For those of us who craft and then sell our lovely creations,
there is always that moment of dread. The
dread is there especially if you sell online.
Yes, you have made your wonderful creation with supplies and
creativity. You lovingly take photos,
crop said photos, cuss out the darn camera and editing software (maybe that is
just me and the other jewelry sellers…) You put the listing on Etsy, E-bay or
the other gazillion online shopping venues.
You wait for the right person to discover your lovely-extension-of-the-artist
handmade piece.
Then… it… happens… YOU GOT A SALE!!! You are elated! You get out your packaging. You look at the item. Everything is together, nothing is tarnished or broken. Anything that is supposed to move, moves. Yay!
Item either gets wrapped or placed in a jewelry box. The packaged item gets a ribbon tied around
it. Business card gets tucked in under
the ribbon. Thank you card is written
and sealed. The “freebies” are
selected. (Right now, mine are handmade
Breast Cancer Pins along with a more traditional enameled Pink Ribbon.) Everything is placed in a padded
envelope. Envelope gets addressed. Whew!
A lot of work, but no dread yet.
You drive said creation to the post office. Yes, I prefer to go to the actual building
and mail it personally. The moment I
hand the envelope to the Postal Attendant or put it in the
drop-box-rolling-thing…that…is…when…the…dread…STARTS!!!
OMG! Is anything
going to happen during shipping? Are
they going to like it? Are they going to
hate it? What if it breaks? What if they say it doesn’t look like the
picture (that, by the way was such a pain to get right)? Am I talented? Who would want to wear anything I made? Are they going to think I charged too
much?
WHAT IF THEY GIVE ME BAD
FEEDBACK?!?
Then, a few days later you may get an e-mail, convo or
notice the feedback on your site of choice.
Relief sets in. The simple
positive transaction rating keeps me asking questions. I do like it when people mention my
packaging. I always wonder about the
customers I never hear from. The best is when you get re-orders! Total validation!
This week, I did get one of the BEST E-MAILS EVER!!!!
Kelly,
I just received my
order...and can I just tell you that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the necklace. I've
worn it just today and have already gotten compliments on it! The other two
items are for my daughters as Birthday gifts...they are very cute and I'm sure
they will love them. Now.....can you do earrings that would match/coordinate
with the necklace...I don't have anything that would quite go with it.....what
do you think? :D
Stephanie M.
***yes, I was a teenager all through out the 1990's....***
