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[dc]A[/dc]fter a month and change of meaning to do so, I set up a way to sell my watercolor sketch cards online. I usually sell these exclusively at comic conventions and other shows, but more than a few folks asked about purchasing them online.

Your wish is granted!

I have talked about setting up a way to sell my sketch cards since SPACE in April, and well, I sure took my sweet time.

To be clear, unlike my Society6 shop, my Storenvy shop sells originals–not print on demand items like prints and other merchandise. These are the same cards I take with me to shows. If a sketch card, or other item, sells through my Storenvy shop, I’m the one shipping it out.

This means, yes, I could sell prints if I wanted, and I might (the perk would be more control, and signing them, etc. — the tradeoff being, I need to get them printed locally ahead of time). I’m not worried about prints right now, but I am adding my Chocolate Quest books–the rest of the limited run I created for SPACE (when these are gone, they are gone).

What Do I Think of Storenvy So Far?

So far, so good. I already had one successful sale and shipment go through and it was all pretty easy. Setting up my storefront took some time, but it wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle.

There were a few quirks of the design interface which slowed me down a bit, but it was still a simple process for someone with my experience.

 

Why Did I Use Storenvy Instead of Etsy or Something Else?

I wanted simplicity and to avoid as many ‘nickel and dime’ costs as possible. Storenvy solved these issues for me. I didn’t like how Etsy charged a listing fee, and I didn’t want to dump the time and resources into something like Big Cartel. Each option, and the others, had their own pros and cons–but Storenvy fit what I was looking for at the moment.

I can always switch to something else later and even build a store into my site, but such a thing takes time. Storenvy made it easy for me to start selling items right away, which was my main goal.