studio vlog 19 - shop update prep / website launch + things are slow 🐌

[@ArtySubu]

Love the bookmarks! And the birds ❤️. The website looks lovely too.

[@SerenMaddison]

Thank you so much! 😍💕

[@Andyapolis]

I always love your videos Seren! Also, you're on your way to 1K subs! Exciting!

[@SerenMaddison]

Thank you so much Andy!! 😭💕

[@monkeymintaka]

I'm recycled yay! I think that's a great idea, you save that planet! It looked so nice to hang out with your friends. I love how they all acted when they saw you were filming them 😂 I'm sorry if you are feeling a bit stressed right now with a slow month, keep going! You got this. And if you really get behind on bills - you only need one kidney! Also, I agree with what Angie said below - secret Patreon shop for all those extras! Because maybe some people would love one or two of your products but they can't afford to join the physical tier each month - so that would give them an option! And then you could just put up the spare products like 2/3 months after your tier rewards go out so that the tier is still "exclusive"

[@TanaMakes]

Things have been slow for a lot of shops lately, and with restrictions lifting and summer right around the corner, it'll be slow for a bit. It'll pick up though! August through December/January are usually the busiest for me :) Also, love the bookmarks and your website! It's so pretty and organized.

[@XStephandOliviaX]

Lovely Video as always!! Just joined Patreon excited!!! 💜👐💚

[@SerenMaddison]

Thank you so much 💕💕💕💕

[@studioamarillys]

The new products and website look absolutely stunning. I love the shrooms but the birds and fish are also very cute. You will definitely sell your products when it gets busy again but unfortunately sales have been low for everyone the past few months. People are leaving the house again and don’t want to stare at their screens anymore. Also, Brexit affected a lot of how people now buy online. I also stopped buying almost entirely from UK because the custom fees are so high. I’ve been having it as well with my shop, all my traffic and sales having been dropping drastically since March, April was little better but in May I had only 3 sales and this month so far nothing. Which hasn’t happened to me before. So I’m really happy you don’t sugarcoat things in your vlogs and that you actually talk about these things. Most people pretend like everything is fine but it’s not haha. In regards to the Patreon products, you could open a secret shop on your webshop for Patrons ? A lot of people do it like that so they can still sell their Patreon exclusive goodies. I think that if you put them on your shop itself it’s no longer exclusive to Patreon which is why a lot of people become Patrons. I love that you recycle the Amazon envelopes! I do that too and try to attempt to make them pretty but recycling isn’t always pretty haha. I've been following you for almost a year now and I can only say that you are doing an amazing job, keep going ❤️❤️❤️

[@SerenMaddison]

Thank you so much Angie 💕🌸 yep, I definitely agree that people are out and about a lot more and not spending time online on IG/YT or even shopping online 😅 it’s disheartening at the moment but we gotta hope things will pick up soon 💪🏻🥲 (they definitely will in the lead up to December anyway 😅) Brexit definitely is another problem! Things are changing again on July the 1st and I’m so worried 😭 no one even knows what’s going on yet which is also another worry 🤣🤣 Yes yes yes to Patreon secret shop! Now that I have my own website I can do it easily! Definitely like it to be a thing I open for one of my Patreon goals 💖 I agree that just putting them on my public shop will be a bit of a kick to my current patrons and they’ll definitely lose their exclusivity 😅💕 Can’t believe it’s been nearly a year Angie! 😭😭😭 thank you so much for all of your love - appreciate it so much!! 💖💖💖

[@studioamarillys]

@@SerenMaddison I’ve been listening to a lot of podcast recently about artists with a small business where they were saying that if people are out and about anyway then we should take a break as well because as of September the next holiday rush starts again. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that myself 🤣 so I’ve decided to take a long Summer break and just chill 🤣 Are the changes only for the UK ? Nooo what’s happening 😭 I must be living under a rock cause I wasn’t aware of this. A secret shop is a great way to sell your Patreon products, like not everyone has the budget to be a supporter each month on the higher tiers so if once in a while they can splurge a bit on the shop that is also a big help. 💖 That is how I do it as well haha, not every month is financially great 🤣 I don’t understand how this year has been going so fast while it felt like one of the longest years ever 🤣💖

[@filibrit96]

CHIN CHIN! I’m famous

[@SerenMaddison]

You are 😉CHIN CHIN