Just started out but want to open a second shop too and need advice.

[Former_Member]

Hi :),

Just opened my shop this month, and still getting around and listing items. I've been a professional graphic and web designer for more than 15 years, but I just recently decided to dive into Etsy and try my real designer self out :) I am totally aware that summer months are slow and am using this time to fill my shop with more items. I'd like to fill the shop with other graphic design items as well such as business cards templates, stationery etc.
However, as I am also a web designer and web developer and am able to build blog themes, too. The advice I would like to get is - do you guys think it would be a best approach to open a second shop just for blog themes and blog assets, or to mix and match with my current shop?

Thank you all :)

P.S. Oh, and yes, do you think there is something I could do to improve my shop?


xoxo :)

[TaylorArtsandCrafts]

I think you could definitely sell your blog themes with your current shop, just have them under a different category, like 'web themes' or something. :)

[Former_Member]

Thanks Dan, I know I am able to do that, just worried if it gets too cluttered...

[BrushStrokeOrnaments]

Two thoughts.

Do you think it likely that you will have crossover customers? Someone who comes to your shop for graphic design items...but then decides they want web design products? I've tried it, myself, and selling two rather different products did not really work. I've never had, for example, a customer buy BOTH an ornament and a digital coloring page. Having two different products in one shop is not a problem....I just haven't seen an advantage.

Will you have sufficient listings to fill two shops? How many graphic design listings can you foresee? If you will have well over 100 graphic design listings (that fall into different categories), then you may wish to have a separate shop for the web design (so you can retain the categories to differentiate between graphic designs). As has happened with my ornament shop, at peak season, I have over 400 listings...and I want the ability to use every category available to me (why can't etsy provide more?!). I haven't liked devoting one of those precious categories to my "other artwork" because an additional ornament category would probably be more useful.

Now, if you only foresee, say, a reasonable number of listings per graphics and web design, maybe keeping all in one shop is the way to go. One shop is much easier to manage than two. (I have two)