LauraHoosier
Well-Known Member
I have quite the mass of soap cured and every one I've given away to test has passed and exceeded expectations of both me and the testers. Everyone I run into locally wants my website address and when I give them the Etsy site a little part of me cries "You're sending them to the competition!" and they respond with a unenthusiastic "Oh. Ok. I'll look there when I get a chance.", pocket my business card and leave me with the feeling from their response that I'll never see them again.
Etsy is so over saturated in all of their categories that new sellers, how ever how great their soaps are, get lost unless they're spending 60 hours a week and $60 a month on advertising and buying eye catching Etsy store dressings for $25+.
I'm more interested in growing my budding business locally before worrying about globally. I also don't care if I have instant $500 per month/week sales. Being disabled I need to be able to keep up while I slowly grow my business in my home area. I already have friends and family telling -their- friends and families all over the US that I'm making soap and will soon be selling. The first response is "That's great!" and the next "What's her website address"." I already have hubby's co-workers asking to come over and pick out soaps to buy for Christmas.
And all of that leads to me asking this. I have someone, who after talking with one of my testers and seeing my soaps he had, offered to make me a website for free if he can use it in his portfolio. I absolutely said yes but told him not for another 6 months to a year back in July. Since I am more interested in local sales should I tell him to go ahead and start on it with the goal of having it up by end of winter ie March or so? And if I have him start are there carts and programs that are easier to maintain and change, add and remove products, update the site looks, that I should ask him to please use?
Edited for typos
Etsy is so over saturated in all of their categories that new sellers, how ever how great their soaps are, get lost unless they're spending 60 hours a week and $60 a month on advertising and buying eye catching Etsy store dressings for $25+.
I'm more interested in growing my budding business locally before worrying about globally. I also don't care if I have instant $500 per month/week sales. Being disabled I need to be able to keep up while I slowly grow my business in my home area. I already have friends and family telling -their- friends and families all over the US that I'm making soap and will soon be selling. The first response is "That's great!" and the next "What's her website address"." I already have hubby's co-workers asking to come over and pick out soaps to buy for Christmas.
And all of that leads to me asking this. I have someone, who after talking with one of my testers and seeing my soaps he had, offered to make me a website for free if he can use it in his portfolio. I absolutely said yes but told him not for another 6 months to a year back in July. Since I am more interested in local sales should I tell him to go ahead and start on it with the goal of having it up by end of winter ie March or so? And if I have him start are there carts and programs that are easier to maintain and change, add and remove products, update the site looks, that I should ask him to please use?
Edited for typos