How I Shop for Plants Online! Tips and Tricks to Buying a Plant on Etsy! | Unboxing the Plant!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2022
- In this video I take you on my online shopping process on Etsy! I was looking for a philodendron sodiroi plant and I share how I go about searching for the right plant and tips and tricks I do to filter through all the possibilities. I also share the unboxing with you on what I ordered! It was a lot of fun filming this online plant shopping video and I can't wait to do another one!
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Cat purrs in the background are the best ❤️
😂😂 she was so loud! I love listening the all the purrs 🥰
I was so distracted in the beginning at your sweet kitty trying to get your attention! So cute 🥹🥰
Haha thank you!! She’s so cuddly!! They all are but she’s definitely soo sweet!!
So I never knew I needed kitty purrs and plant shopping audio but this gave me all the serotonin! ❤️ Love the behind the scenes peek at plant shopping online too. Great vid!
aww I'm glad it was relaxing! She's such a sweet kitty and does this all the time to my husband lol. Thank you for watching I had so much fun filming this!
I loved your thought process on why buy the same plant just larger for more money when you can pay SO much less and you get the thrill of watching it grow up. 🤗
Thank you! The price definitely helped my decision! There wasn’t anything wrong with it and I thought it was a great deal for sure! 😊
@@plantsbymelissa in time you will have that $160 plant . Patience 🥰
Loved this video, having you cat purring made it extra cozy so cute!
yay! I'm so glad! I was worried she was being so loud lol
I got excited when i realized that you included when it arrived and the unboxing too. So thoughtful of u to wait n edit. Please if u could do another vids like this💚😍
Thank you so much! I'll definitely do another one it was really enjoyable for me to film this! I had to include the unboxing! I didn't want to make anyone wait to see it lol
We WANT to hear the Purr Purrs. They are so relaxing and healing! 😍 She is adorable!
aww thank you so much! I'm so glad!! She's such a sweetheart!
I love hearing kittys purr 😻 thoroughly enjoyed this video thank you so much ❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!!
This is a fun video I’d love to see more of your online plant buying experiences in this start to finish format! I need that wisdom!!!!❤
I seriously love the cat purr background music in so many of your videos! 😻
Melissa! This was such a joy to watch and would love to see more of these! 🥰
I'm so glad! Thank you so much! I'll have to do another one soon!
I'm so glad I'm seeing this video now. I just ourchased my first plant order online and the plant I got were WAY smaller than I was expecting...I thought it was just me but now I'm seeing that it is def something to pay attention to when ordering online! P.S. mine were tiny and def not ready to deal with the stress of shipping!
Pictures can be very deceiving! I love when sellers show the actual size with a ruler! I try to compare against other objects in the photos but a lot of the times they are much smaller and the angles make them appear bigger 😅
I enjoyed this video so much! ☺️ I'm saying yes to another Shop with Melissa video 😁💚
Thank you so much!! I'll definitely do another one! :)
Absolutely loved this video! Loved watching your process of how you chose this plant! I’ve been watching your instagram and was so excited to see this video was up!☺️ I’ve learned so much from you already! Thank you so much!
Thanks so much! 😊
That was so fun! Yes, more shopping vids💚
Thank you!! I'll definitely do another one of these and I'll be back at the stores soon!
Truly enjoyable video. It was fun watching someone purchase a plant and seeing how it came in. You gave me some pointers on how to order from Etsy. Thank you. Can't wait to see an update on it.
I'm so glad! I'll definitely do another one here sometime! Glad I could be helpful! I'll definitely film me repotting it and can't wait to do updates!
This was such a fun video, Melissa! What a beautiful plant you got 😍
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it! So happy with the plant!! ❤
Melissa this was a really fun video. Would be glad to see more like this.
Thank you so much! I'm glad it was a fun video! I'll definitely do more!
OMG! The kitty is adorable 😍😍😍
OMG!!! Your cat purring. So freaking cute!!
Thank you!! 😊
obsessed with star and the way she's looking at you 😻
and her purrs. and plants 😂
Thank you!! Haha she’s such a sweet cat! She’s actually obsessed with my husband wayyy more 😂
@@plantsbymelissa omg hahah that's hard to even imagine! also did really like this video and having the shopping+seeing the plant all at once it worked out really well!! would love to see more
yes to more videos like this!
you got it!
Throughly enjoyed shopping with you. It was interesting to hear your thinking out loud process to describe the reasoning of getting to your final decision. Good luck with your new plant baby. Beautiful plant to match your beautiful smile. Star is the icing on the cake! Sweetest of the sweet! 😻 Would love to see more of this type of video but still love perusing the stores with you, too. Have a good rest of your evening. 🪴💚
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It was a lot of fun to do this one. I'll definitely be back to the stores soon! Star is such a sweet kitty! Have a good weekend!!
Great video ! And the cat purrs OMG SO CUTE 😭😭❤
Thank you!! 🥹💚💚
I unboxed a plant from Etsy with you! 😂
I loved this video! It was fun!
That sodiroi is stunning!!!
Yay! Thank you!
I am learning so much from you! I have always had plants, but some I never tried to grow! I am now branching out and choosing different and newer varieties! Thanks for your easy to follow videos! 😘🤩
Aww so glad! You’re very welcome! ☺️
Love this plant shopping video! This is so much more accurate for rare/less common plant shopping haha. Would love to see more videos like this 😊
Eta: and loved the kitty cameo. 🥰
Thank you!! I filmed another one so waiting on the plant mail to come! SO excited for this one!
Wow. She is a beauty. A very lovely plant. Good choice. Cute cat. 👏👏
Thank you so much! I'm really happy with it! She's so sweet! 🥹
That is the exact way I shop online. I would have ordered that exact same plant…good choice👍
Thank you so much!!
Thank you Melissa, hugs to you.
You're welcome! Have a great day!! :)
Beautiful plant. The cat purrs were so relaxing.
Thank you so much! I love the plant it's so little but it's adorable and can't wait to watch it grow!
Star is so pretty!
Star is a sweetie. Beautiful plant.
Thank you so much! She's such a sweet kitty :)
😍🫠 I loved Star background noise 🥹
Your kitty purrs needs your attention. She’s cute 😅 ❤
haha thank you! She's so sweet but wants cuddles often lol. She usually goes after my husband :)
Enjoyed ur journey
Thank you 🙂
Beautiful plant! I was talking to the screen telling you to get the cheeper plant lol!
haha I realllly wanted the other one but I'm happy I went with the cheaper one. It's so cute and little but it will definitely grow up in time!
I’ve ordered about 12 plants and a ton of seeds online in the last week and it’s a problem 😅 I don’t have nearly enough space but I’ll have to make it work 😂
That’s certainly a beautiful plant. I think you you made a good deal for what you paid for it. And that it came from close to you was a benefit. Just remember you can always get a heat pack from most sellers.
Omg inlove with the kitty 😺 😍 💖 so cute😁😁😁
haha Thank you so much!! She was so loud with the purrs lol
Great vid!!!! They probably meant the plant had extra large roots but was not that clear! Beautiful beautiful plant!!!!! Xxx
Thank you! Ah yes, that makes more sense! haha I would like this isn't an extra large plant no way lol. So happy with it!!
I have just started ordering some plants from Etsy and enjoyed watching your method for selecting a plant. I live in NE so will wait till spring for any more mail orders. Just can't trust the weather.
Thank you so much! It's definitely risky to order when the weather is cold. I used to order a lot more plant mail and during cold weather it was rough! You definitely have to expect to rehab a plant if necessary. Some of them do just fine if they're packaged well and with a heat pack but the shipping delays over the holiday was the worst time!
Oh it's special, I've bought sodiroi last weekend. Medium size with 6 to 7 leaves, it's only $3 USD in Indonesia 🥰😭 and I love your voices btw, enjoy your Friday ☕🥰
wow that's sooo inexpensive compared to here! I'm sure yours is beautiful!! I love the leaves on this plant. Thank you so much and you have a great weekend! :)
Your kitty! 😂❤
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Haha I hear a lot of cat purrs
😂😂 she was so loud! ❤
I'm an Etsy seller (not of plants) and I promise you that your "free" shipping is (most of the time) added into the cost of your product. And if you buy multiple things, you may end up paying more money overall because shipping of those multiple items would more than likely cost less than the built in cost (ex if I sold my candles with $9 each built in for shipping you pay $18 for "free" shipping when the cost would be like $11 shipping for 2 after they're boxed together and weighed).
Also, while star seller is good, there are a lot of shops that may not have star seller that just can't reach some of Etsy's required metrics (such as the minimum dollar amount/minimum number of sales that shops are required to meet. Someone could meet the minimum dollar amount for higher priced items but not meet the total number of sales required. That doesn't mean they're not a good seller though, ya know?).
Anyway, feel free to ignore me, just have noticed that in general people who aren't an Etsy shop owner don't know the ins and outs of some of the behind the scenes things.
And unrelated, your plant is lovely! I am excited to see it grow for you!
Do u have mark tail
How did you toggle back and forth between sellers?
I just opened up multiple screens :)
I hate shopping on Etsy sometimes because it gives me so many results for plants I didn't ask to see. 😅
The more expensive one from ExoticaFL I'm not sure if you noticed, was 25%off.
ahh I didn't notice that! hmm, I wonder if that would have influenced my decision now. That 3 leaf one was speaking to me lol
@@plantsbymelissa I know it was sooooo beautiful. I kept saying to the screen "buy that one! Please buy that one!!". In any case the shopping video was a great idea it was fun to watch. 😊
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Fun fact: other plants keep coming up likely because the sellers are keyword stuffing-tagging irrelevant plants to their listings! Kind of a shady tactic but they do it because it keeps them “relevant” in search 🙃 as someone in digital marketing, i know this is a big no-no and definitely something etsy should crack down on
Ahh that makes total sense!! Thank you for sharing! It definitely seems shady to do that!
well of course it has roots...
Au contraire, I do in fact want to hear girlfriend's purrr purrrrs 🥰