On to the net
Jul 17th, 2009 by elle
In my last post I mentioned that I was considering a small business where I sold my handmade wares. I outlined what would be needed if I were to do this in my community in my last post, but I had also considered doing it online. Maybe selling stuff on Etsy, maybe my own site, I’m not sure. Here I am going to outline what would be necessary should I decide (if indeed I decide to do this at all!) to run this business on the net.
I have been looking into what I would need, and it is somewhat daunting. From what I can gather, I think I would need to investigate leased line providers, and make sure that I am in an area that has business SDSL availability. I think there are quite a few broadband companies around at the moment, so I could shop around for a good deal.
That’s all if I chose to have my own website, but I would be concerned that I wouldn’t get enough traffic to make it worth while. I could just have a shop on Etsy and then I am much more likely to get traffic, but I also have fewer options to make my part of the site stand out. The more I think about doing this, the less inclined I am to do it. I think that I may hold off on this for a while, until I am much happier with what I make, and have a stockpile of really unique items.
As for really unique items, this isn’t a knitted one, but rather a crocheted one, but this is one of those really unique patterns that needs to be looked at. A Beholder, as in D&D Beholder, crocheted amigurumi style. 
I wouldn’t personally make this, but it is still very unique!