I closed my Amazon book shop. I've been selling books on Amazon for the past three years. I had some good times, but in the end, it wasn't worth it. I think I've mentioned this before, but for low-volume sellers, one negative feedback (no matter how ill-conceived) can ruin a shop. So I was ruined, and in the meantime, I had to make up for the downturn in other ways. I started selling on eBay, and added vintage items to my Etsy shop, where I'd only previously sold my personally-authored zines.
I am taking a couple weeks off for a vacation. I don't know how it's going to go with my shops. I'm keeping both of them open, and making it known to customers that I will not be shipping anything until I get home.
Today is Christmas Eve, and this year has gone by so very fast. I don't quite know how to end it. I think I may take a blog break. You may not have noticed, but I'm slowly petering out energy-wise. The everyday thing can't work forever, before I lose that special something we all know and love.
Sorry to hear about your book shop troubles, I had no idea one negative comment could impact you so badly. Especially when sometimes you can do everything right but not please someone. It's the nature of vintage, it's "old" stuff so some people may not be charmed by the patina no matter how thoroughly you describe the flaws.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you in the new year. Take a little break, find a change of scenery, but come back and power through. You'll get your work mojo back.