The past few days I have been dedicating every ounce of spare energy that I had to preparing for my first real shot at the potential excitement of quarter 4. While my shop was opened last year, I only had about 40 digital coloring and activity packs in my shop. It was not until the end of December before I added my first POD product which was way too late to have a real shot at getting a slice of the quarter 4 sales.
Under normal circumstances, quarter 4 brings in the biggest number of sales. From what some people have said in their Etsy videos about this time of the year, they make as much and sometimes more in this quarter than they do all year long.
But as we know this is not a normal year. Finances are tight, and rising food and gas prices have taken a huge chunk out of people’s budget. So how big and exciting this quarter four will be is uncertain. And considering my past history with poor timing, such as starting a You Tube channel just before ad apocalypse and its financial impact on small channels, I do not hold much hope of seeing a dramatic rise in sales.
But then again, no one really knows how much a little bit of work might pay off. The right product, at the right price, with a few half way decent key words and who knows, it might lead to nothing, or it might result in something major. Even if I only went from 8 or 10 sales, to 12, 15, or even 20 sales, for my shop that would be a major boom in business.
Who knows what a few minutes of work each day might bring. Even though my health and energy severely limit how much I can accomplish, if I can fight for the next couple of weeks to put in 1 or 2 hours of effort, who knows how many new products I can create and list before the holiday rush reaches its climax.
Maybe the extra push will result in something wonderful and exciting, maybe it will go nowhere. But as a wise person once said, you cannot sell what you do not list. and you never know if one of your designs is going to be the next best seller if you never try.
So if you have been thinking of giving Etsy or some other important adventure a try, what are you waiting for? You never know what you might accomplish unless you make the first move, and give it a try.
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