I don’t mean ‘do I go shopping’ cause the answer to that would be a resounding YES – who doesn’t love shopping?

No, the question remains ‘to open a(nother) shop or not’… having just closed my Etsy shop due to nothing happening there. I still have my CafePress shop, but that’s selling very rarely as I’m not adding new stuff to it any more and the percentage I get from sales is minimal at best.

I’ve been looking at WooCommerce on WordPress and it looks both great and easy enough. However, it would mean upgrading my plan and I’m not sure that would be justified since I’m not sure I’d sell enough to make upgrading from a Premium plan (US$10 a month) to a Business plan (US$31 a month).

I’m thinking maybe I should wait a little and try out the el’ cheapo version of simply listing things for sale on FB and Instagram, as well as on the blog, with a description saying the item is for sale and a price…

I mean, between that and selling stuff in person and through the occasional local shop, it might be a better solution for me… Of course I’ll still have to look online to sell a few things – like my remade dolls and some of my poodle artwork (cause I don’t think anyone on Paros would be interested in either!)… perhaps I’ll just go back to ebay for that. Its not ideal, but its something… and everyone looks at ebay.

What are your thoughts, my blog reading friends? Do you think I’d be able to sell enough of my own work from an online shop to justify tripling what I pay currently? Not forgetting that I am currently over-extended as it is with one renovation underway using up every penny I have, another I can’t afford, and the dream of building a studio on our land… Not to mention somehow finding a way/space/way to groom better and more professionally than I am currently.

I was never one to have small dreams…

So, opinions asked for.

Hit me with them.

z