Sara Oehler

Starting Sara O Jewelry has been a long time coming. It is hard to believe that I am finally brave enough to take the plunge. I’m proud to announce my new ownership of http://www.SaraOJewelry.com. All that I need to do now to make it really official is file for my tax id number and start loading some designs into my new etsy shop.

Although I am not going to officially start promoting Sara O until January 2012, I felt like it might be nice to keep  track of my steps for others that might want to follow. Since it was scary and overwhelming for me, I figured that it might be scary and overwhelming for others to start their own jewelry-making business too.

Here is my getting started list:

1. Decide on a Name (much harder than one would think)
2. Facebook Fan Page
3. Twitter Account
4. Etsy Shop
5. Decide on an Email
6. Buy Web Domain http://www.SaraOJewelry.com
7. Start Blog and Create Tabs: Blog, Bio, Contact, Shop
8. Link Everything Together
9. Point Domain Name to Blog
10. Set Up Business License
11. Decide How to Package and Ship
12. Etsy Shop Policies – Returns, Exchanges, Shipping, Etc
13. How to take funds – Pay Pal, Swype, Etc