usually after coupon code and before shipping. It's pretty much expected that you have a coupon code for the BNR - typically 10% - but it's up to you.

Normally you have to "call out" the shop you want to buy from and wait for permission to shop. This is just asking permission to shop a shop, e.g., May I shop GRISTMILLDESIGNS? The curator will confirm your call out and tell you to go ahead. You go and shop, come back and post your transaction link as well as the shop you bought from, and the amount you spent according to the BNRs requirements.

Typically you can buy any item in the featured shops, but double check the rules.

The rules about "carry overs' vary. In the PCF Team BNRs, if you "buy in" you will be carried over to the next BNR. Other BNRs may start fresh every time, once again read the rules. 

In some BNRs you can win a spot through promoting and bringing in people who fave or buy in. They might have contests to win spots, etc.

This week the PCF Team is getting back to BNR fun. We figured it's the perfect time, as early holiday shopping begins during fall season! This evening will be the preview for the BNR event, a collaboration with the We Have your Back Team on Etsy. That means that the treasury list will be up for viewing (and possibly early shopping).

Here are some of the shops that are kicking off the preview for our BNR. Click the banners to visit the shops and browse! The link for the BNR will be posted tomorrow as well, for your convenience.

Weekend Treasuries

Each weekend, the PCF Team on Etsy plays a treasury game. To play the game, a member must create a treasury including four chosen member shops. Today we're featuring a few of the weekend treasuries that were made. Hope you enjoy! All treasury images are clickable, so you can click on the treasury image to go and give it a fave and/or leave a comment.

 

 Curated by Ashley from Mommy and Me Workshop

Curated by Audrey from ACCrochet

 

Curated by Cristi from MyMexicanArt

If you're an Etsy member, and you make a treasury (any treasury) during this week, come back here and leave the link to your treasury in a comment to be considered for a feature here on the blog!
If you create a collection on ArtFire or Zibbet, we'd also love to see those submissions so that we can feature them here on the blog also.

We're the Promoting Creative Friends team, and we love to promote creative friends.

Return of the PCF Shop Hop

It's the RETURN OF THE PCF SHOP HOP! 

If you have an online shop selling handmade, vintage or supplies, you're invited to link up with us and share your goods. All online shops are welcome (Etsy, Zibbet, ArtFire, etc), so don't be shy, share what you've got for sale! With the holiday season fast approaching, we are hoping to entice some early shoppers.

We'll be hosting the monthly Shop Hop during the first week of each month, lasting for one week. And each month, a couple of shops will be chosen at random as the Spotlight Shops to be featured during the next month's hop. Please be sure to visit the Spotlight Shops in support of small business, and in the name of Promoting Creative Friends (all social media shares are, of course, welcome and much appreciated as well).

GUIDELINES:
* Link up your shop URL (not a specific item).
* Visit the Spotlight Shops for the month (this will begin next month0.
--->>> Leave a blog comment sharing a favorite item from at least one of the shops.
* Visit at least TWO shops before you (promoting is not mandatory but is definitely appreciated).
* Spread the word and invite friends to join us! 
* A button will be coming soon.

Let's Get To It! Time to LINK UP. 

An InLinkz Link-up

 
Share our shop hop! 
Tweet with #pcfteam and invite others to join us.
Blog about it and link back to us.

Red, White and Blue

With Labor Day comes some red, white and blue. So here are some finds in those colors from shops of the Promoting Creative Friends team on Etsy! Enjoy.

from Four Happy Faces

 

from Love N a Cupcake

from Gloves by Jana

from The Beaded Cottage

 If you have something red, white, and blue to share, please leave the link in a comment!