So you’re a handmade business owner.

Turning your passion into a business and creating an income from your sales is admirable!

But are you feeling stuck?

You’re not getting many sales and it feels really hard to turn one time customers into repeat sales.

But just like going to the clinic to get some answers for what’s causing that intense migraine,  there can be numerous causes for the problem you’re having in your business.

Your prices might be wrong.

Your photos might be bad.

Your product …

Do you ever wonder how much money other handmade or creative business owners make?

This has always been a socially taboo subject, but I think we’re all a little bit curious, right?

Income reports have been trending in the blogging world in the last few years but few handmade businesses are doing it.

I created an income report for 2014, where I showed a revenue of $200,914 and with $107,157 profit. It was an amazing year.

What you can learn from my successes and …

Have you ever created a promotion or event for your shop only to have it fall flat on its face?

I have.

Last year on Black Friday, I decided at the last minute (that’s how I roll!) that I should do something for the biggest shopping day of the year.

I created a graphic banner to put on the front page of my website.

The promotion was 25% off the entire order for the whole day.

Then I waited.

And waited.

For being in the …

This is the time of the year when you’re probably getting at least a dozen emails that go like this:

“When will my order arrive?”

“Can I get this custom order on time for Christmas?”

“I ordered this yesterday. Why hasn’t it shipped yet?”

If any of these look familiar to you, you know that handling your shop’s customer service emails can be frustrating and time consuming.

Especially when you might “ruin someone’s Christmas” – yes! I’ve gotten that one too. (Thankfully my customer …