Just bought another bag pattern from U-handbag and you are allowed to make them to sell!
So hopefully I will make a start in time for my Etsy shop re-opening this coming weekend!
I've already got some green polka dot fabric to use up from making a shoulder bag recently.
What will be listed? well all the shoulder bags will be listed, the shopping bags and some fabrics left from making items, maybe the lavender hearts I've made, maybe some pegbags and other things as well, not decided yet.
I'm looking forward to opening the Etsy shop again but a bit peeved at the same time, why? well it means paying Etsy fees and considering I have two other websites on the internet, neither of which cost me anything extra in fees.
I'm going to give this making and selling business just one more year and see how I go, still at least I won't have the taxman chasing me! At least I'm learning new skills with the bag patterns I've bought.
I keep asking myself, it is me? is it the shop name? The original website www.sykesssillysite.co.uk didn't have links so you could pay through paypal so I learnt how to insert the coding, so I thought that maybe it was because it wasn't an e-commerce professional looking website.
So in December, the second webshop on the internet opened
www.freestore.org/sykesssillysite but no sales for christmas, valentines day or Mother's day. To generate some interest, I even did a giveaway for a bag I was making from new pattern I bought, I had six entries.
Is it what I make, recyling fabrics but then again other people recycle fabrics and they can't keep up with orders, selling things as quick as they make them, then there is the ongoing question of pricing? Too low and are people thinking I'm just making recycled rubbish, prices too high and then is what I make worth the cost? considering that what I make are one offs.
So I've re-priced everything on the existing websites and have now included time it takes for me to make items as well for fabric etc and also bought some new fabrics and two new bag patterns as well. Thank you to those of you who have bought from me over the last four years, very much appreciated.
As for marketing, well I've got the blog,
I'm on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/sykesssillysite
I have a Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/28631598@N02/
I've also got a Pinterest page http://pinterest.com/sykesssillysite/
and a Facebook too! https://www.facebook.com/sykesssillysite.co.uk
Josie x
10th April - 11.05am
2 comments:
thanks Julie for leaving a comment, I thought it was just me!
Josie x
Um, yeah. The name. 'Tis a tad of a gobfull :) I realise that changing the name might be a pain (ooh, that rhymes!) but, I was thinking, how about one of those free hosting sites that are a bit limited.
Call that, I dunno, "Josie's". Perhaps that could have some nice choice images of a product , with a click through on each image to one of your other sites. A 'front' name and site if you like.
I'll have chat with my lad. If there's a Net angle, he'll know it.
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