YAY, the good news - I went live yesterday with Not on the Hugh Street wth my soaps and creams. And I will be the first to say that I don't like my photos. I had submitted some a while ago but they didn;t like them and recomended a few styles to show me what sells and I don;t have photo skills and can;t afford to pay for a photographer so I made do with some fake flowers from Matalan and a wooden box from TK Max. For some reason, they liked them and so, with one or 2 other changes, they put me on las night. Not sure I'm in the right categories but I will try again tomorrow cos i think it can take 24 hours for things to be right.
the bad news - I have a thing where I need everything to be perfect which has hindered sales. If I'm not happy with something I either don't sell it or put it in the £1 box at my fairs (for those of you who do fairs, I can thouroughly recommend a £1 basket, I usually sell out of theses at fairs, and sometimes they are the only things i actually sell ). And I've been known to be up until 2am the night before a fair sorting labels and re-wrapping soaps because they looked a bit not right.
I am happy with it all now (ecxept photos) and so i went into a gift shop yesterday. the owner wasn't in, but the other woman wasn't particulary enthusiastic. She mentioned they already had Heyland and Whittle and didn't think the owner would want any more soaps. Fair enough, but she didn;t even look! There was no nicety or taking an interest. She told me to come back on Tuesday but it such an effort - I don't drive so I took the train, carried my heavy basket all they way, whilst practially shking in my boots cos i was soooooooo nervous. and i mean really nervous. I felt sick on the train and I had no water so my mouth was all dry when I got there and I stumbled on my words a bit.
So, I ma not looking forward to going in on Tuesday - just to be told they don;t need any more. I was quite down in the dumps yesterday and even though NOTHS went live, I am not thrilled about the photos so I am worried they will affect sales.
Anyways, here is the link to the storefront if you want to have a nosy
www.notonthehighstreet.com/misspolly/product/lavender-and-patchouli-handmade-soap
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pollyteapot · 04/08/2011 11:29
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