Making Money With Watercolour

So why did I choose Etsy?

I chose Etsy because it was really really affordable and I was really really poor. I had been shopping on Etsy for a few years and loved what I got.

So often though I would see listings and think I could do that.

Then one day it hit me .. the only difference between those shop owners and me was that they were doing it and I wasn't. 

Etsy only charges 20 cents to list an item and no monthly fee they take 3.5% of your sales you lose a bit more in banking fees when your money is deposited. Still the cost is far less than any other site plus you get the power of Etsys reputation behind you. You pay the 20 cents on a once a month bill and the rest is deducted from your sales automatically.

I couldn't afford to buy any supplies to make things to sell but I did have a huge supply of watercolour paints and paper already kicking around and had been painting as hobby for years.As any small Canadian business knows the charges for shipping here are astronomical so I wanted to avoid anything bulky or heavy.

Low and Behold Etsy offers an Instant Download Platform! I had taken Graphic Design Years ago so I decided to paint cute little things (starting with cupcakes) edit them and sell them as clip art. No shipping needed!

I didn't have the professional programs anymore it had been so long but i did find these awesome opensource programs that were almost as good! Instead of Photoshop I used gimp and instead of Illustrator I used Inkscape 
So total cost of setting up shop? 20 cents per digital item listed!

Over the next few weeks I am going to go over the free ways I am getting my shops out there, social media and more.

- June
OrangePeelPaperie

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