Squaring stuff away.
Mar 25, 2006 Good lawd have I been busy lately! There's been a whole lotta drama going on with my Etsy shop, and while I won't get into it, let's just say that someone not only copied one of my ideas, but took my description WORD FOR WORD and used it as her own. While I'm all for free enterprise and all that crap, I draw the line at plagiarism. That's just screwed up, so Jihad on that chick.
Anyway, Elaine has acted as my buyer, and bought some super kick ass sling material for me. I have one listed, and I'm going to be listing the others in the very near future. I, myself, have found some pretty kick ass fabric, as well, so I listed a few more slings and am so happy with how my little shop looks! I went ahead and listed some coloring bags, and within the first, oh, hour or so of them being listed one of them already sold. I totally heart it when that happens.
I'm putting together a Planet Zebes mailing list, and I have plans for Solarveil slings for summertime. I'm also going to be crocheting a couple of baby blankets and listing them to see how well they do. I've changed a few things around the store as far as descriptions and my bio go. I have plans in the near future to drop Etsy altogether as the result of the above-mentioned incident, plus a few other things. I don't like that I can't categorize my items. I don't like that a person can buy something from the store and not pay for it...... EVER. I don't like having to pay a listing fee and a final value fee (some months it's not a big deal, but this month it's really costing me a chunk of money).
I'm playing around with the idea of having a month-long special, like free shipping, or 10% off, or a free gift with purchase. Etsy doesn't allow coupons or discounts or contests, so I'm going to have to really think about how to implement it. Hey all you shoppers out there! Tell me what you think of those ideas, or what really draws you as a customer when a store has a special deal or promo going on. I'd love to get an idea as to what customers really like.
Anyway, we've really been revamping the house and moving furniture around and clearing out our space. We were supposed to have a yard sale today, but Bryan's (legitimately) sick, so I'm going to do it tomorrow instead. We have a dumpster here, so I'm going to be getting rid of a lot of crap and clearing out the upstairs rooms to make way for.......... a room mate!
I don't relish the idea of having to live with someone else again, but my dad has *promised* to keep the house for another year, provided we can pony up some additional rent. Seeing as how the upstairs is not exactly living up to its full potential, I think we should move some unsuspecting person up in there and take money from them, no? I have to clear out those rooms, and shampoo the carpet, and paint the walls, and probably either make new curtains or have dad fork over money for new miniblinds, but it's kind of exciting to make the space nice and clean.
Bryan and I are clear on one thing, though, and that's that the room mate(s) will be room rentals ONLY. While they will have full house privileges I don't want to run the risk of having to try to accomodate someone else's crap downstairs. I think it's a pretty fair trade, and what with the small amount of rent we're asking, plus two bedrooms upstairs with a private bath, plus washer/dryer in the garage, plus the pool, plus super kick ass ME to hang out with, it's a pretty enticing deal! I guess this means no more naked Tuesdays, though. *sigh* You can't have everything.
Reader Comments (10)
I love when online places have free shipping. For some reason that really entices me. I also love when they do a "buy one item, get the 2nd item half off" type of thing.
and oh my **LOL!plus super kick ass ME to hang out with, it's a pretty enticing deal!
When I was growing up we rented our upstairs to college students. Worked great!
I'm so full of good words tonight.