Is it how many sales you make in a certain amount of time..Or how many people you have in your circles, or how many items you have listed for sale?
I know each one of us wants to be successful monetary. It is a lot of work to try to sell online.
I never had a clue how much it takes to promote yourself!
For myself, I would like to keep at least 200 items in my shop for sale. So far I've not reached that number. I want my shop to become more well known, and to have more in my circles.
I work on this everyday and try to add new people to all the promotional sites I am on.
The reason I started selling online in the first place, is I can't work outside the home in the workforce
When you are having to work outside the home you always think "I wish I didn't have to work everyday". Or at least that's what I always said.
I raised three kids on my own for years and I worked three jobs trying to support them.
Thankfully, I had a wonderful Grandmother that kept them for me, so I didn't have to worry about how they were being treated.
Now, I cant work outside the home due to physical problems, and I wish I could.
I am always thinking, "What more can I do to be a success in selling?"
It is hard being a one income family these days as most of you know. I feel bad for my husband that he struggles with feeling inadequate with how much money he makes.
He did a lot better when we were in the Northwest, but we moved here in Ky for family and the pay is not that great.
I know there are people out there that have money, enjoy homemade items and love shopping online. SO, how do I find them?
I don't give up easily, so I will keep plugging along each day and hopefully my shop will become more well known.
As most of you know my favorite thing to add and create are my flowers from pencil shavings.
I had them in stores before when I lived in the Northwest and was doing well with selling them.
Where I live now I would have to drive too far to be able to promote them in stores.
I think you have to see them in person to really appreciate them.
What makes your shop work for you.. What do you do different to be successful, and what does your success consist of?
Your flowers are so unique and beautiful! Keep working on your shop and I'm sure you'll find the right people to buy them. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI opened my shop hoping to just cover the supplies for my craft projects, but I quickly realized I wasn't content with just that. Now, I think success for me is never giving up and never accepting the status quo. I want to keep expanding my shop and improving my items, and I don't think that should ever stop.
Being successful online is a lot of work to say the least. I have found that improving my photos has helped a great deal with sales as well as tagging with words that a customer might use. It's definitely an on-going effort!
ReplyDeleteTo me, success isn't so much about numbers as it is about how what I'm doing makes me feel. I felt successful from the very first time someone loved one of my pieces. Everything sense has just been an effort to continue that feeling.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quote about success is this:
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”
― W.P. Kinsella
Running a successful business online is a lot harder work than I thought too! But as much as I love working from home, I also love to do several shows a year where I can interact with my customers in person. That's where I get the biggest kick out of hearing how much they appreciate my work and it motivates me to do even more. My main goal in running my business is to maintain a reputation for quality workmanship and excellent customer service and I find that if I always work on those two things, my customers will remember me for it and come back again! *Ü*
ReplyDeleteI love your pencil shaving creations.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to have a flexible job with disposable income for when we retire!
ReplyDeleteI opened my Etsy shop as a way of opening up to buyers outside of Spain, survival tactic for a country whose economy is really suffering. Still struggling with how to promote, reach people for higher item goods....so still dont know what metrics are for "success" that are realistic! For me I feel successful when I get positive feedback from customers who are happy with my work!
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