Let's start Again...

 Time to start over and see where this takes me..

My Goimagine shop is slow-but I get that it is a fairly new site and I might be expecting too much too soon from it.. but it is good to add to my business. I will stay for a few years and see. The cost is minimal and if I do better with sales there-I would consider the next level up in cost & fees.

I do need to add more items to the GI shop. Listing items is ok.. it is different then other sites but do able. Shipping is certainly different and honestly I don't know if I am undercharging or not. lol. The help desk is excellent and their forum is always ready to help.

The owner is pleasant and has weekly interactive video chats. I do find the often denigration of Etsy to be annoying. It is not needed and I bet most of the current sellers also sell on Etsy. And lots of us have good sales on Etsy. I do find it to be less than it was even a few weeks ago- so I have hope they will stop.

Etsy is doing fine- no real complaints there as far as sales go. I had a 2 week slump in May-- but I got curtains made for 3 rooms in my home.. and got a couple quilt tops done.. that I will post here at some point. I discovered that I apparently like to make quilts but don't like to finish them.. I got some more tops ready to baste.

Am off to take pictures and make videos for 75 Etsy listings.. I already did 30 of them.. but Etsy now wants videos on all listings.. So.. I will get them those videos even if they are really just slideshows. I am trying to do 5-10 a day.

Thanks for reading..

Selling your Best

 I am not sure when it all started.. maybe during the pandemic.. not sure. But there are lots of sellers on all venues who make shoddy work and wonder why they have to lower their price so much to get a sale.

 I see stained sewn items and sewn items with pet fur on the pix.. I see wooden items that are slapped together and not painted well or sanded. I see sellers doing the bare minimum and crying foul because their items just don't sell.

When did it become the norm to just make something to get it sold and not have the integrity to make your best and then try to sell that.

I believe you try until you have perfected your craft and then you make and sell that. Just my thoughts.