Advice or input needed

[WiseHuntersMoon]

Hello all,
I was wondering on if I could get some advice on my shop or really any input would be nice. My shops inventory is starting to get a little out of hand and I was thinking about splitting the shop up into 2 or maybe 3 shops so I can better organize it with sections.

I currently have a small bow ties section, I'm wanting to add in adjustable and free style/tie yourself bow ties in addition to the clip on ones I already have but worry that once I get over two pages of mixed bow ties it will get harder to navigate.
I am also thinking about moving all of my more cutesy dolls into their own shop or moving all of my zombie girls or creepy cute cat dolls into their own shop.

I have very eclectic taste and even though I feel it is good to show part of your personality in your shop I worry mine is becoming a smorgasbord of items.

I have also been making sweet and gothic lolita style skirts, chunky knit and crocheted cowls, and cotton infinity scarfs that I haven't even bothered adding into the shop because I figured it would only make my current dilemma worse.

Thank you for your time and advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Former_Member]

I think you could easily go with 2 shops - 1 for the dolls and another for items of clothing (including the bow ties).

[Former_Member]

Personally I enjoy perusing. Your front page does a great job of showing the variety and your sections are clear. I had no trouble at all navigating to whatever I wanted.
I don't believe it is too eclectic yet, but if/when you do add the skirts and such, adding a separate shop like Megan suggested may be a good bet.
Though definitely eclectic, you DO have a style, I would add a link to your other shop in all your listings (both ways). I was very intrigued and would want to see more.
Hope it helps!

[Former_Member]

If I were you I would simply add your bow ties to your existing bow tie section.

Many of your sections have less than a page of items so you could do some consolidation.

You could put your single pattern in your 'supplies' section.

Your 'rag dolls', 'animal dolls' and 'miniature dolls' could all go into one section.

The key is to have a link within each item to show more of the same type of item.

So in a rag doll listing you would have a link to other rag dolls as well as to all your other dolls.

If you split into more than one shop, you miss out on the 'browser' shopper who stumbles across something that they weren't looking for (like myself)

[WiseHuntersMoon]

Thank you all for your advice it was greatly appreciated and helpful.

@Crochetgal, I would have never thought to add the pattern to supplies, I have a couple more patterns that I'm waiting on friends to finish their test knit before listing them; but even then I only have about a dozen patterns in total so they can easily be in that section for now.

@Carrie, Thank you! I try to keep the shop as easy to navigate as possible. I think I was starting to worry that some buyers might be turned off by the diversity of products.

@Megan, Thank you for your input it really helps me to hear different peoples advice.

[maydaylabels]

I would leave it all in the same shop; your items are all a certain aesthetic and therefore appeal to a lot of the same people.

[Former_Member]

Everything seems nice to me.,..