When I started my handmade business, I had BIG goals.  I wanted to make a living selling my handmade jewelry, but I wasn’t sure exactly how I’d get there.  In the beginning, I was barely scraping by, even though I was working a full-time schedule.  Today, my first business, Tiny Hands, makes $200k in sales […]

Every online business owner will experience happy and exciting milestones as well as stressful ones.  Today I will discuss all these different milestones so you know you’re not alone.  This blog alone is proof that there’s a whole community of handmade business owners out there, going through exactly what you are.  My hope is that […]

The majority of customers we deal with are great. But from time to time difficult customers can turn up.  Anyone in retail can tell you that they’re a headache.  Unfortunately, because people can hide behind their computers and stay somewhat anonymous, things can get really rough for online businesses.  The longer you’ve been in business, […]

If you’re a new business owner, you’ve probably gotten Shiny Object Syndrome – or SOS – whether or not you even realize it.  Everyone goes through it and it can give you analysis paralysis and stunt the growth of your business. We want to avoid it as much as we can.  I’m going to dig […]