A weekend of a blogshop owner

If anyone is interested,
or even wondering

A weekend of a new blogshop owner
(okay, one who has not enough money to employ people ... yet)
:

- Rushing photo-editing and collages, designing backgrounds and layouts, for a launch on Sunday just so that it can coincide with the advert she paid hundreds for. All these while keeping an eye on the most-exciting-ever GE results

- Chasing people who leave orders but MIA after payment with emails and check back again. Or still gotta handle LAME reasons given for backing out of orders after asking me to reserved by saying "oh i realised its too short for me" when the measurements are on the site in the first place and it is a CROPPED cardigan in the first place. Like.. how long is your body???

- Sending blacklisted emails to deadbuyers that has to sound firm but not offensive. (ok if you ever tried placing an order then decide to mia after people reserved the items for you, DONT DO IT!. its freaking selfish and very inconvenient! plus there are others who are interested in the items but cannot get it just cos some deadbuyer is hogging the item)

- then contacting folks on the waitlist after a deadbuyer backs out

- Viewing blogs, requesting for quotes on advertorials. Paying them, discussing on details, then preparing pdf catalougue of items for them to choose the advert item

- Chasing the blogger whom u paid s for an advert and rushed to coincide a launch with her advert, cos up til 10pm at night you still dont see the advert!! (freaks out)

- Handling invoices, payments. checking bank account

- packing parcels

- advertising on forums

- doing accounts, oh, the bloody accounts *ergh!*

- discussing with my brother the freelance designer, whom i engaged to create a banner for the shop


Ya, that was a saturday and sunday for me.. tata weekend! Not to mention I have yet to stocktake my last batch of stock and have not found a good manufacturer to make my designs.... *murmurs*

So i know many friends who are also interested in doing this; well, i would say go for it, but so long you can accept the demands and commitment level. Yes that means forgoing many of your social events and having a 3D ass print on your home chair.

But at least, being busy for yourself makes everything so worth it.. :)