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Free shipping over fifty dollars is quietly eating the margin I thought I had

I set the free shipping threshold at fifty dollars because every store I admire has one and mine felt naked without it. Four months later I sat down with the actual orders on a Sunday and most of…

Aisha WrightΒ·Β· 3active 2d
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All my money is sitting in boxes and the next minimum order is due before I get paid

The first 300 units of my cleanser sold out in about nine weeks, which sounds like a headline and feels like a trap. My contract manufacturer's minimum on the next run is 1,000 units and they want…

Aisha WrightΒ·Β· 3active 3w
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Leaving Etsy for my own store and suddenly sales tax is my problem, not theirs

I've sold ceramics on Etsy for three years. The store is fine, the fees are the fees, and I've made peace with a search algorithm deciding how my month goes. What I want is a place where the…

Maya FischerΒ·Β· 3active Aug 1