I haven't been working on much shop related stuff this last week. It's a bit blah really. Etsy is making some changes to their site, and their fees, and it seems to have been a very quiet week. I don't know if it's Etsy or if it's just me. Views in my shop have dropped. Like practically all week, they were next to nothing. Since I opened my shop people have been complaining on the Etsy forums about how their views and visits have dropped. People are saying their shops are much quieter than they usually are and they're making less sales. Maybe Etsy isn't the right place to sell on?
I sold some sewing magazines and patterns I had (not on Etsy) and I was going to use the money to buy more fabric to make stuff for my shop, but now I'm not sure. I have no idea what I should work on. I was planning to get some more PUL for embroidered nappies, but I haven't actually sold any of the ones I've made so far, so maybe it's not a good idea. But then again, I'm thinking, hmm, if I make more designs then I'm more likely to sell one. People keep favouriting them, so they must like them. Maybe the price is too high? But my pricing isn't much different to similar items.
Etsy tells you what people searched for to find your shop and a few people have been searching for all in one nappies, so do I make them?
You're probably supposed to have a business plan when you start up a business. I kind of had one. Make cute stuff. Sell said cute stuff. I think something more specific would be better because I really don't know what I'm doing and what I should be focusing on. I haven't done any advertising yet either. I'll think about doing that this week. If Etsy isn't sending you any customers then maybe you need to find your own.
I finished making some fitted nappies. Well, actually only one, because I'm out of bamboo fleece to finish the others. Three of these are hybrids with a Windpro layer and one is just and ordinary fitted.
I can't seem to get it to look photogenic. They definitely look nicer in real life. They're made from the Rocket Bottoms one size fitted pattern and the soaker is from the Rocket Bottoms one size fits most pattern. It's what they call a snake style soaker that you normally fold to fit, but this one has snaps to hold it in place. There's a small booster that snaps in underneath as well. It looks like a lot of snaps, but I think they help keep it all in place.
I'm going to upload this one to my shop soon. For some reason I have this weird paranoia about listing things. I'm a terrible business person! Obviously you have to list things to sell them. I really should work on a business plan too. I think I'll have to buy some more bamboo fleece to finish the nappies I've started. They just need the mini boosters made. I forgot to sew labels onto the soakers I made for them, so I'll have to try and sew them on to the boosters somehow.
I sold some sewing magazines and patterns I had (not on Etsy) and I was going to use the money to buy more fabric to make stuff for my shop, but now I'm not sure. I have no idea what I should work on. I was planning to get some more PUL for embroidered nappies, but I haven't actually sold any of the ones I've made so far, so maybe it's not a good idea. But then again, I'm thinking, hmm, if I make more designs then I'm more likely to sell one. People keep favouriting them, so they must like them. Maybe the price is too high? But my pricing isn't much different to similar items.
Etsy tells you what people searched for to find your shop and a few people have been searching for all in one nappies, so do I make them?
You're probably supposed to have a business plan when you start up a business. I kind of had one. Make cute stuff. Sell said cute stuff. I think something more specific would be better because I really don't know what I'm doing and what I should be focusing on. I haven't done any advertising yet either. I'll think about doing that this week. If Etsy isn't sending you any customers then maybe you need to find your own.
I finished making some fitted nappies. Well, actually only one, because I'm out of bamboo fleece to finish the others. Three of these are hybrids with a Windpro layer and one is just and ordinary fitted.
I can't seem to get it to look photogenic. They definitely look nicer in real life. They're made from the Rocket Bottoms one size fitted pattern and the soaker is from the Rocket Bottoms one size fits most pattern. It's what they call a snake style soaker that you normally fold to fit, but this one has snaps to hold it in place. There's a small booster that snaps in underneath as well. It looks like a lot of snaps, but I think they help keep it all in place.
I'm going to upload this one to my shop soon. For some reason I have this weird paranoia about listing things. I'm a terrible business person! Obviously you have to list things to sell them. I really should work on a business plan too. I think I'll have to buy some more bamboo fleece to finish the nappies I've started. They just need the mini boosters made. I forgot to sew labels onto the soakers I made for them, so I'll have to try and sew them on to the boosters somehow.
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