First off I want to thank everyone who sent questions. I'll be starting to answer them on Wednesday and if you have any please email me or comment on the question request post.
Second I now have an official spam policy that you can read here and is also linked in the upper right menu of the blog. There's been a problem with spam comments lately, often get rich quick scams, and I wanted a clear policy so you can see what sort of comments have been getting removed. I encourage you to disagree with me and post your opinions and I'll never delete a comment that does so long as it remains PG rated for any younger readers (I have had parents contact me about their kids starting businesses and reading this blog).
Third here's a fun creative video that is handmade if not about business:
Senin, 01 Februari 2010
Jumat, 29 Januari 2010
Weekly Inspiration
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Kamis, 28 Januari 2010
Quick Note
Just wanted to say I've received some great Q&A submissions and will be answering some next week. Also there was a problem with commenting that has now been fixed. So if you had a question and weren't able to leave a comment on the previous post you can now.
Senin, 25 Januari 2010
Q&A Request
Sometimes it can be a little tough to know what to write about for this blog. So I'm throwing this thing open: Email me or post a question in the comments. I would like to start a semi-regular Question and Answer post. So come on all you readers, I know you're out there and must have questions so let me have it!
Jumat, 22 Januari 2010
Weekly Inspiration
Lovely work space. Look at all the beads! I'm a little jealous.
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Jumat, 15 Januari 2010
Weekly Inspiration
Set of two Antik Handle... Door, Drawer Pull with Turquoise Blue, Brown and White Petite Flowers..., originally uploaded by Arzu Musa.
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Rabu, 13 Januari 2010
Shipping Poll Results
As promised here are the results of last week's poll on shipping:
Those are pretty overwhelming results so I've decided to make changes in how I handle shipping for my jewelry. For single orders I'm now shipping first class but still using priority for multiple orders and my sculpture. The reason for this is that I feel more secure sending expensive orders ($60+) priority rather than first class.
Here are a few of the comments from last week's post that I found most insightful:
92% - 44 votes: Cheaper
8% - 4 votes: Faster
8% - 4 votes: Faster
Those are pretty overwhelming results so I've decided to make changes in how I handle shipping for my jewelry. For single orders I'm now shipping first class but still using priority for multiple orders and my sculpture. The reason for this is that I feel more secure sending expensive orders ($60+) priority rather than first class.
Here are a few of the comments from last week's post that I found most insightful:
- That depends *entirely* upon what's being shipped. If it's fragile, I'd want it faster, so that it's more likely to arrive in one piece (less handling by the carrier). If it's a book, I might choose the cheaper option. Totally unhelpful, I know
- I experimented with first class mail after the last priority mail price increase. I found that in most cases first class is as fast as priority mail. The folks at my post office said that priority used to be batched with express, but now it is batched with the first class.
Has this poll or the resent priority mail increases made you change your shipping? If so please share in the comments.
- I choose slower and here is why: The items I make need to be shipped in a box, so I was shipping priority. Now, they don't weigh very much, they just need those sturdy walls to protect them. Last year, when priority just kept going up and up and up it started to become stupid to charge SO MUCH to be shipping something that eight 3oz. So i went on Uline, discovered I could purchase nice study boxes for about 50c a piece, and ship first class, including the weight of the box, for half the price i was paying for priority. Once i got these boxes I did a few tests. I shipped a few of these boxes to the same location, at the same time, one priority, one first class. They got there at exactly the same time. I did a survey like this before I changed shipping, and the overwhelming percentage cheaper/slower. I was nervous to do so at first, but I have noticed ZERO changes in the speed that my items are getting to the buyer. My etsy feedback has lots of "very fast shipping" type comments since the change. I do think it helps that i ship in boxes rather than envelopes, as I believe they are treated with a little more respect and priority than bubble mailers.
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