Open yet another shop? ... or

[MariasWorkshop]

I have three shops. One, MariasWorkshop, for classic and vintage-style jewelry. One, KnottedJewels, for boho-style, macrame, knotted, leather and more casual jewelry. I opened my third shop, MyLittleBlueShop, to sell my vintage doll-related supplies (I used to make reproduction dolls many years ago), but lately I have added other items.

My LittleBlueShop is slow right now, but it has done much better than the other two and I know it can pick up if I list more doll-related supplies.

My two jewelry shops are not doing great and I have them on vacation to revamp and re-stock them.

I really got excited at the beginning and purchased an enormous amount of beads and jewelry-related supplies and realized, after-the-fact, that jewelry is such a saturated market. I love making jewelry, so am still going to make it, but would like to sell some of the supplies I purchased.

I would appreciate your ideas on the following:

1. Should I open another shop to sell only my jewelry related items? (four shops)
2. Should I sell my jewelry supplies in MyLittleBlueShop? I have some beads listed there right now, but feel that those listings are not congruent with the rest of the items I sell there. In addition, there are not enough sections and I feel I would be cramming it.
3. Should I combine my two jewelry shops (completely different styles) and open another shop to sell my supplies?

Thanks for any input you may offer.

[LetterLuxe]

Tough question. I'll be interested to hear what others suggest. I have been thinking about opening another shop, too. I find the logging in/logging out a pain multiple times a day. I wish Etsy would let us link shops so we could easily run multiple shops.

[RomaMiaTradingCo]

Since your LittleBlueShop has done the best out of your three shops, why not sell all your jewelry there. Than sell all your supplies at Maria's Workshop.

You already have 3 shops that have a following, I'm sure you can use that to your advantage instead of opening up a 4th shop that has no following.

Plus, when I hear "Marias Workshop," I expect to find supplies more than I would to find jewelry.

[MariasWorkshop]

Thank you both for your response Amanda and Nikki.

Nikki, interesting thought about the name "Marias Workshop". I never liked the name but my choices were very slim. Every name on my list was taken when I first opened the shop and then again when I renamed it.

Also, something to think about selling jewelry at My Little Blue Shop. I know I will run out of lace, buttons, ribbon, wigs, and other doll-related items sometime within a year. Maybe it would be a good transition.