When it comes to creating or starting a new business (be it craft-based or not) it's always helpful to do some research of the market and your competitors first. It's not as fun as diving straight in BUT looking at what other businesses in your niche or are doing well and seeing if you can replicate those aspects can help get you started off on the right foot and save a lot of hassle at a later ... Read More about Top 10 UK Etsy Sellers (and what we can learn from them)
DIY Unicorn Bath Bombs
I've got a confession to make - I'm not really a bath person, I much prefer a shower BUT that being said, I do love a bath bomb. I'm a sucker for anything that fizzes, turns the water a different colour, sparkles or smells nice and these DIY Unicorn Bath Bombs tick all those boxes. ... Read More about DIY Unicorn Bath Bombs
Setting up a WordPress site for WooCommerce
Now that we've got our WooCommerce hosting through Dreamhost we're ready to add Wordpress to our site. Wordpress is like the base structure of our website and its the framework that WooCommerce attaches to to build your shop. Here is how we go about setting up a Wordpress site ready for adding WooCommerce It's really easy to install and will only take a few minutes to do thanks to ... Read More about Setting up a WordPress site for WooCommerce
Setting up your WooCommerce hosting through Dreamhost
So you've decided that you want to sell your handmade items in your own online shop and have heard the WooCommerce is a good option for this - Good news, you are 100% right WooCommerce is by far one of the best ways to create your own online shop. WooCommerce is a Wordpress plugin that takes a standard website and turns it into an all-singing, all-dancing eCommerce store that is fully ... Read More about Setting up your WooCommerce hosting through Dreamhost
4 Steps to Create your own WooCommerce Website (and beat those pesky Etsy fees)
Since Etsy's latest fees price hike it seems more and more people are wanting to jump ship and sell their items on their own website. I've always been an advocate for having your own website and an Etsy store (but that might just be because I'm a bit of an e-commerce geek!) After trying many different platforms over the past 10 years or so I have come to the firm decision that WooCommerce is my ... Read More about 4 Steps to Create your own WooCommerce Website (and beat those pesky Etsy fees)