Transitioning from Etsy

Just when I think I am doing a self-proclaimed "much better job" at keeping track of all the different ways order inquiries, discussion and ORDERS come in (FB, Etsy, Text, etc) there is inevitably something that happens that slaps me right in the forehead and says "NO YOU'RE NOT!" Yesterday it happened .... I lost track of someone's order.  (Insert mass hysteria over here) Not only is this terribly disappointing for the person (which is the worst part) it is also makes me feel horrible and sad and then I start with counter-productive self talk which helps no one.

SSSSOOOO, I've been thinking about transitioning away from Etsy for a while now.  Simply put, while it's an "out of the box" solution, the seller fees are ridiculous.  This is just a tiny business and paying hundreds (yes hundreds) of dollars a month in just Etsy fees before you even tack on the percentages to process payments, listing fees, etc  it really is crazy how much money is just "gone".  Obviously keeping costs down benefits us both.

Having said all of that I have been researching a solution that will work for everything; I will be transitioning all the things I had been posting to Etsy directly to a new e-commerce solution powered by ecwid.  You'll be able to purchase items, send me custom order request and register for workshops DIRECTLY from ItsScrapicated.com.  YAY!!!

There will be a place to submit your custom design requests so there is an actual "order" for the design creation.  There will be a very minimal fee ($5) to have your custom design created BUT that $5 will be applied to your order once the design is finalized.  You will be able to purchase your custom designed creation directly from the Shop/Register page of the website with a Custom Listing that is just for you.  All workshop (It's Scrapicated by YOU!) registration will be  there as well along with the items I rerfer to as "stock" items (Glitter FanWear, etc)    This solution also gives you an order that you can see vs wondering "is she working on that text I sent".

What?!?!? Everything in the same place -- say it isn't so?!?? -- LOL  It's going to take a bit to transition everything over but any/all NEW items will be found at Shop/Register 

As you may have noticed a CALENDAR has been also added to the website so you can see what is upcoming too related to workshops.

I think this is going to be FAN-TASTIC!!! and if nothing else I hope you're excited that I may potentially stop losing your orders. :)

Here's to continual change and improvement!!! and Thank you for patience as this one woman show works thru the occasional growing pain.

Peace, Love & Glitter!!!
-Tammy