Continuing Progress

4.13.08

Not as much progress today as I would have liked, but....a fair bit of important background work.

A lot of today was all about figuring out how to automate certain things about the listing process, which included getting TurboLister.  I'm still experimenting and playing with it, but I'm sure that's the tool I'm looking for...or at least one of them.

Christina has a fair number of new things waiting in the wings for me to prep and upload to auction, so that'll be tomorrow's task.

In terms of setup, I think the following is what we're gravitating toward:

Jewelry - since each piece is hand made, and not the kind of thing we can mass produce, we'll stick with selling those in the "buy it now" format.

Books - we'll continue to put those up for auction (and the good news here, for those who are interested, is that I've just finished a series of four, which will triple the number of books in our offering...still editing those, so it won't be immediate, but it's definitly in the "coming soon" category! ;)

Prints - I've not gotten any of these put on the site yet, but they're next, and they come in two flavors:  poster style, and on canvas.

They'll come in two sizes (for the time being), 5x7 and 8x10, and we'll have some framed, and some not, offering them both ways to see what proves popular and such.

We've also got a few other ideas, but don't have anything solid yet (still experimenting internally).

Longer term, I've been thinking of offering the books in pdf and lit format on a CD (since the ban on e-goods), and slightly after that, doing an audio version as well, but those things will take some prep work before they're ready, so that won't be happening in the immediacy, but it's the thought in my head.

Any interest in that sort of thing, or not so much?  Figured before I get too deep into it, I ought to ask...;)

And on that note, I'm going to put this aside and get some shut eye.  Our second day was, in most respects, busier than the first, but the hope is that we'll be able to automate a fair bit of this stuff, and then it won't be quite such a beast, time-wise.  I gotta keep the day job after all...*G*

Cheers and good night from Atlanta!

Chris & Chris