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Etsy...

6/4/2018

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Oh Etsy.  I now have a real love/hate relationship with you.  I have so enjoyed selling on eBay, I wanted to branch out into the rest of the big world and see what I could do.  That's how I ended up with this website and typing this blog.  I want to grow our business and I want to be successful with it and I want to be able to share with someone...anyone the love I have for all of these things that enter our home.  

So I was doing some research and by looking at MANY Etsy shops, I found out that my profits on glassware could be significantly higher than what I am currently selling them for on eBay.  I thought, what the heck am I doing giving some of these things away?  Maybe I should try this.  So I tried it.  And 5 hours later I have my store open, 2 items listed and one item saved as a draft.  You can't even save a freaking draft until you have at least one picture posted and the whole thing completed.  I don't get it.  I am going to have to change my whole process of how I list things.  I have never endured such a tedious process--I am hoping that it is just a learning curve.

I keep reading about how the market is saturated and things aren't selling well and younger people just don't collect things.  While a lot of that is true, I would disagree that the market is saturated.  I mean, it is with some items, but that's when you have to branch out and dig for those things that aren't mass produced.  I think the thing I enjoy most about eBay and even Etsy is I get a chance to write.  Just like I am doing for this post.  And while this is a creative outlet for me, this is also an outlet about my learning process and our adventure doing this--and sharing my knowledge (or lack thereof) with someone else.
 
It's time that I close up the computer for the day.  My eyes are beginning to get blurry--that means it is time to stop, well that and my Apple watch is telling me that it is time to stand and move around some.  I hope someone enjoys reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. 
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