Canandaigua Arts Festival

[Taogem]

What a beautiful set up and of course the jewelry is looking real nice on it !

I'm not sure about the giving of items to someone to sell on their eBay store.. Just my two cents, but you could do the same on your own if you like eBay..

Can't tell you enough how well I think you would do with an Etsy shop. Just to get a start with getting your jewelry online.. 

The consignment thing can be a neat thing to do..

Congrats on the day ! 

[Enchantra]

George - I honestly don't want an Ebay store.  I've heard so many horror stories about Ebay.  If this woman is willing to take the chance for me I'll let her do it.  She takes the hit, not me if she sells an item and the person decides they want the item for free and they cancel the credit card payment after they get the item - because she still has to pay me for it.

As for Etsy...Before I take that leap I want to get some better pictures of what is going up there.  Also if I have to have Paypal to accept credit cards *shudders* I'm going to need to open up another bank account to have with it, and since it's for a business my bank will want to see a DBA and tax ID# - both of which cost some $$ to get.  Since $$ is still at a premium despite the show sales, I'm going to have to hold off till I get another influx of cash.  

With the show sales I am paying a small chunk of my business credit card and I am making a small Firemountain order for supplies I am low on that I require to continue making jewelry - pewter accent beads, earwires, crimp beads, tigertail, glass beads and a few more strands of gemstone beads.  I have a friend going in on the order with me so we will at least get a good discount.

[Alvin]

the fact that you did good when competeing with seasoned vendors means you had desirable products. word of mouth from happy customers will really help your business in the future. I liked the way you set up the necklaces from long to short on each display card. very good idea. it forces a customer to look over more than one item while they are examining the peice that first caught their eye. wish you the best and thanks for the day to day story.

[Enchantra]

Thanks Alvin.  I try very hard to keep it so every necklace has it's own display area, and won't interfere with another one.  Sometimes it take a bit of moving around to get them to look right.